Cryptocurrency Money Laundering Is on the Rise in Brazil
Police in São Paulo have frozen bank accounts holding over a billion dollars in an anti-money laundering operation that highlights…
US Labels Tren de Aragua a Transnational Criminal Threat
The recent US designation of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua as a transnational criminal organization puts the group on…
Drug Traffickers Producing More Cocaine in Europe: EU Report
Some cocaine production has shifted from Latin America to Europe, as criminal groups explore new trafficking methods and authorities boost…
Unshackling workers in China’s solar supply chain
Western powers must cooperate with China to make solar power supply chains both environmentally and socially sustainable. ...
Vietnam’s Land Law evolution
Vietnam's updated Land Law balances social stability and economic growth by fairly valuing land, increasing compensation and improving living standards,…
Foreign debt will be Pakistan’s economic touchstone in 2024
In 2024, the most urgent task for Pakistan's new government will be grappling with their crippling foreign debt. ...
Mongolia’s global resurgence and Oyu Tolgoi’s promise
The commencement of underground production at the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine and heightened coal exports are fuelling Mongolia's economic rebound…
Timor-Leste hits the democratic reset button
In the latest electoral cycle, Timor-Leste’s citizens rejected former president Francisco ‘Lu-Olo’ Guterres’ approach to governance and returned candidates to…
Geopolitics and global slowdown weigh on South Korea’s economy
Weakening domestic demand and geopolitical disruptions constrained South Korea's economy in 2023, but the greater long-term challenge is the country's…
South Korea’s higher education should make inroads in India
South Korea's university sector should focus on India, whose policies and demographics align well with South Korea's transnational higher education…