| Then, a year later, the Med Sea Eagle was involved in possible sanctions dodging. As it crawled along the Suez Canal, its new owner sent an urgent email to the European naval mission tasked with enforcing an arms embargo on Libya. He warned that the Med Sea Eagle's new crew had been bribed to carry "suspicious cargo," including speedboats and "military tactical" vehicles, to Benghazi, leaked documents show.
The naval mission ultimately failed to stop the shipment. And a U.N. report later confirmed some of the cargo reached Khalifa Haftar, a rogue military strongman who holds sway in Libya's east, although authorities could not determine if it violated the arms embargo.
Shipping companies willing to break the law "find that there are very few restraints on criminal conduct," said Alexandra Wrage, the president of the anti-corruption association TRACE. Read more here.
SUPERYACHTS FOR HIRE
Lawmakers in Cyprus recently grilled tax authorities for failing to collect 14 million euros (about $15.2 million) in unpaid taxes from Blue Ocean Yacht Management, the now-dissolved company at the center of an alleged tax-dodging scheme involving billionaire Roman Abramovich's fleet of luxury superyachts.
CANADA REACTS TO CHINA TARGETS
Canadian lawmakers have called for the government to implement a newly adopted law against foreign interference following reports by ICIJ, CBC News and other media partners that the Chinese government targeted dozens of Chinese dissidents living in Canada.
AWARD WINS
ICIJ has won the TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting for Caspian Cabals, which exposed how Western oil companies ignored corruption risks to secure their stakes in the critical Caspian pipeline. Nicole Sadek, a reporter on the investigation, was awarded the prestigious Livingston Award for International Reporting for her story "The Lost Village," which drew attention to the Kazakh communities harmed by the resources bonanza. Read it here.
INSIDE CHINA TARGETS
ICYMI, yesterday's live panel with ICIJ journalists Scilla Alecci and Jelena Cosic is now available to watch. Digital producer Carmen Molina Acosta moderated the discussion, which delved into the reporting behind the recent China Targets investigation into Beijing's tactics for silencing its critics worldwide. Watch it here.
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