Economic sanctions, as well as frauds and scams, tend to drive illicit crypto activity in the countries where it’s most prevalent.
We dive into a financial system that’s designed to protect the ultra wealthy.
Detaining luxury vessels worth hundreds of millions of dollars was the easy bit. Maintenance runs about 10% of the yachts’ value.
Their fates and fortunes are tied closely to Vladimir Putin’s.
The British government has threatened to freeze Russian oligarchs’ property in the U.K. if Russia invades Ukraine. Is the threat credible?