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Looking for people in the good of our collective whole to help fight corruption on any and all levels worldwide.
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Corruption: The unrecognized threat to International security carnegieendowment.org/research/201...
International Anti-Corruption Day: x.com/SenWhitehous...
December 10, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Corruption: The unrecognized threat to International security carnegieendowment.org/research/201...
December 5, 2024 at 2:47 AM
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🇺🇸🇺🇦 Blinken called on Ukraine to overcome internal corruption so as not to "become like Russia".

❗️This means eradicating the scourge of corruption once and for all. "Ukraine's defence against corruption must be as strong as its military defense".
May 14, 2024 at 6:20 PM
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Where did the leaked data come from?

#SwaziSecrets is based on over 890,000 records from the Eswatini Financial Intelligence Unit obtained by Distributed Denial of Secrets, a nonprofit devoted to publishing and archiving leaks, which shared them with ICIJ.
​​About the Swazi Secrets investigation - ICIJ
Swazi Secrets exposes the role the tiny kingdom of Eswatini, the last absolute monarchy in Africa, may have played in the regional illicit economy.
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April 26, 2024 at 7:28 PM
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Ecuador has been rocked by explosions, kidnappings of police, and prison disturbances since early January, further threatening press freedom in the country.

ICIJ spoke with member Paúl Mena Mena about how the security crisis is impacting journalists.
‘Their lives would be in danger’: Surge of violence in Ecuador threatens accountability journali...
ICIJ spoke with member Paúl Mena Mena about his concerns that the worsening security crisis could silence Ecuadorian journalists.
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January 30, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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FinCEN has put forward its long-awaited plan to stem dirty money flows through residential real estate across the United States.

The rule seeks to expose the sector's bad actors who buy properties in cash through trusts and other secretive legal entities.
US takes aim at real estate money laundering - ICIJ
A new rule would close a loophole Treasury warns is exploited by bad actors using ill-gotten cash to anonymously buy residential properties.
bit.ly
February 9, 2024 at 5:42 PM
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Brazil banned Jair Bolsonaro from seeking the presidency after trying to overturn the results of an election.

The United States can—and should—do the same for Donald Trump. It's in the Constitution.
February 12, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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🇪🇺🇺🇦 The Council of the EU adopted a decision that makes it possible to use the profits from the frozen assets of the Russian Federation for Ukraine.
February 12, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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The Internal Revenue Service is fighting back against Republican efforts to shrink its budget with a new study suggesting how extra investment in the agency would collect billions more from the very rich.
IRS: Fund us, and we’ll collect hundreds of billions from tax cheaters
Biden administration officials say that economic research shows they’ll avert hundreds of billions of dollars of tax evasion by funding the IRS.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2024 at 9:23 PM
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From an oligarch’s chef-turned-personal assistant to a Moroccan casino mystery — here are some of the #CyprusConfidential stories you may have missed from ICIJ’s partners.

More than 270 journalists around the world collaborated on the new investigation:
An oligarch’s chef-turned-personal assistant, a Moroccan casino mystery, and more Cyprus Confident...
More than 270 journalists around the world collaborated on ICIJ’s latest investigation — here’s some of what they found in a trove of millions of leaked documents.
bit.ly
December 8, 2023 at 6:50 PM
"It begins gradually, and than suddenly. All at once."
October 14, 2023 at 10:24 PM
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Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), a 46-nation international organisation dedicated to upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law, has passed a resolution formally declaring Putin an illegitimate ruler & dictator of Russia.
October 13, 2023 at 8:12 PM
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October 6, 2023 at 5:19 AM
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October 6, 2023 at 10:31 AM
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Trump was investigated and prosecuted FOR FIFTY YEARS — he was a target back in the 70s and 80s and 90s and 2000s but he bullied and bought off prosecutors and got away with everything.

What changed?

Trump finally ran into prosecutors who weren’t scared — or for sale.
September 28, 2023 at 10:34 AM
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead
September 21, 2023 at 11:10 PM
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An FBI agent released info describing Ukrainian oligarch Pavel Fuks as a Russian Intel asset who once paid Giuliani $300K

New reporting shows Fuks is linked to shell company owners of two units in Trump Tower NYC

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Ukrainian oligarch Pavel Fuks has ties to Trump Tower in NYC
Pavel Fuks is a Ukrainian oligarch with a notorious past. New evidence shows he is linked to two units in Trump Tower in New York City.
newstracs.com
September 18, 2023 at 10:35 PM
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September 17, 2023 at 11:30 PM
"If only you knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
September 18, 2023 at 1:45 AM
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September 16, 2023 at 5:58 AM
"I witness and wait." - Walt Whitman
September 13, 2023 at 11:52 PM
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NEW: The January 6th insurrection wouldn’t have happened without Donald Trump and his years of encouraging political violence. His violent rhetoric escalated over years–until it exploded at the Capitol on January 6th.

We break it down in a new video:
How Donald Trump normalized violence and incited insurrection
January 6th, 2021 was a devastating day for our democracy.The insurrection on January 6th wouldn’t have happened without one key player—Donald Trump. And it ...
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August 31, 2023 at 4:33 PM