The seizure of the Equanimity luxury yacht in Bali, Indonesia in late February once again brought the civil forfeiture suits by the US Department of Justice into the spotlight.

The DOJ had filed a series of the forfeiture suits in 2016 and 2017, seeking to seize assets worth nearly US$1.7 billion allegedly acquired using money siphoned from the Malaysian fund 1MDB.

The scandal, however, involves a convoluted web of transactions.

Malaysiakini has broken down the complexities of the DOJ suits in a special microsite.

Click here to follow the money trail