House Republican leaders have formally urged Cabinet officials to deploy U.S. sanctions against the transnational criminal pipeline moving Southeast Asian scam proceeds through regional elites like former Thai Deputy Finance Minister Vorapak Tanyawong.
Cambodian businessman Yim Leak has filed a sealed application in a Washington DC federal court using a powerful but little-known statute to hunt for the journalists and sources behind the investigation that exposed his $1.5 billion money laundering network.
As Singapore and Thailand freeze $750 million in assets connected to the Mauerberger criminal network, a U.S. banking footprint gives federal prosecutors the ultimate hook to dismantle a cyber-scam empire.
Former Thai Deputy Finance Minister Vorapak Tanyawong has filed a criminal defamation suit against Whale Hunting, but we will defend our reporting in court while continuing to publish the documents that expose the Mauerberger syndicate's capture of Thailand's elite.
As law enforcement closes in on Benjamin Mauerberger’s scam network, the luxury Aman hotel brand faces a boardroom civil war as elite shareholders demand to know how a global fugitive laundered "pig-butchering" proceeds into their $3B portfolio.
Most financial crimes involve stealing a nation's wealth and hiding it abroad. The Mauerberger "Spider Web" is the reverse: it is an inward occupation, using billions in criminal proceeds to buy the licensed brokerages, energy reserves, and media networks that form the state's own internal organs.
Singapore police have acted against the Mauerberger network, arresting two directors of his front company and seizing $124 million in assets.
At the launch of Janu Dubai, champagne flowed for the global elite. But behind the "soulful" branding lies a radioactive secret. While developers point to anonymous "Asian funds" for cover, our investigation reveals a $1.5B trail of "pig-butchering" proceeds and a fugitive wanted for fraud.
A tip led us to a mysterious Dubai fund. What we found was a network connecting a money launderer, an insolvent UK company, a £100,000 political donation, the Dubai ruling family, and the UAE Finance Minister.
Google has directly challenged the central premise of Indonesia’s corruption trial against former Education Minister Nadiem Makarim. By denying a "quid pro quo" and distancing its investments from government contracts, the tech giant has exposed the vacuum at the heart of the prosecution's case.
ชาวแอฟริกาใต้ลึกลับเข้ายึดครองประเทศอธิปไตย ด้วยความมั่งคั่งที่ไม่อาจสืบหาได้จากศูนย์หลอกลวงที่บังคับใช้แรงงานทาสนับพันคน นี่คือเรื่องราวที่ว่าองค์กรอาชญากรรมจีนเข้าครอบงำประเทศไทยได้อย่างไร— และเหตุใดอเมริกาจึงควรหวาดผวา
A mysterious South African took over a sovereign nation, armed with a flood of untraceable wealth from scam compounds enslaving thousands. This is the story of how Chinese organized crime captured Thailand — and why America should be terrified.
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