Latvian investigators suspect the owner of “Clean World,” a well-known cleaning business that stretches across Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, of using the notorious bank...
Latvian investigators suspect the owner of “Clean World,” a well-known cleaning business that stretches across Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, of using the notorious bank to launder tens of millions of euros. Reporters looked into Eduard Apsit and his business.
New documents uncovered by reporters show that Andrew and Tristan Tate were involved in a profit-sharing agreement with a casino company whose owners are now under investigation for creating a violent organized crime group.
Read more: Andrew Tate Partnered in Casinos with Alleged Romanian Organized Crime Figures
Two alleged smuggling schemes run through the Brazilian border town of Pacaraima give a glimpse into the murky world of Venezuela’s illegal gold trade.
The landscape of Roraima, on the border with Venezuela in northern Brazil. (Photo: María de los Ángeles Ramírez)
Read more: How Venezuelan Gold is Trafficked Through Brazil’s Borderlands to the US
Bitfinex failed to implement operational, financial, and technological controls proposed by its digital security partner, according to a document obtained by reporters.
(Photo: James O’Brien/OCCRP)
Read more: Confidential Report Flags Bitfinex Security Lapses in Huge 2016 Hack
Western sanctions are meant to prevent Russia from supplying its military from abroad, but sensitive electronics are still getting through. Reporters traced several of these supply chains through Kazakhstan — and found that they run through companies newly established by Russians.
Papua New Guinea police have launched an international bribery probe after OCCRP and partners revealed questionable offshore dealings by Australian businessman Don Matheson. The country’s prime minister has sought to distance himself from Matheson. But reporters found evidence that both the PM and a key minister had closer ties to the Australian than previously disclosed.
Read more: PNG Prime Minister Had Undisclosed Ties to Figure at Center of Ports Criminal Probe
In February a Maltese court annulled a 2.1-billion-euro public healthcare contract over suspicion of fraud. Financial records obtained by reporters show the people behind the contract used company accounts to buy personal and luxury items, and funneled millions of euros to themselves and relatives under the guise of loans and other payments.
A secret recording obtained by OCCRP shows how Safy Mokoko Sow, a well-connected intermediary claiming to represent tobacco mogul Apollinaire Compaoré, offered cash to the head of Mali’s state tobacco company as she sought free passage through the country for Compaoré’s cigarettes.
Inside Pau Brasil National Park, some of the last Brazilwood trees left in the wild are being illegally logged to make bows for stringed instruments.
Felled Brazilwood in the Pau Brasil National Park. (Photo: Joana Moncau)
Read more: Criminal Gangs are Logging the World’s Last Brazilwood Trees to Make Violin Bows
The co-founder of an offshore firm that won a controversial $6.6 billion arbitration award after arguing that Nigeria failed to fulfill an energy contract has admitted in a London court that the company and its affiliates had previously engaged in financial misconduct and deception –– including unexplained payments to senior officials, and falsifying invoices.
At the English High Court, P&ID insiders recognized acts of deception and financial misconduct stretching over close to two decades of business activities in Nigeria. (Photo: Michael Heath/Alamy Stock Photo)
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