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Scilla Alecci
@scillaa.bsky.social
Reporter, #Asia #EU desk @ICIJorg
Fmr @Bloombergnews Japan
From Rome, via Tokyo, NYC and Washington D.C.
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From Dubai to Toronto, my colleague @spencerwoodman.bsky.social dives in the world of crypto-to-cash storefronts fueling money laundering’s new frontier
These shadowy operations have made it easier than ever to move dirty money around the world. #CoinLaundry www.icij.org/investigatio...
From Dubai to Toronto, inside the crypto-to-cash storefronts fueling money laundering’s new frontier - ICIJ
These shadowy operations have made it easier than ever to move dirty money around the world. One man is on a mission to expose them.
www.icij.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
My story adds a touch of glamour to it ✨ as Hollywood actors like #KevinSpacey and celebrities like #MayeMusk ended up lending a veneer of credibility to an accused crypto fraudster and his PR entourage.... (None of the actors and celebs answered ICIJ's questions) www.icij.org/investigatio...
The Russian crypto guru’s Hollywood gambit - ICIJ
How the alleged mastermind of a multimillion-dollar crypto scam teamed up with a globe-trotting influencer and a disgraced Oscar winner as he pushed his latest dubious project.
www.icij.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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📌Saturday, May 24
⏰ 11:15 am

#ChinaTargets: How ICIJ investigated China's transnational repression and its abuse of Interpol and the U.N.

Our colleague @mariachristoph.bsky.social talks with @scillaa.bsky.social (@icij.org) & Jelena Cosic (@icij.org)
May 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
“These overseas dissident groups might seem like peripheral-ish figures to us. ‘What harm can they cause?’ But the CCP doesn’t see it like that,” China security expert Edward Schwarck told @icij.org. “It’s ensuring that a lot of these activists overseas don’t have the capacity to threaten China.”
May 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
"The case illustrates how China uses all possible access points in our country to achieve its goals." www.tijd.be/politiek-eco...
China benaderde PS'er voor info over covoorzitter Ecolo
Na de spionageaffaire rond een Vlaams Belanger blijkt dat China nu ook Belgische politici van traditionele partijen benadert voor informatie. De Staatsveiligheid toonde zich verontrust over contacten ...
www.tijd.be
May 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Though it misuses @interpol.int 's system, China is not on the list of 6 countries currently subject to "corrective measures" by the police organization, Ostro, @icij.org reporting partner in #Slovenia found. www.ostro.si/si/zgodbe/ki...
Kitajcema namesto štajerske idile pripor na Hrvaškem — Oštro
Kitajska državljana sta skoraj leto dni preživela v hrvaškem priporu, potem ko je Kitajska za njima prek Interpola razpisala rdečo tiralico. Na koncu ju Kitajski niso izročili, brat enega od njiju pa ...
www.ostro.si
April 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Mr H.'s case was one of 50 Red Notices ICIJ & partners examined for #ChinaTargets. The targets included businesspeople & Uyghurs accused of fraud or terrorism. Chinese authorities also used unethical practices to put pressure on them. In NZ @nzstuff.nzcow.com found: www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
How Chinese authorities have hunted corruption targets on New Zealand soil
A worldwide investigation exposes how Chinese authorities allegedly use Interpol “red notices” for political ends, including targets in New Zealand.
www.stuff.co.nz
April 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM
A #HongKong official told the businessman in a recorded call that Chinese authorities use two "tricks" to force Red Notice suspects to return: "The first one is to freeze all your money … the second one is to threaten your family."(第一个把你所有钱给你冻结了,第二个就是拿你家里人威胁你。)
April 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM