European Parliament votes on beneficial ownership / Swiss prosecutors investigate a Karimova connection / Wilbur Ross’s questionable Russia ties

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

Russia sanctions debate heats up / Australia joins 1MDB investigation / China centralizes anti-graft efforts.

Casey Michel talks to Aaron Bornstein about how the West can use a war-chest of frozen bribery funds to help the victims of kleptocracy.

Global Magnitsky Act passes, the corrupt officials hiding in the U.S., and China steps up capital flight and travel restrictions.

Ukraine struggles with asset declarations, China graft campaign targets Hong Kong, London’s dirty money needs new Sherlock Holmeses

Trump election aftermath, Chinese official heads Interpol, and India cracks down on dirty cash

Former members of Congress become “foreign agents,” U.S. holds onto Gulnara’s missing millions, and the man behind Deutsche Bank’s $10 billion Russia scandal

Report highlights U.S. anti-corruption failures in Afghanistan, telecoms firm pays $1.4bn to settle Uzbekistan bribe probes, and Brazil’s ex-president accused in Petrobras scandal

Leading stories on kleptocracies and their enablers…