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A global update on bad actors in cryptocurrency
by
David Brancaccio
and Alex Schroeder
Dec 9, 2024
Economic sanctions, as well as frauds and scams, tend to drive illicit crypto activity in the countries where it's most prevalent.
Floating liabilities: Western authorities grapple with the cost of seizing oligarchs’ superyachts
May 19, 2022
Detaining luxury vessels worth hundreds of millions of dollars was the easy bit. Maintenance runs about 10% of the yachts' value.
Who are the Russian oligarchs being sanctioned, and how did they get so rich?
Mar 10, 2022
Their fates and fortunes are tied closely to Vladimir Putin's.
Will the UK sanction Russian-owned assets over the Ukraine crisis?
Feb 15, 2022
The British government has threatened to freeze Russian oligarchs’ property in the U.K. if Russia invades Ukraine. Is the threat credible?