
What Is a Company Formation Agent?
Hidden assets, money laundering, tax dodging, and the firms that help make it all possible. Here’s how formation agents can facilitate abuse of the...
Hidden assets, money laundering, tax dodging, and the firms that help make it all possible. Here’s how formation agents can facilitate abuse of the...
Hidden assets, money laundering, tax dodging, and the firms that help make it all possible. Here’s how formation agents can facilitate abuse of the global financial system.
After 13 years together, the death of her dog left a gaping hole in Laura’s life, and she didn’t want another. But she changed her mind after speaking with friends, and early last year she arrived in the city center of Hamburg, Germany, to collect her new puppy.
Some claim the illegal pet trade is Europe’s third biggest illicit economy (Photo: Courtesy of FOUR PAWS, Pogotowie dla Zwierząt)
Read more: The Canine Connection: Europe’s Illegal Dog Trade
Sergei Korolev, who was appointed to a key FSB position earlier this year by President Vladimir Putin, is connected to leaders in the Russian criminal underworld accused of dozens of murders and kidnappings.
Read more: iStories: Top Russian FSB Official Has Multiple Underworld Ties
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) is seriously concerned by an ongoing raid on the Moscow apartment of Roman Anin, the editor in chief of IStories, by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB).
Read more: OCCRP Concerned by FSB Raid on IStories Editor Roman Anin’s Moscow Apartment
Kyrgyzstan is the only Central Asian country that publishes its officials’ asset declarations. But the system, meant to fight corruption, has been degrading for years. Now, in a crucial election year, it has plunged into darkness.
Read more: Asset Declarations of Kyrgyz Officials Increasingly Useless as Anti-Corruption Measure
Chechnya’s authoritarian leader has long made his stance on polygamy clear — he’s an enthusiastic supporter — but little has been known about whether he practices it himself. OCCRP’s partner, The Project, found that he married a second wife he watched perform in a 2006 beauty pageant when she was 14.
Read more: Chechen Leader Ramzan Kadyrov Has a Second Wife — And Her Properties Are Worth Millions
Facing a key party congress, top officials in Namibia’s ruling party allegedly skimmed money from a lucrative fishing deal to buy votes for President Hage Geingob.
Read more: Fishing with Dynamite: The Secret Scheme That Helped Namibia’s President Stay in Power
New information raises questions about the relationship between a Serbian businessman who earned millions from selling land around Belgrade’s airport, and a Portuguese ex-minister whose law firm advised on the airport deal.
Daphne Caruana Galizia’s work uncovering corruption in Malta delved into visa-for-sale schemes, energy deals, and Caribbean offshore companies set up for Maltese politicians. Now, an investigation has found that all these stories come together — in China.
Read more: Trail of Murdered Journalist’s Reporting Leads from Malta to China
Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk is a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and a reliable Kremlin ally. A new investigation reveals how a bargain energy deal in Russia has netted him and a partner tens of millions of dollars.
Read more: The Sweetheart Oil Deal Funding Ukraine’s Top Pro-Kremlin Politician
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