What do a Swedish Hells Angels boss, an Iranian state oil company, the Italian mob, and a fake Gambian bank have in common? The answer: A company services firm called Formations House, hidden behind the doors of one of London’s most exclusive addresses.
Read more: #29LEAKS: Inside a London Company Mill
For years, a network of informal couriers has funneled millions of dollars out of Kyrgyzstan in cold, hard cash. The underground money transfer system fuels corruption, destroys transparency — and has claimed people’s lives. Here’s how it works.
Read more: The Dark Money Men
South Sudan is spending well beyond its means, even as it says its efforts to move on from a devastating civil war are being stifled by a lack of funding. At the same time, a series of elaborate government contracts worth $1.4 billion appear to have benefitted three businessmen with links to the president’s office.
Read more: As South Sudan Seeks Funds for Peace, a Billion Dollar Spending Spree
Nancy Garcia’s 16-year-old cousin was picking fruit with his father at a ranch in rural Michoacan when armed gunmen upended his and his family’s life.
Men kidnapped by drug hitmen are seen at a ranch near the municipality of Sabinas Hidalgo, some 100 km away from Monterrey April 27, 2010 (REUTERS/Tomas Bravo).
Read more: Mexico’s Cartel Wars: Living in a War Zone
We at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and our member centers were shocked by the brutal murder of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiance, Martina Kušnírová, on Feb. 21, 2018.
A tribute to Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová in Bratislava, Slovakia. (Credit: OCCRP)
Read more: Police Files in Kuciak Murder to Be Opened to Journalists
“I’m Aierken Saimaiti,” the man said. “Between 2011 and 2016, I transferred more than $700 million from Kyrgyzstan.”
Read more: Plunder and Patronage in the Heart of Central Asia
Leaked report shows Russian oligarch Mikhail Abyzov moved a fortune offshore through the Swedish bank.
Read more: Swedbank’s High-Risk Secrets
A storied bank helped Eastern European bankers loot their own institutions.
Read more: The Vienna Bank Job
When Lithuania’s AB Bankas Snoras imploded in 2011, its main shareholders, Vladimir Antonov and Raimondas Baranauskas, had already left for the United Kingdom, where Antonov had accomplished a long-held dream to take over the Portsmouth Football Club.
Read more: Banker On The Run
Top judge says public officials fired by Parliament have no right to appeal to the courts.
A police officer guards High Court in Podgorica, Montenegro, July 19, 2017.(REUTERS/Stevo Vasiljevic)
Read more: Court Dismissed: Montenegro Whistleblowers Fear Losing Legal Recourse
