Places

Find More: Colombia Europe Lebanon and Syria Mexico Panama Triple Frontier United States Venezuela West Africa
Gas chromatograph–mass spectrometer pictured in a GAO report
Investigations and enforcementNetwork studyProcurementUnited States

The Shipment and the Missing Name

Investigators can follow fentanyl from a chemical supplier to a payment and a tested shipment.…

A collection of U.S. dollar banknotes
Money launderingMoving the moneyNetwork studyUnited States

What Happened to the Other Dollars?

A $200 million monthly estimate became one of the most durable numbers in accounts of…

Hassan Nasrallah during a September 2019 interview
Currency exchangeInvestigations and enforcementLebanon and SyriaProfile

Thirty Minutes to Find a Translator

A Lebanese money changer said the allegations were false. Hezbollah’s leader said drugs were forbidden.…

Maicao, La Guajira
BrokerageColombiaInvestigations and enforcementPlaces

Maicao: The Town Behind Treasury’s Map

When reporters arrived in the dusty border town of Maicao in July 2012, searching for two commercial addresses flagged by…

Friendship Bridge between Brazil and Paraguay
Case fileLogistics and shippingTrade and transportTriple Frontier

The Cargo and the Cash Counter

The cargo had reached Guarani International Airport, outside Ciudad del Este, when aviation personnel noticed something wrong. They called the…

Friendship Bridge between Brazil and Paraguay
Investigations and enforcementMoving the moneyProfileTriple Frontier

The Barakat Family’s Three Borders

When Brazilian federal police cornered Assad Ahmad Barakat in Foz do Iguaçu on September 21, 2018, the sprawling international operation…

Official 2025 portrait of Derek Maltz.
Investigations and enforcementNetwork studyUnited States

The Case Files Washington Had to Join

When Jeff Sessions gathered a new team of prosecutors in Washington in January 2018, the file folders on his desk…