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February 15, 2022
Casey Michel
How the West Botched Ukraine
It wasn’t the drive to bring security to Europe that led to the brink of war. It was providing corrupt autocrats with secure havens for their stolen loot.
January 26, 2022
Casey Michel
Azerbaijani Kleptocrats Have Been Getting Their Money’s Worth in Washington for a Long Time
Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar’s not the only lawmaker illicitly involved with the regime, he’s just the one who (maybe) got caught.
January 12, 2022
Casey Michel
The End of America’s Kazakhstan Delusion
Long sold as an island of stability in a sea of chaos, the nation has collapsed into misrule, requiring swift action against its kleptocratic rulers.
December 27, 2021
Casey Michel
It’s Put Up or Shut Up Time in the Fight Against Global Corruption
Biden ended 2021 advancing some much needed measures to battle foreign kleptocrats. Next year, he can win the war.
December 14, 2021
Timothy Noah
How Biden Is Cracking Down on Global Kleptocrats
The best place in the world to hide one’s money isn’t Switzerland or the Caymans. It’s the United States. That may be about to change.
November 4, 2021
Casey Michel
Biden’s Plan to Save the IRS Is Good for Everyone but Wealthy Tax Cheats
Biden’s bill will revive a moribund and underfunded agency, cut down on corruption, and bring in a ton of revenue.
October 18, 2021
Casey Michel
American Law Firms Are Enabling Foreign Kleptocrats
Despite what you may have heard, the Pandora Papers did not let the United States off the hook for facilitating global corruption.
December 23, 2020
Casey Michel
How to Make Kleptocrats Fear America Again
Joe Biden might be the perfect president to restore America’s standing as a champion against foreign corruption.
March 9, 2020
Casey Michel
The Kleptocrat Next Door
Moldovan oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc has been sanctioned by Trump’s State Department. So why is he now holed up in the U.S.?
February 25, 2020
Casey Michel
Bernie Sanders’s Dumb Defense of Fidel Castro
The late Cuban strongman was everything the Democratic front-runner has long railed against: a grifting plutocrat from the top one percent.
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