Sexual violence in Sudan is not collateral damage: it is a weapon of war. In this episode, Sudanese activist Hala Alkarib explains how rape, abduction, and sexual slavery are systematically used to terrorize communities, force displacement, and seize land in a war that the world barely talks about.
For years, the world has struggled to grasp what’s unfolding in China’s far-west — a region Beijing calls Xinjiang and its people call East Turkistan. Behind surveillance and secrecy, an entire population is being targeted in what scholars call “the forgotten genocide.”
As Washington and London tighten sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia’s oil keeps flowing — rerouted, reflagged, and hidden at sea. We track sanctioned tankers and LNG cargoes in real time to reveal how Moscow’s “shadow fleet” evades Western crackdown.
The official line says there’s “no clear evidence of a weapon.” Our reporting—and the science—point elsewhere. This installment follows the trail to the only two nations with the capability, history, and motive to weaponize invisible energy.
When nearly two-thirds of Iran’s shadow fleet suddenly reappeared on the world’s radar, analysts were stunned. In this interview, TankerTrackers.com co-founder Samir Madani explains why Tehran’s sanctioned tankers briefly went visible — and what it reveals about global oil smuggling.
From fake birth certificates to rooftop antennas, Argentine investigative journalist Hugo Alconada Mon traced how Moscow embedded two spies in Buenos Aires for over a decade — and what their story reveals about how intelligence agencies operate worldwide.
UN sanctions have returned, but will they break the covert web of shell firms and tankers that three Iranian brothers built to keep cash pouring into the regime’s nuclear and military programs?
We bring the latest on our investigation into Russia’s shadow fleet, fronted by Azerbaijani traders Etibar Eyyub and Tahir Garayev. Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the pair — operating through shell company Coral Energy — have helped keep the Kremlin’s oil revenues flowing.
As U.S. warships circle Venezuelan waters and a $50 million bounty hangs over Nicolás Maduro’s head, the world is watching to see if military pressure can crack one of Latin America’s most entrenched authoritarian regimes.
European countries are threatening to reimpose sanctions on Iran. Tehran's illicit oil tankers have been fueling nuclear ambitions and terrorism, using ship-to-ship transfers, fake flags, and Chinese buyers to skirt sanctions.
1,500+ U.S. personnel suffered brain injuries from invisible attacks. Now we have the brain scans, the science, and evidence the attacks stopped when Russia invaded Ukraine. The official verdict was wrong—this investigation isn’t over.
