In Cyprus, investor schemes offer kleptocrats a pathway to EU citizenship.

Peter Podkopaev asks whether shortcomings in the EB-5 visa regime could play into Beijing’s hands.

Belinda Li on why the U.S. investor visa scheme needs urgent reform.

Kleptocrats exploit EB-5 visas / Trump aide talks investment with sanctioned firm / Putin’s pal wins $285m Crimea railway contract

Belinda Li talks to Seto Bagdoyan about how weaknesses in the EB-5 visa program pose a threat to democracy and national security.

EU citizenship is up for sale, and we don’t know who’s buying - or why. Natalie Duffy talks to Harry Cooper about Malta’s controversial Individual Investor Program.

Trump partner linked to Iranian money laundering, Congress fights over Russian rockets, and UK Land Registry sell-off threatens transparency

Freedom House releases a special report entitled, “The Politburo’s Predicament,” the number of Chinese applicants for UK investor visas double in 2014, and PBS Frontline airs “The Many Faces of Vladimir Putin”