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DIY: The New Amphetamine Trade

By Mujtaba Ali

Last summer, when UK police raided an industrial building in the picturesque market town of Newton-le-Willows, about 20 ...

New Husband of Putin's Ex-Wife Buys Posh Villa in South of

When Lyudmila Putin, 59, divorced Russian President Vladimir Putin and married the director of a Russian non-profit organization, she might ...

Reporting from Exile: A Webinar with Russian Journalist Roman Anin

Russian journalist Roman Anin, the editor in chief of Important Stories (IStories), will participate in a live webinar on July ...

Features

Despite Denials, Abramovich Companies Have Supplied Materials for Russian Military

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s Evraz group of companies supplied Russia’s National Guard and provided steel and explosives products to weapons ...

Russian Tankers Delivering Oil to EU Ports Despite Sanctions

A Russian state-backed shipping company sanctioned by the U.S. and EU in February continues to deliver crude oil to European ...

Ukrainian Refugees Recall Ordeal of ‘Forced’ Deportations to Russia

Countless Ukrainians have ended up in Russia since the invasion. Moscow says they went voluntarily. Ukrainian officials, and many refugees ...

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iStories: Top Russian FSB Official Has Multiple Underworld Ties

Sergei Korolev, who was appointed to a key FSB position earlier this year by President ...

Asset Declarations of Kyrgyz Officials Increasingly Useless as Anti-Corruption...

Kyrgyzstan is the only Central Asian country that publishes its officials’ asset declarations. But the ...

Slovak Businessman Accused of Masterminding Ján Kuciak's Murder Had...

Thousands of Marian Kočner’s text messages, backed by court testimony, provide a remarkable inside look ...

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‘Astronomical Money’: How Smugglers Made Tens of Millions Moving Rare Birds Around the World

An organized crime group spent years smuggling rare exotic birds from South America and Asia to collectors across Europe. Now, one of their former couriers is speaking out.

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Venezuelan Spy and Alleged Drug Trafficker Linked to Luxury Flats in Barcelona

Pedro Luis Martin Olivares is a former Venezuelan intelligence chief wanted in the U.S. for drug trafficking. His family has managed to acquire millions of dollars’ worth of property in Spain.

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Sanctioned Russian Banker Andrei Kostin, Head of ‘Putin’s Piggy Bank,’ Uses Canadian Man as Proxy For Vast Holdings

A man named Eric Whyte controls offshores that own luxury properties and investments worth millions. Clues suggest he is acting as a proxy for Andrei Kostin, a sanctioned Russian banker with strong Kremlin ties.

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Sanctioned VTB Bank and Putin Ally Andrei Kostin Behind Luxury Austrian Hotel

VTB, a Russian bank sanctioned by the EU for its ties to the Kremlin, secretly owned a luxury Alpine hotel until 2015. Its current owners appear to be proxies for VTB Chairman Andrei Kostin.

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Korean Doomsday Sect Gets Rich in Fiji With Government Help

Grace Road Church believes a nuclear-tinged Judgment Day is rapidly approaching — and that Fiji is the post-apocalyptic promised land from which they’ll feed humanity. But despite repeated accusations of abuses, including ritual beatings and forcing members to perform unpaid labor, they’ve received a warm welcome from the Fijian government.

Panama Papers Whistleblower Speaks Out: “Shell Companies are Putin’s Best Friend”

The anonymous whistleblower behind the bombshell leak known as the Panama Papers has emerged anew to warn how offshore companies are enabling Russia’s war machine.

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Despite Denials, Abramovich Companies Have Supplied Materials for Russian Military

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s Evraz group of companies supplied Russia’s National Guard and provided steel and explosives products to weapons manufacturers that supply the Russian military, contrary to the company’s denials of doing business with the country’s armed forces.

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How Illegal Land Grabs in Brazil’s Amazon Feed the Global Beef Industry

Land grabs and deforestation have devastated Brazil’s northern Pará state. But slaughterhouses, including some owned by top meat processors JBS and Marfrig, still buy from suppliers who source from ranches on stolen land.

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Signs of Political Motivation Permeate Case Against Kyrgyz Investigative Journalist

Kyrgyz authorities allege Bolot Temirov is a drug user and used falsified identification documents. But case files obtained by reporters suggest a high-level effort led by the GKNB security agency to silence him.

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Secret Operations: The Peruvian Charged with Laundering Massive Amounts of Drug Money

For decades, Carlos Sein Atachahua allegedly led a global money laundering empire. Police say his gang’s drugs, sent with logos depicting ancient Peruvian symbols, reached Italy’s ‘Ndrangheta and other criminal groups, while corrupted money-exchange houses around the world were allegedly used to launder profits.

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‘Astronomical Money’: How Smugglers Made Tens of Millions Moving Rare Birds Around the World

Balkan Ports Create “Ideal” Conditions for Trafficking, Report Finds

HRW: Moroccan Gov’t Has Created “Ecosystem of Repression”

Impact: Fiji Opposition Calls For Scrutiny of Grace Road’s Operations

Reporting from Exile: A Webinar with Russian Journalist Roman Anin

Venezuelan Spy and Alleged Drug Trafficker Linked to Luxury Flats in Barcelona

Sanctioned Russian Banker Andrei Kostin, Head of ‘Putin’s Piggy Bank,’ Uses Canadian Man as Proxy For Vast Holdings

Sanctioned VTB Bank and Putin Ally Andrei Kostin Behind Luxury Austrian Hotel

Korean Doomsday Sect Gets Rich in Fiji With Government Help

Panama Papers Whistleblower Speaks Out: “Shell Companies are Putin’s Best Friend”

Despite Denials, Abramovich Companies Have Supplied Materials for Russian Military

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