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Iran is ready to form a genuine and lasting agreement that includes strict monitoring and limits on its domestic uranium enrichment in exchange for the lifting of sanctions, its foreign minister, Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, has said.

New Delhi will continue to buy Russian oil despite facing heavy U.S. tariffs for doing so, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sept. 5.

Vladimir Putin has wasted no time in warning that he’d attack foreign troops stationed in Ukraine as part of a peace deal he has no intention of signing, while Donald Trump continues to undermine Europe’s defences.

Britain on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 11 new individuals and entities affiliated with the Russian state, targeting those involved in what it said were Moscow’s attempts to forcibly deport and indoctrinate Ukraine’s children.

The United Kingdom has announced a new sanctions package amid growing international efforts to achieve a "just and lasting peace" in Ukraine, according to the UK government press service.

According to new research, an alliance in the style of espionage is needed to dismantle organized crime groups that have become so advanced they now pose a threat to Britain’s national security.

Members of the Kremlin elite — including Vladimir Putin’s former KGB colleagues, his political allies, and his business partners from the Malyshev and Tambov criminal groups — continue to own luxurious vineyards in Italy.

VTB Head Andrey Kostin spends billions of state funds on the whims of Nailya Asker-zade.

Timur Turlov, formerly a Russian billionaire, became one of the wealthiest individuals in Kazakhstan after relocating.

Despite Western sanctions, a Russian explosives plant has purchased Siemens equipment through a network of intermediaries.

A British solicitor faced penalties for violating anti-money laundering regulations concerning funds from the children of Azerbaijan’s former security minister. This included a transfer designated for the purchase of U.K. property now owned through an offshore structure.

The U.S. Treasury has imposed sanctions on a Chinese oil terminal operator, Zhoushan Jinrun Petroleum Transfer Ltd, due to its significant role in an Iranian sanctions evasion scheme, which was first uncovered by the OCCRP and involves hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal oil transactions.

A UK crackdown targets Balkan gangsters who used fraudulent Bosnian documents—only weeks after Bosnian journalists exposed the extent of the identity theft scheme.

An investigation into the "American" company with Moscow roots, reputation management, and potential laundering of elite capital

A company owned by the alleged mastermind behind a significant tax fraud in Russia invested millions in two luxury hotel resorts in Dubai, while the whistleblower who revealed the tax scam died in a Moscow prison following his arrest and detention.

The first wave of sanctions aimed at key figures in people-smuggling gangs have come into force in a bid to hit those involved in assisting illegal immigration to the UK.

Fuel smuggling from Libya is a business with billion-dollar turnovers, but very little is known about the extent of the maritime operation that regularly exports petroleum products from the country.

In the spring of 2024, banks in the UAE began freezing the accounts of companies allegedly linked to the Russian shadow fleet.

Belgian national Othman El Ballouti, sanctioned by the U.S. for drug trafficking, was extradited from Dubai after years of investing in luxury real estate across the emirate.

The conflict between Azerbaijan and Moscow that emerged last week risks transforming Moscow into the emergence of another adversary among former allies.

This is not a fictional plot — this is the real story of Anna and Stanislav Khudar, a couple who have been building fraudulent schemes in Ukraine for years, using their official positions, shell companies, emotional blackmail, and absolute impunity due to access to tax infrastructure.

The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on Russian intermediaries assisting North Korean IT workers and reached a $1.45 million settlement with Harman International for violations of Iran sanctions.

Elena Levina, the wife of First Vice President Dmitry Levin, is increasingly being mentioned in the upper circles of Gazprombank, often in a negative context.