Reputed federal informant, whistleblower found dead in L.A. after he’s reported missing NBC. “ Valentin Broeksmit was reported to have turned over a trove of secret files about Deutsche Bank.”
Archegos founder Bill Hwang arrested on US fraud charges FT. On the Archegos family office, see NC here
Archegos’s Word Was Good Enough for Wall Street’s Top Banks WSJ
The Australian Tax Office has failed to collect billions in unpaid superannuation each year, with a damning audit finding the reactive approach is costing workers whose bosses are breaking the law.
Role of ex-cop Gary Jubelin questioned in malicious prosecution case
Developer ‘paid for access’ to Sydney mayor, ICAC hears
Sydney underworld figure Mahmoud ‘Brownie’ Ahmad shot dead
Mahmoud ‘Brownie’ Ahmad ignored police warning about $1m price on his head
Labor promises crackdown on multinational tax avoidance would bring almost $2 billion in revenue
Credit Suisse Taking Another Rap on the Knuckles
I helped Indigenous peoples beat Chevron in court and they put me on house arrest. It didn’t work. Stephen Donziner
Letizia Battaglia, Who Photographed the Italian Mafia, Dies at 87
I celebrate this historic win in Slovenia: As The Guardian notes: Political newcomer liberal Robert Golob has defeated Slovenia’s three-time prime minister, populist conservative Janez
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How the West enabled genocide in Mariupol with its misguided Azov obsession Euromaidan Press
Mystery drone: How the Air Force fast-tracked a new weapon for Ukraine Politico
Fallout: Ukraine Crisis Upends Russia’s Role in the South China Sea Center for Strategic and International Studies
Stop Pretending This Is A Normal Election.BrasilWire
Spain's ombudsman to probe alleged cyber spying of Catalan figures
Freakonomics: What Do A Full Moon, The Super Bowl, And Tax Day Have In Common?
Pterosaurs May Have Had Brightly Colored Feathers, Exquisite Fossil Reveals Scientific American
The ECB Must Act Soon to Avoid a Currency CrisisBloomberg Important!
Calpers Plans to Vote to Replace Warren Buffett as Berkshire Hathaway’s Chairman WSJ
How the CIA and Italy’s secret state manipulated the right and infiltrated the left Ada Winstanley. Operation Gladio. Filing this bit of the historical record here just to show we have form.