Marshall Billingslea

Nuclear Cooperation Among the ‘Axis of Aggressors’: An Emerging Threat

How Hezbollah Fundraises Through Crime

Hours after Hamas massacred 1,200 Israelis on October 7, Hezbollah opened a second front against Israel on its northern border, re-igniting a conflict now at risk of escalating into a full-blown war. While...

Hezbollah Is Missing from President Biden’s Corruption Agenda

Making global corruption a national security priority is the right decision. Recognizing Hezbollah’s systematic reliance on corruption to facilitate its illicit finance networks would make the White House strategy more effective.

Ruble Rumble

Offensive and Defensive Measures to Defeat Russia in the Economic Domain

Time to Sanction the Kremlin’s Ministry of Truth

When media platforms obey their paymasters’ orders to become complicit in their crimes, they are no longer media.

Businessman’s Extradition to U.S. Could Expose Turkish-Venezuelan Collusion to Evade Sanctions

Cape Verde’s constitutional court issued a ruling on September 7 paving the way for the extradition of Alex Saab, a U.S.-designated Colombian-born businessman whom U.S. prosecutors indicted in 2019 for...

Russia

Turkey’s Frantic Gold Rush Points to a Financial Crisis Ahead

As ordinary citizens seek to preserve their wealth, President Recep Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party is finding new ways to take advantage of the gold rush.

Treasury Sanctions North Korean for Sanctions Evasion

The Treasury Department on Monday sanctioned a North Korean trading company official for helping Pyongyang evade U.S. and UN sanctions...

Treasury’s Venezuela Sanctions Target the Tip of the Turkish Iceberg

The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions yesterday against a Turkey-based company involved in a global corruption and money-laun...

To Fight Terrorists, Follow the Money

Prosecuting money launderers is the best way to stamp out terrorism and corruption.

Credibility Gap: China’s FATF Presidency

Lebanese Government in Denial about Illicit Imports of Iranian Steel

Despite consistent reports from local media that Iranian steel is flooding the Leb...

The Prospect of U.S. Sanctions Exacerbates Turkey’s Political and Economic Risks

Turkey is experiencing one of the worst economic downturns in its history.

Iran’s Support for al-Qaeda is Incompatible with FATF Standards

Last week, a little-noticed map published in the annual Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Int...

Erdogan Rushes to Maduro’s Defense

Juan Guaido, the leader of Venezuela’s National Assembly, declared himself interim presid...

Trump debe eliminar las redes financieras de Hezbollah en América Latina

Transcurrida ya casi la mitad de la administración del presidente Donald Trump, aún...

FATF Moves to Apply Regulatory Standards to Cryptocurrencies

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday announced that its international stand...

U.S. Treasury Turns Up the Pressure on Foreign Facilitators of North Korea’s Illicit Shipping Sector

Yesterday, the U.S. sanctioned three non-North Korean entities and one individual “for facilitating illicit shipments on be...