In the Russian Penal Colony, They Called Him ‘Dr. Evil’
Deep in the Russian heartland, hundreds of kilometers from home, Ukrainian prisoners of war were tormented by a sadistic doctor. Reporters set out to unmask him.
Fans Urge Justin Timberlake to Condemn Georgia Crackdown Ahead of Tbilisi Show
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Jul 17, 2025
Cambodia Arrests Nearly 1,000 in Nationwide Cybercrime Crackdown
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Jul 17, 2025
Mob Hitman Wanted in Serbia Shot Dead in Barcelona
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Jul 17, 2025
UK Strikes Off 11,500 Companies in Crackdown on Fraud and Shell Entities
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Jul 17, 2025
Investigation
Costa Rica Wiretaps Raise Questions Over Mexican Bank Takeover Bid
A fugitive wanted by Costa Rican authorities in connection with a massive fraud investigation known as the Madre Patria case...
Investigation
Apparent Affiliate of Danish Company Helps Russians Export Grain From Occupied Ukraine
Russian companies are shipping pillaged grain out of occupied Ukrainian ports. The apparent affiliate of a major Danish...
Scoop
Georgian Restaurateur in Czech Republic Linked to Alleged Russian Underworld Figures and a Kremlin-Backed Foundation
Companies owned by people with alleged ties to the Russian criminal underworld were registered at Asmat Shanava’s...
Scoop
Companies Linked to Convicted Bomb Supplier in Daphne Caruana Galizia Case Moved Millions — Despite Asset Freeze
While Robert Agius was under a court-ordered asset freeze, a company set up by his wife was able to buy and sell properties...
Investigation
Telegram, the FSB, and the Man in the Middle
The technical infrastructure that underpins Telegram is controlled by a man whose companies have collaborated with Russian...
Scoop
South African Firms Suspect UAE Companies May Have Obtained Military Intellectual Property
An anti-corruption agency is investigating two separate claims that South African defense firm employees who went to work in...
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Investigation
Russian State-Backed Foundation Paid Allies in the EU Despite Sanctions
Pravfond, a Russian legal-aid foundation for “compatriots” abroad, has continued to fund people and organizations across the...
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Investigation
Russian Foundation, Aimed at Helping ‘Compatriots’ Abroad, Supports Spies, Criminals, and Propagandists
For over a decade, ‘Pravfond’ has been providing legal aid to Russians across the world. Internal emails obtained by...
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Scam Empire
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Exposed Tbilisi Call Center Scammers Delete Social Media Accounts
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Mar 5, 2025
Georgia Launches Criminal Probe Into Scam Call Center Exposed by Journalists
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Mar 7, 2025
From Rumors to Ugly Reality: Georgians Stunned by Scam Call Center’s Cruelty
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Mar 14, 2025
Georgia Freezes Assets of Top Scammers in Massive Call Center Fraud
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Mar 13, 2025
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Huge Ecosystem of Unregulated Payment Providers Helps Scammers Collect Victims’ Money
Leaked documents reveal how scam call centers drew on a secret industry of service providers that used shell companies,...
Scam Empire
Scam Operations Relied on Third-Party Marketing Companies for Steady Stream of Potential Victims
Two professional scam call-center operations depended on affiliate marketing firms to supply them with contact details of...
Scam Empire
Diamonds, Dior and Dubai Vacations: The Luxurious Lives of Georgia's Call-Center Scammers
They called themselves “skameri.” In behind-the-scenes chats, they celebrated bilking victims out of their life savings and...
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The Crime Messenger: How Sky ECC Phones Became a Tool of the Criminal Trade
What do criminals say to each other when they think nobody can hear? The fall of Sky Global — an encrypted communications company that once promised limitless privacy — may give us our best-ever chance to find out.
The Crime Messenger: How Sky ECC Phones Became a Tool of the Criminal Trade
Balkan Criminals Planned Murders Using Encrypted Phones from Canadian Start-Up Sky Global
Sky phones were a favorite tool for criminals to discuss logistics. Now, it turns out that some of Sky’s most prolific...
The Crime Messenger: How Sky ECC Phones Became a Tool of the Criminal Trade
How a Canadian Company's Encrypted Phones Ended Up in the Hands of Criminals Worldwide
It didn’t take long for business to boom after Jean-Francois Eap launched a Vancouver-based start-up selling ultra-secure...
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In the Russian Penal Colony, They Called Him ‘Dr. Evil’
Deep in the Russian heartland, hundreds of kilometers from home, Ukrainian prisoners of war were tormented by a sadistic...
Banned Russian Channel RT Secretly Pays Video Bloggers Who Promote Kremlin Narratives
The bloggers rack up millions of views, promote Russia as a haven for conservatives, glorify the war in Ukraine — and never...
European Ships Keep Russia’s Shadow Fleet Afloat
To sustain its oil exports, Russia has been drawing on a network of old tankers it sources from private sellers around the...
‘Make a Molotov Cocktail’: How Europeans Are Recruited Through Telegram to Commit Sabotage, Arson, and Murder
The cases are multiplying across Europe: Young men with pro-Russian views instructed on Telegram to carry out sabotage...
Russian Asset Tracker
Secretive Cyprus-Registered Funds Were Used to Hide Megayachts and Luxury Real Estate Linked to Sanctioned Russian Banker
In Cyprus, a new type of investment fund was marketed to clients as a way to avoid disclosing their ownership of assets. In...
A Murky Cypriot Firm Is Helping Belarus Export Potash — In Breach of EU Sanctions
Belarus' state potash trade is sanctioned by the EU. So why is a company registered in Cyprus being paid millions by the...
Russian Federation News
EXCLUSIVE: Russian Rights Advocate Worked for Kremlin-Backed Foundation in Georgia
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Jul 16, 2025
UAE Off EU Watchlist, Critics Say Reforms Fall Short
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Jul 15, 2025
Shadowy Oil Trader With Kremlin, Orbán Ties Supplied Billions in Russian Crude to Europe
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Jul 11, 2025
Russian Officials Face Arrests, Trials, and Mysterious Deaths
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Jul 8, 2025
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