Already owing a major tax bill in Canada, John Babikian agreed to a payment of $3.7 million in the U.S. after an investigation into an online penny stock operation. Babikian's whereabouts are unknown, but OCCRP found traces of him in Latvia, Lebanon and the UAE — under a new name.
AB is a little-known blockchain network that recently partnered with the Trump family’s crypto firm. But one of the projects...
Both Belgium and the Netherlands have asked Guinea to extradite Ibrahim Akhlal, but he remains in prison in the West African...
In multiple phone calls, Hungary’s foreign minister provided his Russian counterpart with strategic information on critical...
Internal documents reveal that prosecutors in Solomon Islands found “sufficient evidence” to suspend and charge Deputy...
Just before leaving the first administration of President Donald Trump, Andrew Horn wrote letters of interest on government...
Su Jiangbo used a St. Kitts and Nevis passport to open U.K. companies that purchased luxury London real estate. He is wanted...
Svetlana Pozhidaeva says she was manipulated, physically abused, and coerced into vetting young women for Epstein. She...
Before his appearance in a Drake video, Hamdi Lataj was convicted in the U.S. of conspiracy to commit bank burglary. He has...
An EU-based researcher has been secretly applying for money from a sanctioned Russian state organization to produce and...
Pravfond, a Russian legal-aid foundation for “compatriots” abroad, has continued to fund people and organizations across the...
For over a decade, ‘Pravfond’ has been providing legal aid to Russians across the world. Internal emails obtained by...
They looked like different brokers competing for your investment. Underneath, they shared the same staff, the same...
Last month, more than 30 media outlets reported on a global scam operation based in Tbilisi, prompting Georgian authorities...
Leaked documents reveal how scam call centers drew on a secret industry of service providers that used shell companies,...
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Back in Miami, journalist Laura Weffer observes the ruins of a criminal empire and reflects on the intersection of global...
As Venezuela's stolen oil money is being “cleaned abroad,” back home tens of thousands of protesters opposing corruption,...
The Caribbean island of Curaçao has no natural gold deposits. So why did dozens of tons of gold refined at a prestigious...
With reporting from Miami to Madrid, Venezuelan journalist Laura Weffer unpacks the mechanics of the corrupt loan schemes...
Exiled Venezuelan journalist Laura Weffer travels to Florida to look for Carmelo Urdaneta, a former oil ministry official...
An undercover recording from 2017 reveals the financial maneuvers of shadow bankers called upon to launder millions of...
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