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C4ADS

American nonprofit that investigates illicit trade and transnational networks using customs, corporate and procurement records; most of its funding comes from the U.S. government.

Known aliases

Center for Advanced Defense Studies

Relationships

No evidence-backed relationships are recorded.

Current clusters

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C4ADS traces $4.6bn of Nvidia hardware to one Southeast Asian importer with unresolved ownership

A C4ADS investigation maps three routes for restricted accelerators into China, and almost all of the value it counted sits with a single importer whose ownership is still unresolved.

Publishers:tomshardware.com

Reality

Evidence52
Adoption45
Hype gap+28
Incentives62
Confidence50