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Contactless, Crypto, and Cash: Laundering Illicit Profits in the Age of COVID-19
Contactless, Crypto, and Cash: Laundering Illicit Profits in the Age of COVID-19
This paper explores whether COVID-19 may have affected the traditional means illicit groups have used to launder their ill-gotten profits processes through three main channels: increased reliance on cryptocurrencies to move and launder funds tied to illicit activity; the expanded use of the internet through e-commerce sites to continue and expand trade mispricing practices to move illicit funds; and the use of FinTech and peer-to-peer payment services to transfer illicit funds.
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Reforming Venezuela’s electricity sector: Options and priorities for rebuilding a collapsed system
Reforming Venezuela’s electricity sector: Options and priorities for rebuilding a collapsed system
This paper examines the root causes of the power crisis in Venezuela in the context of the steady collapse of the state in the country, to provide a series of recommendations concerning rebuilding versus replacing existing infrastructure and priorities in Venezuela’s critical energy transition. It urges the engagement of principal stakeholders in a broad, transparent dialogue to launch the reform of the electricity sector in distinct, coordinated phases.
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US spotlight: The year in review and looking ahead
US spotlight: The year in review and looking ahead
Chatham House and foreign policy experts review the first year of the Joe Biden presidency and examine America’s future place in the world.
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Re-imagining trade for domestic and foreign policy
Re-imagining trade for domestic and foreign policy
Exploring future trade policy through issues such as the green transition, labour standards, human rights, the role of the WTO, and non-trade policy objectives.
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The Democrat’s Playbook
The Democrat’s Playbook
Biden’s Summit for Democracy must go on the offensive.
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A polarized America still showing little sign of unity
A polarized America still showing little sign of unity
Despite policy wins, Joe Biden’s hopes of healing a divided nation remain a distant promise with an electorate entrenched in its partisan views.
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Nicaragua chronicle is of a democracy’s death foretold
Nicaragua chronicle is of a democracy’s death foretold
The recent elections were denounced by more than 40 governments but sanctions had no measurable deterrent effect, so can the international community do more?
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Tackling online abuse against women politicians: This disturbing global trend threatens Latin American democracy
Tackling online abuse against women politicians: This disturbing global trend threatens Latin American democracy
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United States competitiveness and the future of technology governance with Eric Schmidt
United States competitiveness and the future of technology governance with Eric Schmidt
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To participate or not to participate: The Venezuelan opposition’s Hamlet moment
To participate or not to participate: The Venezuelan opposition’s Hamlet moment