Coming Together to Help Our Colleagues at Rappler

Coming Together to Help Our Colleagues at Rappler Investigative reporting is getting harder and harder as autocratic governments crack down on media and government-friendly oligarchs use the courts to silence independent voices. The Philippine online news organization Rappler and its CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa are experiencing this firsthand, as Ressa was convicted last …

Mexican President Open to Extraditing Predecessor

Mexican President Open to Extraditing Predecessor​ Although the United States has given no indication that it is presently investigating any of the country’s former presidents, Mexico’s current leader has said he would be willing to extradite one of his predecessors were he asked to do so. by Will Neal19 September 2020 Against the backdrop of …

UNODC: ‘Ant Trafficking’ of Arms From US to Mexico

UNODC: ‘Ant Trafficking’ of Arms From US to Mexico Research shows that gun smugglers have taken to trafficking weapons across the U.S.-Mexico border in small batches so as to avoid detection and seizures by the authorities. by Will Neal10 September 2020 The term ‘ant trafficking’ refers to the smuggling of arms in small shipments so …

Deutsche Bank will Pay $583K to Settle Violation of Sanctions

Deutsche Bank will Pay $583K to Settle Violation of Sanctions The U.S. Department of Treasury announced on Wednesday that the largest German investment and financial services provider Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay two settlements totaling US$583,100 for facilitating transactions that violated Ukraine-related sanctions. by Eli Moskowitz 10 September 2020 Deutsche Bank headquarters in Frankfurt, …

Biometric Bribery: Inside Semlex’s Global Playbook

Biometric Bribery: Inside Semlex’s Global Playbook When Erik Súñiga died in U.S. custody in April, he left a rich religious and political legacy in the Guatemalan town where he founded an evangelical church, and served as mayor for over a decade. by Columbia Journalism Investigations and CLIP27 August 2020 © Júlia Ledur He also left …