# money laundering (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 11 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover money laundering. Page: Feed: --- ## [BUSINESSMAN MUNGE CHARGED.](https://nairobitimez.co.ke/businessman-munge-charged/) _2026-08-22 · Nairobi TIMES · Nairobi TIMES_ By Reporter. Businessman has been charged with obtaining goods (Toyota Prado) by false pretenses. Gedion Gachiri Munge appeared before Milimani Senior Principal Magistrate Caroline Mugo and denied the charges. Munge is accused that between January and April 2025 within Nairobi County with intent to defraud obtained motor vehicle registration. He obtained vehicle registration from Alice \[…\] ## [BUSINESSMEN CHARGED WITH OBTAINING COFFEE WORTH SH115 MILLION.](https://nairobitimez.co.ke/businessmen-charged-with-obtaining-coffee-worth-sh115-million/) _2026-08-22 · Nairobi TIMES · Nairobi TIMES_ By Reporter. Businessmen have been charged with fraudulently obtaining coffee worth Sh 115 million. Kibet Torut and Peter Kimathi Kinyua appeared before Milimani Senior Resident Magistrate Irene Thamara and denied the charges. Prosecution told the court that On the diverse dates between 1st January and 24th January, 2024 at Nairobi city within Nairobi County, they \[…\] ## [ONE ACRE FUND SENIOR EMPLOYEES CHARGED WITH STEALING FERTILIZER WORTH OVER SH20.7 MILLION.](https://nairobitimez.co.ke/one-acre-fund-senior-employees-charged-with-stealing-fertilizer-worth-over-sh20-7-million/) _2026-08-22 · Nairobi TIMES · Nairobi TIMES_ By Reporter. Three employees of One Acre Fund have been charged with stealing assorted fertilizer worth over Sh 20 million from the firm. Area coordinator Langat Caleb Kibet and zone supervisor Maeba Abraham Kiptoo appeared before Milimani Senior Resident Magistrate Irene Thamara and denied the charges. Rwandese who is also payment administrator coordinator Innocent Nshimiyumukiza \[…\] ## [US CBP seizes more than $600k in cocaine at Pharr International Bridge](https://www.border-security-report.com/us-cbp-seizes-more-than-600k-in-cocaine-at-pharr-international-bridge/) _2026-08-21 · Tony Kingham · Border Security Report_ U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility intercepted $634,000 worth of alleged cocaine concealed ## [COURT ALLOWS GAMBLING REGULATOR TO RECEIVE LICENCE APPLICATIONS PENDING CASE CHALLENGING REGULATIONS.](https://nairobitimez.co.ke/court-allows-gambling-regulator-to-receive-licence-applications-pending-case-challenging-regulations/) _2026-08-21 · Nairobi TIMES · Nairobi TIMES_ By Sam Alfan. The High Court has allowed the Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA) to continue receiving and processing licence applications under the Gambling Control Act, 2025, pending the determination of a judicial review case challenging parts of the new gambling regulations. Judge William Musyoka permitted the regulator to receive licence applications and, for purposes of \[…\] ## [13 tons of “laughing gas” seized in southern Tenerife](https://www.border-security-report.com/13-tons-of-laughing-gas-seized-in-southern-tenerife/) _2026-08-21 · Tony Kingham · Border Security Report_ The Spanish Civil Guard has dismantled a criminal organization in southern Tenerife dedicated to the illegal import, storage, and distribution ## [WHY COURT DECLINED TO STOP LANDMARK INTERNATIONAL PROPERTIES DIRECTOR PROSECUTION.](https://nairobitimez.co.ke/why-court-declined-to-stop-landmark-international-properties-director-prosecution/) _2026-08-21 · Nairobi TIMES · Nairobi TIMES_ By Sam Alfan. Director of Landmark International Properties Limited has failed to block her prosecution over the funds that constitute proceeds of crime over the sale of a motor vehicle bought with the loan obtained from BaoBao Credit limited. Justice Lawrence Mugambi dismissed petition filed by businesswoman Anna Njeri Gitanyu seeking to permanently restrain Director \[…\] ## [The Challenges Behind the EU Entry/Exit System Rollout](https://www.border-security-report.com/the-challenges-behind-the-eu-entry-exit-system-rollout/) _2026-08-21 · NeilWalker · Border Security Report_ The European Union’s Entry/Exit System (EES) represents one of the most significant changes to European border management in decades. Designed ## [Erdogan government moves to change election rules to secure a new term](https://nordicmonitor.com/2026/08/erdogan-government-moves-to-change-election-rules-to-secure-a-new-term/) _2026-08-20 · Levent Kenez · Nordic Monitor_ Levent Kenez/Stockholm The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has chosen to change the rules of Turkey’s presidential contest rather than risk another election in which a fragmented opposition could force a second round, an approach that could allow the ruling bloc to prevail with a much smaller share of the vote if the current \[…\] ## [Timeline: Natalie Harp’s trajectory from inside the trunk to off the decoy plane](https://www.beltway.news/p/timeline-natalie-harps-trajectory) _2026-08-20 · Camaron Stevenson · Below The Beltway_ COURIER has compiled a comprehensive timeline of Harp’s rise, from teenage George W. Bush fangirl to one of the most influential people in the Oval Office. ## [Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum Today (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/PoMnKwpj0jFc) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell, and margin trade BTC and ETH with EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, or JPY. ## [SENIOR LECTURER OBTAINS ORDERS BLOCKING CHARGES IN FIGHT WITH FORMER HUSBAND AND EX-PS NDUVA MULI.](https://nairobitimez.co.ke/senior-lecturer-obtains-orders-blocking-charges-in-fight-with-former-husband-and-ex-ps-nduva-muli/) _2026-08-20 · Nairobi TIMES · Nairobi TIMES_ By Sam Alfan. The High Court has suspended a decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to charge University of Nairobi senior lecturer Dr Elizabeth Muli, the former wife of ex-Permanent Secretary Nduva Muli. Justice John Chigiti also barred the DPP Renson Ingonga and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) from summoning or arresting \[…\] ## [BUSINESSMAN NGUMI FAILS TO STOP GRAFT PROBE IN SH6 BILLION TELKOM SALE.](https://nairobitimez.co.ke/businessman-ngumi-fails-to-stop-graft-probe-in-sh6-billion-telkom-sale/) _2026-08-20 · Nairobi TIMES · Nairobi TIMES_ By Sam Alfan. Businessman John Ngumi has failed to block an application by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) seeking the transfer of his petition over a disputed Sh6 billion Telkom Kenya sale to the High Court’s Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Division. High Court Judge David Mburu allowed the anti-graft agency’s application and directed that \[…\] ## [US CBP officers intercept Utah meth destined for Paris](https://www.border-security-report.com/us-cbp-officers-intercept-utah-meth-destined-for-paris/) _2026-08-20 · Tony Kingham · Border Security Report_ Professional football players have reported to camp to kick off the 2026 season, but U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers ## [Despite years of confiscations, the Met still holds hundreds of pieces linked to alleged trafficking and looting figures](https://www.icij.org/investigations/hidden-treasures/despite-years-of-confiscations-the-met-still-holds-hundreds-of-pieces-linked-to-alleged-trafficking-and-looting-figures/) _2026-08-20 · Spencer Woodman · ICIJ_ Museum says it wants no stolen artwork and that it has initiated an expedited review of hundreds of works tied to specific dealers. ## [Two criminal organizations dedicated to the sexual exploitation of women in situations of extreme vulnerability have been dismantled](https://www.border-security-report.com/two-criminal-organizations-dedicated-to-the-sexual-exploitation-of-women-in-situations-of-extreme-vulnerability-have-been-dismantled/) _2026-08-20 · Tony Kingham · Border Security Report_ The Spanish Civil Guard and the National Police, as part of Operation “Munib Calamitas,” have dismantled two criminal organizations allegedly ## [More than 1.5 tons of cocaine seized in a major anti-drug operation in Galicia](https://www.border-security-report.com/more-than-1-5-tons-of-cocaine-seized-in-a-major-anti-drug-operation-in-galicia/) _2026-08-20 · Tony Kingham · Border Security Report_ The Civil Guard, in an operation carried out together with the National Police and the Customs Surveillance Service, has proceeded ## [OECD slams Turkey’s foreign bribery enforcement as Erdogan-linked firm faces US case](https://nordicmonitor.com/2026/08/oecd-slams-turkeys-foreign-bribery-enforcement-as-erdogan-linked-firm-faces-us-case/) _2026-08-19 · Abdullah Bozkurt · Nordic Monitor_ Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, long plagued by entrenched systemic corruption and blatant political interference in law enforcement at home, has also failed to establish an effective framework to prevent politically connected Turkish companies from