Case file
The Trader Who Could Not Escape His Name
The proposed residence was designed to resemble a private penitentiary: electronic sensors wired to every exterior doorway, closed-circuit cameras streaming…
The Plane That Burned in the Desert
In November 2009, deep within the desolate, windswept scrubland of Tarkint in northern Mali, a colossal shadow fell over the…
The Cartel Hitman Who Wasn’t There
In a Mexican hotel room in July 2011, Manssor Arbabsiar thought he was negotiating the lethal apex of a geopolitical…
The Waked Case: An Empire Under Sanctions, a Laundering Plea, and a Disputed Hezbollah Link
On a humid Sunday afternoon in May 2016, hundreds of white-clad retail clerks, warehouse laborers, and corporate administrators poured onto…