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We're working to disable multinational predatory networks that benefit from violent conflict, repression, and kleptocracy. Learn more: TheSentry.org
Who wins when F1 comes to Azerbaijan? See through the smoke with “Aliyev Empire,” our massive investigative project which maps the secret $13 billion empire amassed by the daughters of Azerbaijan's president amid the regime's corruption and brutal repression. atlas.thesentry.org/azerbaijan-a...
September 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
August 23 marked the two year anniversary of the death of Wagner Group's founder Yevgeny Prigozhin.

What's happened with Wagner Group's operations since then? The Sentry will be releasing new details in an investigative report this Wednesday. Stay tuned...

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August 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Adut Kiir, daughter of President Salva Kiir, took the oath to become presidential envoy today. She's been involved with at least seven companies that are critical to South Sudan's economy. Dig into the links between the Kiir family and South Sudan's economy: atlas.thesentry.org/kiirdom/netw...
August 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan has rightly been described as historic — but it is also a peace washing PR coup for President Ilham Aliyev. 🧵
August 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Evidence from the UN and human rights groups show that 23 Armenian detainees, including prominent leaders, are being held in prisons in Baku absent independent oversight.

“Aliyev Empire” digs into the kleptocratic regime behind the repression in Azerbaijan: atlas.thesentry.org/azerbaijan-a...
August 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
🇦🇿 🇦🇲 Leaders meet. Deals are made. Yet 23 Armenians are still detained, without fair trials, in Azerbaijani prisons with reports of torture.

Meanwhile, President Aliyev's daughters have amassed a fortune. “Aliyev Empire” exposes their financial empire: atlas.thesentry.org/azerbaijan-a...
August 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🇦🇿🇦🇲 Tomorrow, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will sit down together at the White House. But justice is still missing.

“Aliyev Empire” reveals the massive kleptocratic theft that's a hallmark of the Aliyev regime. atlas.thesentry.org/azerbaijan-a...
August 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
🚨 The London Bullion Market Association announced that it will require all refiners (~70% of the global gold market) to disclose all high-risk suppliers in 2026.

Thanks LBMA, this is a welcome step.
www.lbma.org.uk/articles/lbm...
June 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Justyna Gudzowska and John Prendergast were in The Hague this week with more than 100 @postcodeloterij.bsky.social partners as the Postcode Loterij announced $363 million raised for charities in the past year.

The Power of the Postcodes is incredible and we are grateful for their partnership.
June 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We’re excited to announce that The Sentry has earned a Platinum Seal of Transparency for the second year in a row!

Fewer than 1% of the 1.7 million nonprofits registered with the IRS receive this recognition of organizational transparency. We’re honored to be one of them.
May 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
OCCRP’s recent investigation revealed that Swiss private bank Reyl Intesa Sanpaolo clients include Olivier Mestelan, a Swiss asset manager with links to the ruling family in Azerbaijan.

Learn more about Mestelan and his network in our “Aliyev Empire” project: atlas.thesentry.org/person/olivi...
May 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Will you be at ACAMS The Assembly in Hollywood this week?

Our executive director, @justynapg.bsky.social, and Laura Ferris, our senior policy advisor, will be participating in an event on environmental crime this afternoon. Stop by and say hello!

Learn more >> www.acams.org/en/events/th...
April 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
April marks two years since the start of the brutal war in Sudan – a war the UAE is fueling by arming the RSF.

Trevor Noah, we know you have a show coming up in the UAE this month.

Use your platform to #SpeakOutOnSudan.
April 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Global demand for metals and minerals is rising—but at what cost?

Join the House Foreign Affairs Committee tomorrow, March 25th, for a hearing on the issue, with testimony from The Sentry’s Senior Policy Advisor, Sasha Lezhnev: foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/meta...
March 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
We are immensely grateful for the generous support from the players of People's Postcode Lottery. Thank you for standing with The Sentry in the fight against conflict and corruption.

Together, we can uphold justice, human rights, and a future built on integrity and compassion.
March 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM