Category: Organized crime
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Avi Dichter to ‘Post’: Ministers opposing hostage deal do not understand the situation – interview
The Agriculture and Raw Food Security Minister served in the elite General Staff Reconnaissance Unit, whose expertise is also hostage release operations. By ELIAV BREUER JANUARY 24, 2025 13:02 Updated: JANUARY 24, 2025 13:33 VOTING ‘YES’ on the deal: Avi Dichter. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM) Avi Dichter knows a lot about hostage situations and…
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Iran deems ratification of remaining FATF conventions beneficial for country – FM
Politics Materials 15 January 2025 11:55 (UTC +04:00) Photo: Iran MFA Follow Trend on BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 15. Iran’s current government (in power since August 2024) views the ratification of the remaining two conventions of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) as beneficial for the country, said the country’s Foreign Minister, Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, Trend…
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Japanese mob boss pleads guilty in New York to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials to Iran
A man who federal prosecutors say runs a notorious Japanese organized crime syndicate pleaded guilty last week to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials to Iran and U.S. weapons abandoned in Afghanistan to Burma. Takeshi Ebisawa, the 60-year-old alleged leader of the Japanese yakuza, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday to conspiring with a…
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Japanese mafia leader caught in U.S. sting pleads guilty to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials to Iran
Updated on: January 9, 2025 / 6:44 AM EST / CBS/AP Turner: Iran could “declare itself a nuclear weapons state” Rep. Mike Turner says Iran could “declare itself a nuclear weapons state” by end of 2024 07:41 The purported leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges alleging that he conspired to…
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Sanctioned kleptocracy: How Putin’s kremligarchs have survived the war—and even prospered
Russia Tomorrow January 8, 2025 • 1:00 pm ET Ilya Zaslavskiy Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 challenged much of the common Western understanding of Russia. How can the world better understand Russia? What are the steps forward for Western policy? The Eurasia Center’s new “Russia Tomorrow” series seeks to reevaluate conceptions of…
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Iran’s adherence to FATF to likely simplify investment within nation – spokesperson
Iran Materials 7 January 2025 14:12 (UTC +04:00) Photo: Iranian government information portal Follow Trend on BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 7. Iran’s adherence to the working group on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) may simplify the investment process in the country, spokesperson for the Iranian government, Fatemeh Mohajerani, said in a press briefing in Tehran…
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Monday Briefing
Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Image A participant in a September 2021 rally in Washington, organized to support people who faced charges in connection with the Jan. 6 riot. Credit…Kenny Holston for The New York Times How Trump redefined the Jan. 6 riot as ‘a day of love’ Four years ago today, protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol…
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Iranian Advisor: Leadership Recognizes Need for Direct Talks with Washington
A senior advisor to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has revealed that Iran’s leadership has reached a consensus on the necessity of engaging in direct negotiations with the United States. This development coincides with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s approval to revisit a long-delayed government proposal to comply with the requirements of an international body combating terrorism…
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Trump and Rubio Should Appoint a Special Envoy for the Kurds
The flags of Kurdistan and the United States. Shutterstock President-elect Donald Trump dislikes special envoys, with reason. Too many presidents and secretaries of State appoint them for two reasons: First, to bypass Senate confirmation for controversial or unpopular figures and, second, to bypass rather than reform State Department dysfunction. In the first instance, President Joe…
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How Sweden Became a Transnational Crime Hub
I didn’t quite understand what the fuss was about as I sat in a cafe in the heart of Malmo, a city at the southern tip of Sweden, savoring some Syrian sweets and getting up to speed on press coverage of the city. I was in town to investigate the brutal murders of two British…
