Russia Linked to 14 Deaths on British Soil and Counting
BuzzFeed
British police called Scot Young's death a clear case of suicide. But Young's ties to Vladimir Putin's enemy Boris Berezovsky place him among suspicious deaths involving money laundering, fraud, lavish lifestyles and Russia. There have been 14 such deaths in all, and they illustrate a known problem of Russian assassination on British shores, and a reluctance by the British government to respond forcefully. Robert Mueller's Investigative Dream Team
Wired
Robert Mueller isn't messing around. He's brought on a Watergate prosecutor, a leader of the Enron investigation task force and multiple noted Justice Department lawyers. Not to mention former FBI agent Aaron Zebley, whose past hunting terrorists suggests how deep Mueller's team will dig. Manafort Still Doing International Work, Touting Access to Trump
Politico
Paul Manafort is at the center of the FBI's Trump-Russia probe, but that hasn't stopped him from doing business with foreign figures and companies, partly by claiming continued access to President Trump, according to people familiar with his dealings. Dominican Republic: A Graft Machine's Collapse Sows Chaos
Bloomberg
It began with a local money-laundering investigation in Brazil known as Lava Jato -- Portuguese for car wash. Now the Odebrecht scandal has led to a record $3.5 billion in fines in the U.S. and rattled governments from Mexico to Argentina. But few places played as large a role as the Dominican Republic, the tourist haven where $92 million in bribes made big things happen. Much of it thanks to Angel Rondon, a.k.a. the "bagman." Oil's Pipeline to America's Schools, Starring Petro Pete
Center for Public Integrity
If funding for "The Magic School Bus" came from the oil industry, Ms. Frizzle might look a little bit like Petro Pete. Pete and his friend Sandy Shale are stars of "Petro Pete's Big Bad Dream," put out by the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board as part of a pro-fossil fuel curriculum for first graders. Meanwhile, in Ohio, fracking probably never tasted better: A school program there shows how to "frack" Twinkies using straws to pump for cream. | 
