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Inside the lucrative smuggling operation that sees millions of Chinese cigarettes pass through Texas Courtesy / Policia Nacional June 29, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Not drugs, weapons or gems. It was cigarettes. Cartons upon cartons of black market cigarettes for export. An 80-year-old Mission man and two young associates were convicted and sentenced for trying to move the stash. The elder player in the scheme admitted he intended to smuggle nearly 423 million cigarettes through Texas into Mexico. The case provides a glimpse into the operations of Chinese firms that are well on their way to ta...

Après la Suisse, la justice française s'intéresse à son tour au patrimoine en Europe du gouverneur de la banque centrale du Liban, Riad Salamé, fig...

PRESS FREEDOM Press freedom has deteriorated in the face of a global pandemic, journalists share on World Press Freedom Day ICIJ members in every region told of rising attacks, intimidation, government pressure, restrictions, lawsuits and penalties in the past year, as well as concerns arising from changes in media ownership. May 3, 2021 A journalist wears a T-shirt with an image of Malaysian news site Malaysiakini’s editor-in-chief Steven Gan at the Federal Court in Putrajaya on July 13, 2020, as the site faces contempt of court proceedings. Journalism has not bee...

Gang violence has once again become rampant in Mexico as the mid-term elections in June are inching closer. According to local civilians, a series of political assassinations and forced disappearances of thousands have started, with state and federal security forces actively colluding and even fighting alongside warring groups. This was told by civil society activists and gunmen from various factions, according to The Guardian report. Mexican criminal factions are also confronting each other on the electoral field. "All the [criminal] groups are trying to make gains right now," a Michoacán...

A made-in-Miami money laundering saga develops even deeper Ukraine roots Shirsho Dasgupta and Olena Loginova, Miami Herald © Konstantin Sazonchik/ITAR-TASS/TNS Igor Kolomoisky in a file image from 2014.. WASHINGTON — Take a couple of Ukrainian oligarchs sanctioned for alleged money laundering. Add a mix of Florida-based businessmen who employed the husband of a prominent Democratic politician. Throw in some political connections tracing back to Rudy Giuliani, former Ukrainian presidents and even the Kremlin. What you get is a tangled story about money and power, one that ...