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The clean energy revolution that didn’t happen

Cast your mind back to September 6, 2019, when presidential candidate Joe Biden, campaigning in New Hampshire, took the hand of a 24-year-old activist. “Kiddo,” he said, “look in my eyes. I...

Qatari Cash May Be Coming Soon to a Town Near You

It’s time for Washington to drop the rose-tinted glasses and make clear that America is not up for sale

Amid Escalation in Gaza, Tunisian Soldier Murders Local Jews

A Tunisian national guardsman murdered two Jewish cousins and three Tunisian officers last Tuesday, turning a festive occasion into a tragedy. Aviel and Benjamin Haddad were among thousands of...

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.

Murder on the Beach

Paraguay’s slain criminal prosecutor Marcelo Pecci made many enemies in his lifelong effort to protect the rule of law. One of them was Hezbollah.

The new conquistadores

U.S. adversaries are becoming South American hegemons

Paraguayan Raids Further Expose U.S. Intermediaries’ Role in TBA Money Laundering Schemes

Paraguayan authorities last week raided the offices of a dozen U.S.-linked companies and their accountants tied to suspected Paraguayan drug kingpin Reinaldo Javier Cabaña Santacruz, alias Cucho. Asunción’s...

Florida Businessman Indicted in Nader Mohamad Farhat’s Money Laundering Case

Florida’s Southern District Court in Miami indicted Florida businessman Elias Daher last week on money laundering charges, making him a co-defendant in the Mohamad Nader Farhat money laundering case....

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...

How American Weapons Find Their Way to International Criminal Organizations

It’s a complex problem that won’t be solved by Mexico’s lawsuit against U.S. manufacturers.

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early July

Russian Criminals Cross Biden’s Cyber Red Line

Over the weekend, Russian cybercriminals launched a supply chain-based ransomware attack of unprecedented scale that began with the breach of an American information technology (IT) firm. Coming three weeks...

Skinheads, Saints, and (National) Socialists

An Overview of the Transnational White Supremacist Extremist Movement

Biden’s bad deals

His diplomats, like Obama’s, give without getting

Latin America

Hezbollah: Narco-Terror and Crime in Latin America

Will the Biden administration go after Hezbollah’s drug trafficking and money laundering networks? Hezbollah’s direct involvement in the drug trade is well documented, ongoing, and a threat to U.S national...

Iran’s Turkey-Based Sanctions-Evasion Scheme More Extensive Than Previously Reported

Iran’s sanctions-evasion schemes involving Turkey “started earlier, lasted longer, extended further, and involved more people and countries” than previously known, according to a series of deeply...

Hezbollah Finance in Lebanon

A Primary-Source Review

How Hezbollah Collaborates With Latin American Drug Cartels

Plus, an explanation of "black cocaine" and why authorities should worry about charcoal exports.

Time to Close the Legal Loopholes that Facilitate Russian Illicit Finance

It is long past time to close this gaping hole in America’s defenses against illicit finance and malign influence.