Field Note: Following the Yachts
When sanctions hit Russian oligarchs, a task force in New York was told to track their yachts. What followed was less glamour than patience, and a lesson in how truth always leaves a trail, no matter how far it sails.
Field Note: Our Man in the Paddock
Sometimes the work doesn’t happen in quiet rooms. It happens in the noise, a Formula One race in Miami; the heat, the crowd, the timing. A chance meeting becomes something more, and the lesson stays long after the engines fade.
Field Note: Moscow to Minot
A Russian procurement case led to an address that didn’t belong, a family feed store in North Dakota. What followed was long hours in a small office, diner food, and the reminder that whether it’s Moscow or Main Street, the money always tells the story.