Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration Paid Held In Escrow

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Percentage Of Escrow Funds Released, After Eighteen Months

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Percentage Of Escrow Funds Released, After Thirty Six Months

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Percentage Of Escrow Funds Released, After Twenty Four Months

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Disposition Of Business, Liabilities Assumed By Purchaser, Gross Of Cash Sold

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Amount of gain (loss) from sale and disposal of integrated set of activities and assets capable of being conducted and managed for purpose of providing return in form of dividend, lower cost, or other economic benefit to investor, owner, member and participant.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Dispositions (Details) $ in Thousands, $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Dispositions (Details) $ in Thousands, $ in Thousands	May 28, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2021 HKD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 08, 2021 USD ($)
Anima \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on sale of business				$ 27,500	$ 27,500
Cash proceeds received	$ 625,500
Disposition Of Business, Liabilities Assumed By Purchaser, Gross Of Cash Sold	$ 121,000,000
Fundacion Nasser \| Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale \| Honduras
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received from dispositions						$ 24,000
Funds held in escrow						$ 2,000
Percentage of funds held in escrow to be released in 18 months						50.00%
Percentage of funds held in escrow to be released in 24 months						25.00%
Percentage of funds held in escrow to be released in 36 months						25.00%
Gain (loss) on sale of business					1,700
LEI Lie Ying Limited \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on sale of business					$ 13,600
Cash proceeds received		$ 21,650	$ 168,284