2024 in Review: 10 Investigations Exposing Sanctions Evasion, Forced Labor and Global Security Threats

As 2024 draws close, https://www.kharon.com/ [Kharon] reflects on its reporting on some of the most pressing global issues.

Kharon has focused on uncovering hidden networks and practices that stretch across borders, with far-reaching implications for security, human rights, and international trade.

From forced labour in supply chains to the ongoing evasion of sanctions, Kharon's stories highlight the complex ways in which bad actors continue to exploit global systems.

Several of Kharon's key investigations have explored how countries and companies circumvent international restrictions.

RUSSIA AND CHINA    

1.  Chinese drone components

• https://www.kharon.com/brief/russians-imported-millions-in-chinese-drone-parts-that-use-western-chips

2. CNC tool parts, 

• https://www.kharon.com/brief/chinese-firm-supplied-cnc-tool-parts-to-russia-amid-western-restrictions

RUSSIA

3. How firms supplied restricted aircraft parts to Russian aviation companies,

• https://www.kharon.com/brief/moldovan-firms-supplied-restricted-aircraft-parts-to-sanctioned-russian-aviation-companies

4. How Russian railways relied on foreign businesses to evade sanctions.

• https://www.kharon.com/brief/russian-railways-turns-to-foreign-firms-to-evade-sanctions-amid-growing-struggles

CHINA

5.  Solar panels assembled by an Indian company whose supply chain has links to Xinjiang-origin polysilicon continue to flow into the U.S. market despite a 2021 ban prohibiting the importation of the raw material from the region

• https://www.kharon.com/brief/solar-panels-with-supply-chain-links-to-xinjiang-are-entering-the-us

6. How Chinese machinery may be linked to fentanyl production in Mexico,

• https://www.kharon.com/brief/mexican-e-commerce-business-imports-sells-machinery-used-in-fentanyl-production

7. The continued risks of forced labour in industries like automotive parts manufacturing,

• https://www.kharon.com/brief/auto-industry-faces-forced-labor-risks-amid-chinas-dominance-of-supply-chains

8. Some Canadian companies continue buying products tied to forced Chinese labour despite new laws.

• https://www.kharon.com/brief/canadian-companies-purchase-products-linked-to-forced-labor-despite-new-law

TERROR

9. Investigation into how charities linked to Hamas have used obscure platforms for fundraising also underscored the ongoing challenges in tackling terrorist financing.

• https://www.kharon.com/brief/charity-with-ties-to-hamas-uses-obscure-platforms-to-process-bitcoin-donations

10. Italy, the Hamas and charities - Hamas Member Sanctioned for Using Italian Charity as Front for Hamas Fundraising

• https://www.kharon.com/brief/hamas-member-sanctioned-for-using-italian-charity-as-front-for-hamas-fundraising

Please dive into Kharon's year-end collection of staff picks to explore these compelling investigations and understand the complex issues that are shaping our world today.

Source

https://www.kharon.com/brief/2024-in-review-10-investigations-exposing-sanctions-evasion-forced-labor-and-global-security-threats