The Cyprus attorney general, one of the country’s top law enforcement officers, was made aware of the American request. This week, the AP revealed his secret work for a Russian billionaire to advance the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin a decade ago. It was not immediately clear what time period was covered under the government request for information about Manafort’s financial transactions in Cyprus. Deripaska said that after taking the money, Manafort and his associates stopped responding to Deripaska’s queries about how the funds had been used. Its work has been critical in helping officials piece money trails together and identify leads for criminal investigators.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 23, 2017 09:56 UTC