Corruption & Money Laundering

Written by: Thomas Mayne, Leila N. Seiitbek, Fatima Kanji and Erin K. Schornick Kazakhstan stands as one of the strongest examples of a modern kleptocracy, because for the last thirty years the political economy of Kazakhstan has been dominated by an elite coterie of state officials who have used their power to capture the country’s […]

What does Uzbekistan’s “klepto-baby”, Gulnara Karimova, teaches us about enablers and asset repatriation to help civil society gear up? Gulnara Karimova is one of the most recognizable faces of kleptocracy. While she has been convicted for her crimes in Uzbekistan, other kleptocracy dynasties continue to rampantly steal their countries’ coffers with impunity — from Equatorial Guinea’s Obiang and his

Written by: Freedom for Eurasia The countries of Central Asia and other members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) as a tool to circumvent sanctions against the Russian Federation, its legal entities and individuals January 2023 After the beginning of the large-scale aggression of the Russian Federation (RF) against