List of Law articles
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Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the First State Democratic Dinner. Biden Jump-Starts Fight Against Kleptocracy
New memorandum puts anti-corruption efforts at the heart of national security strategy.
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Workers take down the LeBron James banner. The U.S. Midwest Is Foreign Oligarchs’ New Playground
Forget Manhattan or Monaco; it’s cities like Cleveland that are now attracting ill-gotten money from abroad.
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Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya attends a meeting. Lukashenko’s Air Piracy Has Revitalized Belarus’s Opposition
An exhausted movement finds new support abroad.
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A man throws a tire into a bonfire on the Kaduna-Abuja highway during a protest against kidnapping and killing in Gauraka, Nigeria, on May 24. Nigeria Is a Failed State
The first step to restoring stability and security is recognizing that the government has lost control.
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Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya speaks to journalists. Belarus Is Becoming Europe’s North Korea
Fear and panic spread among dissidents after journalist seized from forced-down plane.
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Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso helps open a 1,000-kilometer (660-mile) oil pipeline in Kome, Chad on Oct. 10, 2003. The Republic of Congo Is a ‘Dark Debt’ Pioneer
The African nation’s leaders have developed new public financing schemes that generate vast amounts of money—and mostly benefit themselves.
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Human rights activists address protesters in Lilongwe on Jan. 16, 2020, during a protest to denounce alleged attempts to bribe judges. How Corruption Derails Development in Malawi
Promises of good governance haven’t stopped officials from raiding the public purse in one of the world’s poorest countries.
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A volunteer records people who voted. Chilean Voters Have Turned Their Backs on Traditional Coalitions. What’s Next?
In a blow to the groups that have governed since democratization, voters chose independent candidates and alternative coalitions to draft a new constitution.
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Members of Congress of South African Trade Unions march to the National Treasury during their strike against corruption and unemployment in Pretoria on Oct. 7, 2020. U.S. Tax Policy Can Help Africa’s Fight Against Illicit Financial Flows
The Biden administration can stop multinational companies, criminals, and kleptocrats from siphoning off Africa’s wealth.
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A man wrapped in a Guatemalan flag takes part in a march. Biden’s Top Priority in Central America Is Fighting Corruption. That’s an Uphill Battle.
In the last few years, as politicians, judges, and other campaigners were stymied, the political will to fight graft has eroded.
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Protesters carry placards to demand that ailing President Muhammadu Buhari resume work or resign in Abuja, Nigeria on August 7, 2017. Nigeria’s President Should Resign
Muhammadu Buhari has failed to provide the security and stability he promised.
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A woman is held by an assistant at a safe house for survivors of sexual assault in Mekele, the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, on Feb. 27. In Tigray, Sexual Violence Has Become a Weapon of War
The world must step in now and call the assaults what they are: a war crime.
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U.S. and Japanese Navy ships America and India Need a Little Flexibility at Sea
A U.S. operation targeting Indian claims has drawn unnecessary outrage.
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Men walk past an improvised monument with the Ethiopian imperial flag. Ethiopia Needs a Constitutional Convention
Establishing an inclusive reform process could end the country’s stalemate between unitarists and ethnonationalists.
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Russian Bitcoin money laundering suspect Alexander Vinnik Congress Can Do Better to Fight Weaponized Corruption
An understaffed agency vital to U.S. security desperately needs a bigger budget.
