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Former Russian Deputy Defense Minister Sentenced to 19 Years in Major Corruption Case

In a significant development underscoring a widening...

Australia’s AML/CTF Reform Brings Expanded PEP Obligations Into Force from March 2026

Australia's financial intelligence authority AUSTRAC confirmed that...

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Iran: Persecution of Baha’is | Human Rights Watch

Iranian authorities’ decades-long systematic repression of Baha’is simply because they belong to a faith group amounts to the crime against humanity of persecution. Government agencies...

Mexico: Guanajuato Should Legally Recognize Trans Identities

(Mexico City) – Trans people in the Mexican state of Guanajuato suffer economic, medical, and labor discrimination, as well as other onerous legal impediments,...

On the Convictions of Vietnamese Ethnic Minority and Religious Freedom Advocates

The United States is deeply concerned by ongoing convictions of Vietnamese ethnic minority and religious freedom advocates, including five convictions since January 2024. We are...

Secretary Blinken’s Call with President-Elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye of Senegal

Secretary Blinken’s Call with President-Elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye of Senegal Readout April 1, 2024 Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Senegal’s President-elect, Bassirou Diomaye...

MAS Launches COSMIC: Enhancing Financial Crime Detection

On April 1, 2024, MAS unveiled COSMIC, a digital platform named "Collaborative Sharing of Money Laundering/Terrorism Financing (ML/TF) Information & Cases," in collaboration with...

Transgender Day of Visibility – United States Department of State

Transgender Day of Visibility is a celebration of the courage and resilience of transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-confirming persons who exist in every country...

Somalia: Constitutional Proposals Put Children at Risk

(Nairobi) – Somalia’s parliament should reject any proposed constitutional amendments that would weaken rights protections for children, Human Rights Watch said today. On March 30,...

UN Report on Israeli Killing of Journalist in Lebanon

(New York) – The United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) should release the findings of its investigation into two Israeli strikes on a...

Russia: Shameful Pride in Torture of Terrorism Suspects

(Berlin, March 29, 2024) – Russian authorities tortured, recorded, and shared recordings of the torture, of at least two men held as suspects for...

Japan Broadens Ban on Restraints of Jailed Women in Labor

During a Diet session last week, Japan’s Ministry of Justice announced it had broadened a directive initially sent to all penal institutions in 2014...

Fiji’s Political Figures Await Sentencing: Legal Showdown in Suva

Fiji's former Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama, and suspended police commissioner, Sitiveni Qiliho, are being sentenced at the Magistrates Court in Suva. Bainimarama, a former...

Mongolian Ex-PM Accused of NYC Property Purchase with Corrupt Mining Funds

Former Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold is accused of diverting money from profitable mining deals and using it to buy luxury properties in New...

Albanian Acting Mayor Detained for Alleged Land Corruption

Jorgo Goro, appointed acting mayor of Himara amidst tensions between Albania and Greece due to his opponent's arrest, has been detained over suspicions of...

Lombard International Assurance Fined €1.68M for Money Laundering Failings

The Commissariat aux Assurances fined Lombard International Assurance €1.68m for multiple failures in their anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CFT) efforts. Identified shortcomings...

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