using bribery to advance their commercial interests abroad, according to a damning new assessment by the… ## [Inter-institutional investigation succeeds in dismantling a transnational criminal gang, preventing drugs from leaving through Chilean ports](https://www.border-security-report.com/inter-institutional-investigation-succeeds-in-dismantling-a-transnational-criminal-gang-preventing-drugs-from-leaving-through-chilean-ports/) _2026-08-19 · Tony Kingham · Border Security Report_ An investigation that lasted more than a year and involved national and international institutions led to the dismantling of a ## [Traffickers and illegal migrants detained at the border with Lithuania](https://www.border-security-report.com/traffickers-and-illegal-migrants-detained-at-the-border-with-lithuania/) _2026-08-19 · Tony Kingham · Border Security Report_ Polish Border Guards conducted a roadside inspection of an Audi with Latvian license plates. It turned out that a 25-year-old ## [A network dedicated to recruiting minors under guardianship from sub-Saharan Africa for sexual exploitation has been arrested in Gran Canaria](https://www.border-security-report.com/a-network-dedicated-to-recruiting-minors-under-guardianship-from-sub-saharan-africa-for-sexual-exploitation-has-been-arrested-in-gran-canaria/) _2026-08-19 · Tony Kingham · Border Security Report_ The Spanish Civil Guard has dismantled a network based on the island of Gran Canaria dedicated to recruiting unaccompanied foreign ## [Snapshot Showdown on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xtQapZLlCvj9) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Available on Google Play for Android devices. ## [Frontex Trials Shipborne V-BAT Drones to Extend Europe’s Maritime Surveillance Reach](https://www.border-security-report.com/frontex-trials-shipborne-v-bat-drones-to-extend-europes-maritime-surveillance-reach/) _2026-08-19 · NeilWalker · Border Security Report_ Frontex has completed what is believed to be its most ambitious shipborne drone trial to date, successfully demonstrating how large ## [LAWYER HARRISON KINYANJUI DEMANDS SH50 MILLION OVER X POST LINKING HIM TO BRIBERY.](https://nairobitimez.co.ke/lawyer-harrison-kinyanjui-demands-sh50-million-over-x-post-linking-him-to-bribery/) _2026-08-19 · Nairobi TIMES · Nairobi TIMES_ By Sam Alfan. City lawyer Harrison Kinyanjui has demanded Sh50 million in damages from Meru businessman Michael Mutembei Makarina Kibutha over a defamatory post he made on X. The post, according to the lawyer falsely claimed he had been arrested by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) over a Sh25.4 million bribery scandal. Through his \[…\] ## [FORMER MIGORI GOVERNOR OBADO SEEKS LENIENCY AFTER MURDER CONVICTION.](https://nairobitimez.co.ke/former-migori-governor-obado-seeks-leniency-after-murder-conviction/) _2026-08-19 · Nairobi TIMES · Nairobi TIMES_ By Sam Alfan. Former Migori County Governor Okoth Obado has expressed remorse over the death of Rongo University student Sharon, but maintained his innocence her murder. Obado, who was convicted alongside his former personal assistant Michael Oyamo and Caspal Obiero, admitted that he had been in an intimate relationship with Sharon, a mother of three. \[…\] ## [Turkey’s Western-backed Ukraine arms deal tests ties with Russia](https://nordicmonitor.com/2026/08/turkeys-western-backed-ukraine-arms-deal-tests-ties-with-russia/) _2026-08-18 · Levent Kenez · Nordic Monitor_ Levent Kenez/Stockholm A planned $283 million transfer of US-made weapons from Turkey to Ukraine has sparked a sharp warning from Moscow, adding a point of tension to relations between Ankara and the Kremlin as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan strengthens ties with US President Donald Trump and Turkey reduces some of its energy dependence on Russia. \[…\] ## [US CBP officers seize more than $1.7 million in cocaine at Del Rio Port of Entry](https://www.border-security-report.com/us-cbp-officers-seize-more-than-1-7-million-in-cocaine-at-del-rio-port-of-entry/) _2026-08-18 · Tony Kingham · Border Security Report_ U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers at Del Rio Port of Entry recently seized more than $1.7 million in cocaine. “This significant ## [Syrian migrant smugglers arrested in coordinated strike in Germany and Serbia](https://www.border-security-report.com/syrian-migrant-smugglers-arrested-in-coordinated-strike-in-germany-and-serbia-2/) _2026-08-18 · Tony Kingham · Border Security