Subject type: Military intelligence organisation Jurisdiction: Democratic People's Republic of Korea Also known as: RGB, Chongchalchong, 정찰총국 File opened: 4 September 2026 Last updated: 4 September 2026 Origin The Reconnaissance General Bureau was created around 2009 by consolidating several previously separate intelligence and special operations organs under one command. The … [Read more...] about Reconnaissance General Bureau: North Korea’s Intelligence Command and Its Cyber Units
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Office 39: North Korea’s Party Revenue Bureau, Methods and Sanctions History
Subject type: Party organ for foreign currency generation Jurisdiction: Democratic People's Republic of Korea Also known as: Bureau 39, Room 39, Division 39 File opened: 2 September 2026 Last updated: 2 September 2026 Origin Office 39 was created in the 1970s under Kim Il Sung to generate foreign currency outside the state budget, for use at the direct discretion of the … [Read more...] about Office 39: North Korea’s Party Revenue Bureau, Methods and Sanctions History
Rapid Support Forces (RSF): Origin, Command, Territorial Control and External Supply
Subject type: Paramilitary formation, de facto governing authority in part of Sudan Jurisdiction: Sudan, no recognised legal status since 2023 Also known as: RSF, Quwat al-Da'm al-Sari, Janjaweed successor File opened: 15 August 2026 Last updated: 15 August 2026 Origin The RSF was formally created in 2013 out of Darfur militias that the Sudanese government had armed and … [Read more...] about Rapid Support Forces (RSF): Origin, Command, Territorial Control and External Supply
Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters: The IRGC’s Engineering Conglomerate and Its Role in Iran’s Economy
Subject type: Military-owned engineering and construction conglomerate Jurisdiction: Islamic Republic of Iran Also known as: GHORB, Ghorb Khatam, Khatam-al Anbiya File opened: 13 August 2026 Last updated: 13 August 2026 Origin Khatam al-Anbiya was formed at the end of the Iran-Iraq war to absorb IRGC engineering units into reconstruction work. The demobilisation problem was … [Read more...] about Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters: The IRGC’s Engineering Conglomerate and Its Role in Iran’s Economy
Sepehr Energy: The Iranian Oil Marketing Front, Structure and Designation History
Subject type: Commercial front for state oil sales Jurisdiction: Islamic Republic of Iran Also known as: Sepehr Energy Jahan Nama Pars File opened: 11 August 2026 Last updated: 11 August 2026 Origin Sepehr Energy is a commercial entity established to sell Iranian crude and condensate on behalf of the Armed Forces General Staff. It belongs to a recurring institutional type … [Read more...] about Sepehr Energy: The Iranian Oil Marketing Front, Structure and Designation History
National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC): Fleet, Ownership Structure and Sanctions Evasion Practice
Subject type: Tanker operator, state-aligned Jurisdiction: Islamic Republic of Iran Also known as: NITC, National Iranian Tanker Co File opened: 9 August 2026 Last updated: 9 August 2026 Origin Founded in 1955 under the monarchy and nationalised after 1979, NITC spent the Iran-Iraq war moving crude under attack and emerged with an institutional tolerance for operating … [Read more...] about National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC): Fleet, Ownership Structure and Sanctions Evasion Practice
Rosatom: Russia’s Nuclear State Corporation, Enrichment Leverage and Why It Escaped Sanction
Subject type: State corporation, civil and military nuclear Jurisdiction: Russian Federation Also known as: State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, Росатом File opened: 7 August 2026 Last updated: 7 August 2026 Origin Rosatom was constituted as a state corporation in 2007 out of the Federal Atomic Energy Agency, which in turn descended from the Soviet Ministry of Medium … [Read more...] about Rosatom: Russia’s Nuclear State Corporation, Enrichment Leverage and Why It Escaped Sanction
Sovcomflot: Russia’s State Tanker Fleet, Ice-Class Capability and Vessel-Level Designation
Subject type: State-controlled shipping company Jurisdiction: Russian Federation Also known as: SCF Group, PAO Sovkomflot File opened: 3 August 2026 Last updated: 3 August 2026 Origin Sovcomflot was established in 1988, in the last years of the Soviet Union, as a vehicle for acquiring ships using foreign financing at a point when the state could not fund the fleet directly. … [Read more...] about Sovcomflot: Russia’s State Tanker Fleet, Ice-Class Capability and Vessel-Level Designation