Criminality
A Sweeping U.S. Lawsuit Accuses Binance of Helping Finance Hamas and Other Iran-Backed Groups
Ali Ugur Uzun’s Rise Exposes Turkey’s Deepening State-Mafia Nexus
The Scheme May Be Designed to Give the Government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Leverage Abroad and Arm Criminal Proxies That Could Be Tapped for Violent Assignments, Intimidation, or Attacks on Dissidents
The Financial Action Task Force, the Global Standard-Setting Body on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing, Identified a Series of Shortcomings in the Effectiveness of the Turkish System
Reza Zarrab’s Lawyers Devote a Section of Their Filing in a U.S. District Court to ‘Simultaneous Retaliation and Attempted Murder by Turkey’
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Regime Has Failed to Establish an Effective Framework to Prevent Turkish Companies from Using Bribery to Advance Their Commercial Interests Abroad
A Senior Hamas Operative in Istanbul Allegedly Used a U.K.-Registered Islamic Charity to Secretly Channel Millions of Dollars and Truckloads of Goods to a Terrorism-Designated Organization
By Exploiting Local Corruption, State Facilitators and Hezbollah Operatives Convert Regional Lawlessness Into Strategic Infrastructure
The Tri-Border Area Joining Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina—Home to 30,000 Lebanese Expatriates—Channels at Least $200 Million Annually to Hezbollah
The Case Offers a Rare Glimpse Into How Turkey Has Become a Preferred Refuge for Transnational Actors Ranging from Militants to Mafia Bosses
Prosecutors Say the Defendant Was Actively Involved in Discussions About Finding Home Addresses, Conducting Surveillance, and Intimidating Targets
A Major Sanctions-Evasion Prosecution Was Turned Into a Diplomatic Bargaining Chip That Sacrificed the Interests of Terrorism Victims
Hezbollah Has Weaponized Segments of Northern Israel’s Criminal Underworld, Converting It Into an Instrument of Iranian Hybrid Warfare
Barcelona Reveals How Policies Designed to Engineer a Separate National Agenda Have Instead Produced a Geostrategic Vulnerability
The Case Points to a Deeper Pattern of Cooperation Between Elements of Turkey’s Defense Sector and Iranian Procurement Networks
Dozens of Churches Are Destroyed by Fire Every Year, While Other Places of Worship Enjoy an Inexplicable Immunity
A 20-Year Foreign-Income Tax Exemption Could Deepen Turkey’s Exposure to Money Laundering, Sanctions Evasion, and Organized Crime
Under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Iranian Networks Exploit Turkish Corporate, Industrial, and Financial Sectors to Circumvent International Sanctions
Organized Crime Syndicates Ranging from Drug Trafficking Networks to Racketeering Groups Have Operate with Near-Total Impunity in Turkey