By JAMES GRIFFITHS In the weeks after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, British lawmakers revived and rushed through a long-delayed economic crime bill to target Russian assets, President Joe Biden said the United States was “coming for your ill-begotten gains,” and authorities in France and Italy seized yachts linked to Kremlin allies. As Western governments crack down on dirty money – or at least make a show of doing so – the world’s kleptocrats and oligarchs are looking for new places to store their wealth...

At the end of July 2008, my son returned to Shanghai from Qingdao. I talked to him. I went to the train station excitedly after work on Friday, and on the way, I got a text from him saying, " I'm not going anywhere this week, I want to be quiet."'My tears came down and I didn't know what had happened to him, it was heartbreaking, for me and for my son,' she said. I have a feeling something has happened. I'm going back to Beijing to get a Hong Kong-Macau passport and take my son to Hong Kong Disneyland...