Former Russian Minister Acquired Golf Courses Worth Millions

Russia’s former minister of industry acquired stakes in golf courses worth many millions. The properties were once owned by people ...

Report: Russia Laundered Millions via Danske Bank Estonia

The Estonian branch of Danske Bank, Denmark’s biggest bank, closed the accounts of several companies in 2013 after realizing ...

The Wayward Millions of Lithuania’s Runaway Banker

Lithuania’s Vladimir Romanov absconded to Russia more than four years ago, leaving investigators grasping to recoup millions they believe he ...

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The Rise and Fall of Mafia Women

Just like Homer’s queen of Ithaca, Maria Campagna loyally pulled the strings in the “kingdom” of her incarcerated husband for years. But Salvatore ...

Accused of Graft? Change the Rules

It was late November 2016, and Brazil’s largest-ever corruption scandal was finally reaching the country’s political elites.

Strongest Measures Axed in EU Golden Visa Report

For almost a decade, corrupt politicians and wealthy businessmen have purchased European passports using dirty money. In January, the European Commission finally delivered ...

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Questions Linger After Indictment in Slovak Journalist’s Murder

A wealthy Slovak businessman is accused of ordering the murder of a Slovak journalist and ...

Cement's Dirty Business

In “Cement’s Dirty Business,” OCCRP journalists travel across Europe to show how Romania’s $750 million ...

The Troika Laundromat

Laundromats are complex systems for moving money that allow corrupt politicians, organized crime figures, and ...

The Rise and Fall of Mafia Women

Just like Homer’s queen of Ithaca, Maria Campagna loyally pulled the strings in the “kingdom” of her incarcerated husband for years. But Salvatore Cappello was not sailing from one adventure to another. He was serving a sentence under a particularly restrictive prison regime reserved for mafiosi, murderers, and terrorists.

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Oligarchs Weaponized Cyprus Branch of Ukraine’s Largest Bank to Send $5.5 Billion Abroad

Ihor Kolomoisky and Hennadiy Boholiubov stand accused of stealing $5.5 billion from PrivatBank, which held the deposits of a third of Ukrainians. Now we know how they did it.

Cyprus-Branch

Multimillion Passport Deal Under Investigation in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan’s security services are investigating current and former government officials for accepting bribes from a Lithuanian company that won a tender to supply biometric passport booklets. Reporters for Kloop and OCCRP found what was wrong with the tender procedure.

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Tropical Hideaway Reveals Romania's Political Secrets

New evidence from a tropical Brazilian getaway show that Liviu Dragnea, one of Romania’s leading politicians, has not been truthful about his relationship with the former head of a company that received millions of euros in EU construction money.

Sunset

Serbian President’s Brother Met With Infamous Criminal

Newly revealed photos depict a friendly restaurant meeting between the influential brother of Serbia’s president and a notorious northern Kosovo underworld figure.

KosovskaMitrovica

Phone Records Raise Questions About Official Investigation Into Ukrainian Activist’s Murder

A Ukrainian activist was splashed with acid and died in the hospital three months later. OCCRP’s Ukrainian member center has obtained records showing that one of the suspects was communicating with police and prosecutors in the days surrounding the attack.

Laundromat Money Leads to Spanish Paradise

Celebrities and royals have long flocked to the palm-fringed Spanish village of S’Agaro, about 100 kilometers up the coast from Barcelona. Now it attracts Russian statesmen– and their money.

Spanish-paradise

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The Rise and Fall of Mafia Women

UK Takes £1.5m from Man Who Tried to Smuggle it to Dubai

With New President, Ukraine Mulls Reining in the Powerful

Algeria Arrests Five Billionaires As General Promises Order

Bank That Enabled Money Laundering Wins OCCRP’s Top Crime Prize

Oligarchs Weaponized Cyprus Branch of Ukraine’s Largest Bank to Send $5.5 Billion Abroad

Multimillion Passport Deal Under Investigation in Kyrgyzstan

Tropical Hideaway Reveals Romania's Political Secrets

Serbian President’s Brother Met With Infamous Criminal

Phone Records Raise Questions About Official Investigation Into Ukrainian Activist’s Murder

Laundromat Money Leads to Spanish Paradise

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