With a ceasefire in place and a military blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, the Trump administration is now pivoting to economic warfare against the Islamic Republic of Iran. On April 14, the Treasury...
Efforts that Iran-backed Iraqi militias describe as humanitarian campaigns increasingly show signs of serving as a parallel financial pipeline that also fuels Iran’s current war effort and its regional...
Iran, under financial isolation, is turning to an old friend: Iraqi cash. Through informal financial channels and networks, currency-filled envelopes are moving across Iraq into Iran under...
Last week, ABC News reported that Iran’s Islamic regime may have activated sleeper cells in the United States to launch terror attacks in response to the US and Israeli military campaign against it....
They may call themselves charities, but that doesn’t mean the money they collect goes to a good cause. On March 12, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned three Turkish charities for their role in providing...
When the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) convenes its plenary next week, while not formally on the agenda, buzz on the sidelines will concern Tehran’s constant push to be removed from the FATF blacklist....
The Consolidation of the Turkey-Qatar Axis
Today, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis, along with their Qatari counterparts, will co-chair the inaugural...
An Analysis of Illicit Flows into Digital Currency Services
Earlier this month, China’s financial aut...
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reportedly ...
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Iran is on a diplomatic offensive to persuade global illicit finance regulators to accept that Hezbollah is not a terrorist group. It may be just a matter of time before the international body in...
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Expert witnesses, while testifying before a House panel about the unprecedented level of looting and destruction of priceless antiques by jihadist groups across the Middle East, identified collec...
The Islamic State (IS) may have raised as much as $100 million by digging up and selling priceless antiquities from territory it controls, according to experts consulted by a U.S. congr...