Vipul V Tamhane Joined: April 22, 2026 Vipul Tamhane is a specialist in anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing, advising businesses, governments, and law-enforcement agencies. A visiting faculty member at Pune University and founder and editor-in-chief of Diplomacy Direct – a public interest thinktank – he also instructs police personnel on terror financing and money laundering. He writes widely on counterterrorism, international relations, and geopolitics.
In this op-ed, Vipul V Tamhane writes that the Strait of Hormuz has become not just a military and geopolitical chokepoint but a new frontier of financial crime.