Banker On The Run

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 ...

18 Nov 2019

Šarūnas Černiauskas (Tiriamosios žurnalistikos centras), Vlad Lavrov (OCCRP) and Michael Nikbakhsh (profil)

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 ...

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 ...

OCCRP Statement on Cyprus Government Response to Recent Investigation

The Cypriot government responded on Saturday to an from Aug. 14. Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou the report ...

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Court Dismissed: Montenegro Whistleblowers Fear Losing Legal Recourse

Top judge says public officials fired by Parliament have no right to appeal to the courts.

Mining, Murder, and Impunity

A Mexican activist’s family has been looking for answers for a decade, even in Canadian courts. A memorial to Mariano Abarca Roblero. 2010. (Credit: ...

Fake Cigarette Ring Exposes Jordan’s Corruption Woes

A high-profile trial against businessmen, a former minister, and two dozen accomplices shines a spotlight on illicit cigarette production, widespread smuggling, and the ...

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How a Meeting on a Yacht May Have Changed

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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 ...

Plunder and Patronage in the Heart of Central Asia

“I’m Aierken Saimaiti,” the man said. “Between 2011 and 2016, I transferred more than $700 million from Kyrgyzstan.”

Swedbank’s High-Risk Secrets

Leaked report shows Russian oligarch Mikhail Abyzov moved a fortune offshore through the Swedish bank.

Read more: Swedbank’s High-Risk Secrets

The Vienna Bank Job

A storied bank helped Eastern European bankers loot their own institutions.

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.

Court Dismissed: Montenegro Whistleblowers Fear Losing Legal Recourse

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)

Prosecutors Drop Investigation Into Millions Missing From Montenegro Bank

Even as Atlas Bank was under interim management by the Central Bank, well-connected account holders managed to recover their millions. Ordinary citizens lost their savings.

Before Campaigning for Trump, Manafort Plotted to Rig Ukraine Telecoms Deal, Leaked Emails Show

Leaked emails show how Trump’s former campaign manager plotted with two current Ukrainian legislators to snap up Ukraine’s public telephone operator.

Exposed: The Ukrainian Politician Who Funded Paul Manafort’s Secret EU Lobbying Campaign

Serhiy Lovochkin, a Ukrainian MP and a leader of its largest opposition party, secretly funded the American lobbyist’s efforts to convince European leaders to sign an important agreement with Ukraine despite rule of law concerns.

Two Tractors Outside Rivne, Ukraine

Years ago, in rural Ukraine, a farmer’s tractor disappeared in the night. Months later, another tractor disappeared from another farm in almost exactly the same way.

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Public Land, Private Hands

Between 2000 and 2008, authorities in Kyrgyzstan divided up a large swath of Ataturk Park, a beloved green space in the country’s capital, Bishkek, and handed it out to 173 people — many of them wealthy and well-connected.

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OCCRP Statement on Cyprus Government Response to Recent Investigation

Swedbank’s High-Risk Secrets

The Vienna Bank Job

Banker On The Run

Court Dismissed: Montenegro Whistleblowers Fear Losing Legal Recourse

Prosecutors Drop Investigation Into Millions Missing From Montenegro Bank

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