Romanian Political Strategist In Business With Apparent Russian War Propagandist
Rareș Mănescu was involved in preparing the campaign for Mircea Geoană, who stepped down as deputy chief of NATO in September to run for president of Romania.
U.S. Toxicology Lab to Pay $27M to Settle Kickback Allegations
News
Oct 4, 2024
South African Officials Punished for Delaying Report on Killer’s Escape
News
Oct 3, 2024
Four Arrested as Europol Moves Against Ransomware Group
News
Oct 3, 2024
Australian Police Seize $6.4m from Alleged owner of Encrypted Platform
News
Oct 3, 2024
Scoop
Did UK Politicians Violate Lobbying Rules With Questions About Northern Cyprus?
Politicians are required to register their interest in a subject before asking questions about it in parliament....
Investigation
‘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...
Investigation
The Secretive Supply Chain Sending EU Trucks to Syria
The Syrian army is getting its hands on new-looking EU-branded trucks. An undercover investigation found evidence...
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The Pandora Papers
Investigation
Suspect in Kenya's Anglo Leasing Scandal Used Offshore Secrecy to Obscure Ties to Companies
Leaked documents from the Pandora Papers reveal that Sri Lankan-Irish businessman Anura Perera, named by the...
Scoop
Claims About Short-Seller Made in UK Parliament Trace Back to Private Intelligence Firm Hired by Steward Health Care
In March 2023, a member of parliament publicly questioned whether a prominent short-seller had ties to Russia....
Scoop
Syria’s Youth Soccer Teams Were the Pride of the Nation — But Dozens of Players Were Too Old To Compete
For a decade and a half, Syria’s “under-20” soccer teams routinely outperformed the national squad in big...
Russian Asset Tracker
Investigation
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...
Scoop
Steward Gave Controversial Consultants an Interest in Malta Company at Heart of Huge Graft Scandal
Shaukat Ali, a Pakistani businessman who helped U.S.-based Steward Health Care secure a massive public contract in...
Project
The Steinmetz Scandals
The Steinmetz Scandals
Deals that Helped Tycoon Steinmetz Combat Bribery Fallout
Beny Steinmetz’s company obtained iron ore deposits worth billions thanks to bribes paid to the wife of a West...
The Steinmetz Scandals
Beny Steinmetz: Scion of Diamond Royalty, Now At Bay Over Bribery Charges
Beny Steinmetz emerged from his father’s shadow to build a corporate empire, but his methods have left him facing...
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Project
Dubai Unlocked
Dubai Unlocked
Singapore Money Laundering Suspects Invested Huge Sums in Dubai Property
Three people arrested in a raid on an alleged money laundering ring in Singapore invested over $30 million in...
Dubai Unlocked
Top Crypto Scammers Managed to Sell Dubai Properties After Being Charged
So-called CryptoQueen Ruja Ignatova and her security adviser, Frank Schneider, liquidated Dubai assets despite...
Dubai Unlocked
What Is 'Dubai Unlocked'? Everything You Need To Know
Frequently asked questions about the global investigation into Dubai property ownership.
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...
Meet Dmitry Mironov, the Enigmatic Putin Aide Managing the Kremlin’s HR Department
As Vladimir Putin tightens his circle of trust, a former secret service officer has emerged as one of his closest...
Cyprus Firm Helped Sanctioned Russian Oligarch Move Funds
Cypriot corporate service provider MeritServus helped Konstantin Malofeev, an oligarch sanctioned for his support...
Beneficial Ownership Data is Critical in the Fight Against Corruption
This Luxembourg Businessman Got Europe's Corporate Registries Shut Down. But Whose Privacy Was He Protecting?
Why did a man who runs a private aircraft company become a central figure in rolling back corporate transparency...
Italian Politicians and Big Business Bought into Russian Occupation of Crimea
Italian far-right politicians and businessmen accepted sponsored trips to Crimea arranged by a Russian influence...
How a Russian Influence Group Infiltrated Cypriot Party Politics
A secretive Moscow group cultivated ties with Cypriot politicians and successfully pushed through a motion in...
Theme
Banking
The Shadow Investor
The Lies That Kept A Central Asian Money Launderer's Cash Flowing
For years, the Abdukadyr family’s self-confessed money launderer sent their money abroad using a variety of...
A Fake Bank Was Shut Down in Spain. Now a New One Has Popped Up in the U.K.
In 2017, Spanish authorities cracked down on over two dozen shell companies, masquerading as a bank in Madrid,...
Story Killers
Israeli Disinformation Expert Linked to Faked Bank Accounts in Serbian Smear Campaign
A leaked report sheds light on the source of a mysterious media attack on the Serbian president’s political...
Credit Suisse Banked Abramovich Fortune Held in Secret Offshore Companies
Credit Suisse loaned hundreds of millions of dollars to Abramovich’s offshore companies, which used U.S. stocks as...
Suisse Secrets
Kosovo’s Former Ambassador to U.S. Failed to Report Millions in Credit Suisse Account
As a senior public official, Ismaili was required by law to declare his assets, including foreign bank accounts....
Suisse Secrets
The Many Lives — and Credit Suisse Accounts — of Gaddafi-Linked Lobbyist Hassan Tatanaki
Accused of corruption in multiple countries, Libyan oil tycoon Tatanaki went from funding lobbying efforts that...
Banking News
South Africa’s Justice Minister Scrutinized Over VBS Loan Controversy
News
Aug 29, 2024
Swiss Government Motions for Press Freedom in Country’s Finance Sector
News
Nov 18, 2022
In Nationwide Sweep Against Financial Crime over 200 Arrested in Turkey
News
Nov 18, 2022
Ghana Junior Finance Minister Sacked Over Corruption Accusations
News
Nov 17, 2022
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