Firtash extradition may be delayed / China investigates graft at universities / A new book by J.C. Sharman examines global grand corruption.

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

House votes to kill extractives transparency rule / Romanians march against graft / Coutts fined for 1MDB role / CIA documents on Moscow apartment bombings.

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

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

Federal Reserve warns major Chinese bank, MH17 journalists hacked and harassed, and London launches foreign property ownership probe

Estonia president and Lithuania FM discuss Kremlin kleptocracy, Trump advisor probed, Xi’s anti-graft campaign four years on

UK’s Russian whistleblower inquest delayed, U.S. prosecutors reconsider deferred prosecution of HSBC, and Moldova becomes a “corrupt battleground”

China’s influence over Canada grows, Sweden feels brunt of Kremlin disinformation, UK Conservatives face questions over Russia-linked donation

Former U.S. official calls for end to anonymous companies as Delaware lobbies to protect them, Ukraine’s “Prince of Darkness,” and Putin’s view of Clinton