Tag: Crime
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Europe Seeks Diplomatic Solution to Israel-Iran Conflict
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at diplomatic efforts to end the Israel-Iran conflict, a landmark vote in the U.K. Parliament, and the diminishing power of Taiwan’s opposition. Two Weeks of Diplomacy Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with his counterparts from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom in Geneva on Friday to…
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Are Albania and Montenegro on the fast track to EU membership?
July 1 will mark a dozen years since Croatia joined the the European Union (EU), the most recent country to do so. In the years after Croatia’s accession, the bloc’s eastern enlargement process stalled almost entirely. The EU’s enthusiasm for admitting new members waned, driven by rising anti-EU sentiment within member states and fears that…
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Anonymous shell companies pose a threat to US national security. Here is how to address it.
Econographics June 17, 2025 • 12:18 pm ET Julie Brinn Siegel On March 26, the Department of the Treasury scrapped critical federal rules that would have made most anonymous shell companies illegal. The rules would also have prevented them from being abused by drug cartels, human traffickers, foreign adversaries like Iran and China, terrorist groups,…
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Israel’s Next Strategic Vector: Building Up National Strengths
Perspectives Paper No. 2,347, June 3, 2025 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Since October 2023, Israel’s primary strategic vector has been a campaign against its enemies in the region. This campaign is nearing its end. In the coming months, the open security issues of Gaza and Iran will be decided. The next strategic vector should be a reorientation…
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What’s the Trump administration’s dollar strategy? It depends on who you ask.
New Atlanticist May 27, 2025 • 10:20 am ET Alisha Chhangani The US dollar has been the backbone of the international financial system for nearly a century. According to the Atlantic Council’s Dollar Dominance Monitor, the dollar’s preeminent position remains secure in the near and medium term. However, five months into US President Donald Trump’s…
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Why the US cannot afford to lose dollar dominance
Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series May 20, 2025 • 10:00 am ET Martin Mühleisen and Valbona Zeneli This Atlantic Council Strategy Paper explores the relationship between the status of the United States as a geopolitical superpower and the role of the US dollar as the world’s dominant currency. It examines how these two facets of…
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US announces $10m reward for information on South American Hezbollah networks
The US on Monday announced a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the disruption of Hezbollah financial markets in South America. The State Department’s Rewards for Justice programme issued the announcement, with the request focused on the “tri-border area” of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. The announcement said the Lebanon-based group generates…
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Telegram’s Durov says French spy chief asked him to ban conservative Romanian voices
PARIS – Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram messaging app, has accused the head of France’s foreign intelligence agency Nicolas Lerner of asking him to ban Romanian conservative voices ahead of the country’s elections, adding he refused the request. Russian-born Durov is currently under judicial supervision in France, holed up in Paris’ glitzy Crillon…
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Iran seeks removal from FATF blacklist amid legislative efforts
Politics Materials 17 May 2025 11:46 (UTC +04:00) Follow Trend on BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 17. Iran is working to be removed from the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) list of non-cooperative jurisdictions, also known as the “blacklist,” Trend reports, citing Iran’s Financial Intelligence Unit. The ratification of two key international conventions—the Convention against Transnational Organized…
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African governments should rethink their approach to combating money laundering and terrorist financing
Emerging and developing economies are already feeling the impact of the trade war and economic downturn. That was made clear at this year’s International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings, where financial leaders warned about job loss and increasing poverty rates across these countries. But there are changes African countries can make to better…
