News
- The House voted to kill a rule which requires American oil, gas, and mining companies to report payments to foreign governments. Rex Tillerson, who was confirmed as Secretary of State on the same day, had lobbied against the rule in former roles. (WSJ, Politico)
- More than 250,000 Romanians protested a government move to decriminalize low-level corruption. (Reuters)
- Billions of Venezuelan Bolivars are being illicitly transported to Russia, where black market dealers convert them into U.S. dollars. (Moscow Times)
- U.S. banks do not expect the Trump administration to weaken the existing anti-money laundering regime. (FT)
- Coutts bank was fined $6.57 million by the Swiss banking watchdog, for compliance failures linked to the 1MDB scandal. (Bloomberg)
- China’s crackdown on illicit financial outflows could crash Vancouver’s real estate market. (Business Insider)
- If confirmed, the apparent abduction of a Chinese billionaire from a Hong Kong hotel by Beijing security services would be illegal. (SCMP)
- Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Kremlin critic who was poisoned two years ago, has been re-admitted to hospital with similar symptoms. (RFE/RL)
Features
- The CIA has documents that could reveal whether Putin committed an act of terror against his own people to gain power. (David Satter, National Review)
- Australia has a serious problem with ignoring dirty money. (Casey Michel, Diplomat)
- Why does the Securities and Exchange Commission enforce the Foreign and Corrupt Practices Act? (Nick Gersh, GAB)
- How should the anti-corruption community engage - or confront - the Trump administration? (Matthew Stephenson, GAB)
