Event Sanctions Risk and the Russian Defense Industry Join us at 11:00 SGT on November 19th, 2020 for a first-of-its-kind C4ADS event exploring the sanctions programs affecting business with Russian...
Issue Brief Staying Afloat A comprehensive analysis of maritime shipping activity in Venezuelan waters since January 2019.
Commentary A Hull in Their Story: Satellite imagery, AIS, and the Ships Secretly Transporting Iranian Gas to China Satellite imagery, AIS, and the Ships Secretly Transporting Iranian Gas to China
Commentary Against the Grain This blog post is an introduction to and summary of preliminary findings of a C4ADS project investigating sand dredging in Haeju, North...
Report Lux & Loaded Investigating connections between North Korea's illicit commercial operations and global luxury goods supply chains.
Report Illicit Influence: Part Two This case study goes beyond well-known instances of coercive Russian hydrocarbon diplomacy to examine how energy dominance is paired with deceptive corporate...
Report Illicit Influence: Part One In the spring of 2016, as the Russian-domiciled First Czech Russian Bank (FCRB) approached insolvency, staff worked feverishly to erase ledgers, destroy...
Report The Forex Effect Today, the North Korean regime is dependent on the flow of hard currency to function.
Report Risky Business In this report, we conduct a system-level examination of the North Korean overseas financing and procurement system.