Yearly Archives: 2024

Gemini Marine, a company registered in the Marshall Islands, has been accused of allegedly aiding adversaries of the US government by shipping Russian and Iranian oil to aid the Houthis. This action is considered a violation of US trust and an offense to Israel since the Houthis have been attacking Israel and commercial ships in…

Maksim Silnikau, also known by the name Maksym Silnikov, is a 38-year-old skilled computer hacker who allegedly has been participating in international scams designed to spread malware, exploit internet vulnerabilities, and steal important data for years. The Ukrainian and Belarusian dual national was apprehended and extradited to the United States from Poland to face multiple…

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is the primary government agency tasked with preventing entities from engaging with dangerous regimes, companies, and jurisdictions who don’t have America’s best interests in mind. To help ensure that US citizens aren’t conducting business with our foreign adversaries, the OFAC puts specific economic restrictions on certain countries, groups,…

Julian Assange’s extradition to the United States was all but certain, but now, the High Court has ruled that he can yet again bring a new appeal to fight off the transfer to America. According to reports, Assange was granted permission to appeal the extradition order on new grounds – how his trial would be…

No one is above the law – even leaders of foreign nations, and this has never been more apparent as we’ve all seen a global increase in the prosecution of political figures. Just recently, the United States’ Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) put the former vice president of Venezuela, Tareck El Aissami, on their Most…

Conventional warfare tactics would be devastating to the current global economy, so it makes sense that advanced nations have developed alternative ways to penalize each other. One of the top ways to cause problems for another country without actually being physically aggressive with our military is to create economic sanctions against our foreign adversaries. The…

Have you ever heard of or used Megaupload? This hosting service was originally founded by Kim Dotcom and presented itself as a service where internet users could store data and share files. As you can imagine, it didn’t take long for users to realize that they could store data, like movies or television shows, on…

The Office of Foreign Assets Control is a branch of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. It’s tasked with leveraging economic and trade sanctions based on national security goals and US foreign policy. The governmental agency uses these sanctions to help prevent threats to the US from getting financial help and support. Just recently, the…

Extradition is the formal process of one government transferring an individual from their custody into the custody of another country after that person has been accused of a crime. The extradition process is agreed upon by all countries in order to combat transnational criminal activities and keep everyone safer. After all, no country wants to…

Sanctions are designed to prevent an individual, entity, or country from conducting certain business transactions. In recent years, multiple global governments have been working together to sanction Russia, Russian companies, Russian nationals, and Russian businesses in an effort to slow down and disable the Russian military from pursuing its goals in Ukraine. Just recently, the…