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

Chinese cash pours into US real estate, Uzbekistan succession in doubt, and US elections vulnerable to Kremlin disinformation

Erdogan’s son investigated for $1bn money laundering, Canada real estate provides insights on China upheavals, and Russia to build Iranian power plant

Trump distances from Nato, Clinton’s questionable clients, asset seizures in Holland and Singapore, new PM Theresa May received donations from convicted tycoon

  Ukraine fights a continuing war on two fronts, facing both corruption and Eastern separatism as threats to its internal stability. Corruption remains rife in extractive industries like amber mining. Is Poroshenko cultivating a “crony democracy?” John Kerry has prioritized reducing corruption and the influence of oligarchs in discussions with Ukranian political leaders. Carter Page, a key Trump foreign policy advisor and Gazprom investor,…

The challenges of repatriating stolen assets, Ukraine wages war on two fronts, Bulgaria “captured” by corruption

Kleptocracy in Central Asia, China moves to lead global anti-graft efforts, and sports minister implicated in Russia doping scandal

China pursues overseas graft suspects, Ukraine targets Yanukovich thefts, and pressure continues over Russian rocket engines

Barclays is fined $108 million for looking the other way, Chinese money floods Dallas’ real estate market, and the USG makes inroads into Karimova’s corruption

China considers adopting a law that will make seriously corrupt officials serve their life sentences in full, Russia controls the flow of terrorists from Russia into Syria, and more Karimova associates are arrested in Uzbekistan