Oct 08 2023
Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of late President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, is charged with organized crime and money laundering. She is already serving a term in an Uzbek prison. The unnamed former general director of a Russian telecommunication company’s Uzbek subsidiary was indicted at the same time. According to the charges, from 2001 to 2013 …
Oct 07 2023
The conference drew over 200 attendees, including MPs from various Latin American and Caribbean nations, experts, public personalities, and diplomats. “We are convinced that a new world order is being built, and Russia is one of the pillars of this order,” said the Special Representative of the President of Nicaragua for Russian Affairs, Laureano Ortega …
Oct 06 2023
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, announced on Wednesday that it has initiated the process of selling its Russian operations. “Binance has entered into an agreement to sell the entirety of its Russia business to ,” the company said in a statement. Binance emphasized that, while financial details of the transaction would not be disclosed, …
Mar 08 2023
Before the war, the two countries “controlled a lucrative transnational smuggling highway,’ GI-TOC said. Corrupt officials and crime bosses siphoned off millions from Ukraine’s status as a transit country for Russian gas into the West. Now, however, the year-long invasion has made collaboration between Russian and Ukrainian organized crime groups all but impossible and longstanding …