Beijing protests Iran sanctions designations / Deutsche Bank says sorry / Is Putin a killer?

Who really owns real estate leased by the U.S. government? / Deutsche Bank fined $630m for $10bn Russia mirror trading scheme / Congress moves to repeal key extractives transparency law this week

Congress plans to repeal anti-graft Cardin-Lugar amendment / Guinean ex-minister faces U.S. charges for China bribes / Trump and the Emoluments Clause.

Trump’s foreign payments and tax returns / Western Union fined $586m / Future of real estate dirty money clampdown under Trump

Trump’s 500+ potential conflicts / China officials “blush red and sweat” over graft / Exposing Rosneft’s so-called privatization

Swiss prosecutors interview Gulnara Karimova / Biden slams Russia’s coercive corruption in Ukraine / How dirty money flooded the UK

Latest on Russia hacks / 5 myths about kleptocracy / Protecting the Office of Congressional Ethics / London’s blood-red carpet for kleptocrats

Ben Judah on London’s kleptocrats / How the U.S. repatriates stolen assets / The inner workings of anonymous companies.

Trump’s lobbying reforms, Putin’s Rosneft triumph, and the London shop that hosts 1,600 anonymous companies.

Developing countries lost $16.3tn to illicit finance, the dark side of China’s anti-graft drive, and UK may adopt own Magnitsky law