Report_ A coordinated international operation has dealt a significant blow to two international migrant smuggling networks with close links to Libya ## [The money laundering network of the Sánchez Castro brothers’ organization has been dismantled](https://www.border-security-report.com/the-money-laundering-network-of-the-sanchez-castro-brothers-organization-has-been-dismantled/) _2026-08-18 · Tony Kingham · Border Security Report_ The Civil Guard, as part of Operation “Omnis”, in collaboration with Europol, has dismantled the economic and corporate structure allegedly ## [Turkey’s military is rapidly making room for an Erdogan-era generation](https://nordicmonitor.com/2026/08/turkeys-military-is-rapidly-making-room-for-an-erdogan-era-generation/) _2026-08-17 · Levent Kenez · Nordic Monitor_ Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey’s latest military appointments show a command structure in transition. Although officers who began their careers long before President Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power still occupy the top ranks, a younger generation is moving rapidly upward, advancing much faster than traditional military norms would dictate. The post-2016 coup purges and Erdogan’s restructuring… ## [LAWYER HARRISON KINYANJUI ASKS DCI TO INVESTIGATE BUSINESSMAN OVER ALLEGED CYBER BULLYING.](https://nairobitimez.co.ke/lawyer-harrison-kinyanjui-asks-dci-to-investigate-businessman-over-alleged-cyber-bullying/) _2026-08-17 · Nairobi TIMES · Nairobi TIMES_ By Sam Alfan. City lawyer Harrison Kinyanjui has written to the Director of Criminal Investigations, Mohamed Amin, seeking urgent investigations into businessman Michael Mutembei Makarina over what he terms cyberbullying and defamatory publications on X, formerly Twitter. In his complaint, Kinyanjui accuses Makarina of publishing a post alleging that he had been arrested alongside a \[…\] ## [Turkish ISIS convict deported from Netherlands resurfaced in Somalia after rebuilding jihadist ties in Turkey](https://nordicmonitor.com/2026/08/turkish-isis-convict-deported-from-netherlands-resurfaced-in-somalia-after-rebuilding-jihadist-ties-in-turkey/) _2026-08-16 · Abdullah Bozkurt · Nordic Monitor_ Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Turkish national who was expelled from the Netherlands after being convicted of preparing a terrorist attack was able to reconnect with the jihadist ecosystem after settling in Turkey and ultimately make his way to Somalia, where he joined the local branch of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and was \[…\] ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/iSJxwz2iNsQW) _2026-08-16 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [BUSINESSMAN CHARGED STEALING OVER SH4.7 MILLION FROM PREMIER BANK.](https://nairobitimez.co.ke/businessman-charged-stealing-over-sh4-7-million-from-premier-bank/) _2026-08-14 · Nairobi TIMES · Nairobi TIMES_ By Reporter. A Nairobi businessman has been charged with stealing over Sh4.5 million. Abdirahman Mohamed Kosar appeared before Milimani Senior Resident Magistrate Joan Mati and pleaded not guilty. Prosecution told the court that on 9 August 2026 at unknown place within the country, Kosar jointly with others not before court, he conspired to steal Sh4,779,000 \[…\] ## [Kazakhstan alleges Big Oil corruption tainted $10.7 billion in contracts, delayed key oil project](https://www.icij.org/investigations/caspian-cabals/kazakhstan-alleges-big-oil-corruption-tainted-10-7-billion-in-contracts-delayed-key-oil-project/) _2026-08-14 · Thomas Rowley · ICIJ_ The allegations, which are at the heart of a confidential arbitration, signal an aggressive new stance by the Central Asian country toward longstanding international partners. ## [Document shows 78 of Turkey’s top 100 taxpayers withheld their names from the public record](https://nordicmonitor.com/2026/08/documents-show-78-of-turkeys-top-100-taxpayers-erased-their-names-from-public-record/) _2026-08-13 · Levent Kenez · Nordic Monitor_ Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey’s Revenue Administration (GİB) released its annual list of top income taxpayers this week, with the most striking detail not the people who topped it but rather those who refused to be named at all. Of the 100 individuals who paid the highest income tax in the country for the 2025 filing year, \[…\] ## [ICE is releasing people who are dying in order to avoid reporting their death](https://www.beltway.news/p/ice-is-releasing-people-who-are-dying) _2026-08-13 · Camaron Stevenson · Below The Beltway_ Immigration officials created a new reporting loophole to conceal the deaths of at least two individuals who were abruptly released from custody amidst medical emergencies. ## [After year of depositions on Epstein, Comer promises criminal referrals by Christmas](https://www.beltway.news/p/after-year-of-depositions-on-epstein) _2026-08-13 · Camaron Stevenson · Below The Beltway_ Democrats have promised to take action if they take control in January, but Republican Rep. James Comer said he expects to send names to prosecutors by the end of the year. ## [Turkey shifts wiretapping, internet-control powers to Erdogan’s cybersecurity body](https://nordicmonitor.com/2026/08/turkey-shifts-wiretapping-internet-control-powers-to-erdogan-controlled-cybersecurity-body/) _2026-08-12 · Abdullah Bozkurt · Nordic Monitor_ Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey has transferred far-reaching powers over wiretapping, internet access, communications infrastructure, online censorship and digital traffic from the country’s telecommunications regulator to the executive-controlled Cyber Security Presidency (Siber Güvenlik Başkanlığ), a sweeping restructuring that is designed to further empower President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and… ## [BUSINESSMAN CHARGED WITH SH1.6 MILLION LINKED TO FAKE PARKLANDS LAND FRAUD.](https://nairobitimez.co.ke/businessman-charged-with-sh1-6-million-linked-to-fake-parklands-land-fraud/) _2026-08-12 · Nairobi TIMES · Nairobi TIMES_ By Reporter. Nairobi businessman has been charged with obtaining over Sh1.6 million from land buyer. Hassan Aliow Roba appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate Gethi Kibiru and pleaded not guilty to the charge. Prosecution told the court that on diverse dates between 17 September, and 30 December, 2024, at an unknown place within the country, with \[…\] ## [CO-OP BANK HALF-YEAR PROFIT RISES 28PC TO SH18 BILLION.](https://nairobitimez.co.ke/co-op-bank-half-year-profit-rises-28pc-to-sh18-billion/) _2026-08-12 · Nairobi TIMES · Nairobi TIMES_ By Sam Alfan. Co-operative Bank of Kenya has posted a 28 percent increase in net profit to Sh18 billion for the six months ended June, a moved supported by growth in lending and interest income. Latest disclosers show the lender’s profit after tax rose from Sh14.1 billion in the first half of 2025, while profit \[…\] ## [CITIBANK URGES COURT TO ALLOW SUIT OVER DCI SUMMONS TO PROCEED.](https://nairobitimez.co.ke/citibank-urges-court-to-allow-suit-over-dci-summons-to-proceed/) _2026-08-12 · Nairobi TIMES · Nairobi TIMES_ By Sam Alfan. Citibank Kenya has urged the High Court to allow its case challenging summons issued to its chief executive officer Martin Mugambi to proceed, arguing that the bank is being dragged into a commercial dispute through unsubstantiated allegations of fraud and other criminal offences. Mugambi has opposed an application by the Attorney General \[…\] ## [PRINTING FIRM BOSS DETAILS ALLEGED SH174 MILLION FRAUD BY FORMER MANAGER.](https://nairobitimez.co.ke/printing-firm-boss-details-alleged-sh174-million-fraud-by-former-manager/) _2026-08-12 · Nairobi TIMES · Nairobi TIMES_ By Reporter. The chief executive officer of Printing Services Limited has told a Nairobi court how the company’s former general manager, Cheekati Narsimha Rao, used fake invoices, vouchers and cheques to defraud the firm of millions of shillings. Zainab Abdi told the court that Rao, who was her boss at the time, would bring invoices \[…\] ## [Turkey taps ex-spies, foreign operatives and private networks to expand global surveillance](https://nordicmonitor.com/2026/08/turkey-taps-ex-spies-foreign-operatives-and-private-networks-to-expand-global-surveillance/) _2026-08-11 · Abdullah Bozkurt · Nordic Monitor_ Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey has steadily expanded its overseas intelligence machinery far beyond the formal ranks of its national spy agency, recruiting foreign nationals, cultivating retired Western intelligence and security officials and enlisting politically connected businesspeople and private companies to collect sensitive information, shape foreign-government policies, run influence… ## [Alleged cartel boss Daniel Kinahan charged in Ireland following high security extradition](https://www.icij.org/news/2026/08/alleged-cartel-boss-daniel-kinahan-charged-in-ireland-following-high-security-extradition/) _2026-08-10 · Fergus Shiel · ICIJ_ Kinahan was taken from Dubai to a Dublin court under armed escort and ordered to remain in prison while he awaits trial for his alleged part in running a global drug smuggling empire. ## [Turkey trains a bigger Somali commando force to protect a government under pressure](https://nordicmonitor.com/2026/08/turkey-trains-a-bigger-somali-commando-force-to-protect-a-government-under-pressure/) _2026-08-10 · Levent Kenez · Nordic Monitor_ Levent Kenez/Stockholm Somalia has for the first time sent an entire brigade of its elite Gorgor commandos to Turkey for training, expanding a military program that has already produced thousands of Turkish-trained troops and whose graduates have been used against both Al-Shabaab militants and in Somalia’s increasingly militarized political disputes. The move points to how \[…\] [Listen](https://nordicmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Gu_ndem_Plus_-_Manisa_da_eg_itim_alan_Somali_Komandolar__mezun_oldular_FDGjMA.mp4) ## [International cocaine trafficker wanted by Brazil built a business in Turkey](https://nordicmonitor.com/2026/08/international-cocaine-trafficker-wanted-by-brazil-built-a-business-in-turkey/) _2026-08-09 · Abdullah Bozkurt · Nordic Monitor_ Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Jordanian drug trafficker with a criminal record stretching back three decades was able to settle in Turkey under a false identity, obtain a residence permit, establish a company in Istanbul and even secure legal protection when faced with an arrest warrant from Brazil. Waleed Issa Ahmad Khamees (65), whose surname appears in \[…\] ## [RELIEF FOR THREE CEOS AS HIGH COURT BLOCKS PLANNED PROSECUTION.](https://nairobitimez.co.ke/relief-for-three-ceos-as-high-court-blocks-planned-prosecution/) _2026-08-07 · Nairobi TIMES · Nairobi TIMES_ By Sam Alfan. The High Court has suspended the decision by Director of Public Prosecutions Renson Igonga to charge three top tier banks CEOs over alleged failure to report suspicious transactions. Co-operative Bank Group chief executive Gidion Muriuki, KCB Group CEO Paul Russo and NCBA Group CEO John Gachora were to be charged over alleged \[…\] ## [HIGH COURT RULES NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN AUGUST 2026, SUSPEND ELECTION TO NEXT YEAR.](https://nairobitimez.co.ke/high-court-rules-next-presidential-election-to-be-held-in-august-2026/) _2026-08-07 · Nairobi TIMES · Nairobi TIMES_ By Sam Alfan. The next Kenyan presidential election should be held in August 2026 and not August 2027, the High Court has ruled. In a decision that has sparked controversy over President William Ruto’s tenure, Justice Mugure Thande clarified that the Constitution does not expressly provide that a president serves a five-year term. The judge \[…\] ## [The $200 billion company you can’t look inside](https://www.icij.org/investigations/coin-laundry/the-200-billion-company-you-cant-look-inside/) _2026-08-07 · Spencer Woodman · ICIJ_ Its USDT crypto token underpins a trillion-dollar market, but cryptocurrency giant Tether won’t answer questions about its ownership. ## [Trump's alleged money laundering protected under tax immunity scheme](https://www.beltway.news/p/trumps-alleged-money-laundering-protected) _2026-08-06 · Camaron Stevenson · Below The Beltway_ Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s ban on auditing Trump will also save the president from being required to pay back at least $100 million in back taxes. ## [7 Takeaways from new report on Epstein’s Zorro Ranch](https://www.beltway.news/p/7-takeaways-from-new-report-on-epsteins) _2026-08-06 · Camaron Stevenson · Below The Beltway_ In addition to searching the Epstein Files, the New Mexico Legislature has received over 100,000 additional documents from banks and law enforcement agencies. ## [US Hamas financing case exposes Turkey-based charity network and Erdogan gov’t](https://nordicmonitor.com/2026/08/us-hamas-financing-case-exposes-turkey-based-charity-network-and-erdogan-govt/) _2026-08-05 · Abdullah Bozkurt · Nordic Monitor_ Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A senior Hamas operative based in Istanbul allegedly used a major UK-registered Islamic charity to secretly channel millions of dollars, truckloads of goods and other resources to a terrorism-designated militant organization while presenting the operation to donors and international organizations as humanitarian relief for civilians in Gaza, according to a newly unsealed…