EU Blacklists Russia as Tax Haven for The First Time
The European Union blacklisted Russia, Costa Rica, the British Virgin Islands and the Marshall Islands as tax havens on...
Enablers
EminiFX CEO Pleads Guilty to $248 Million Fraud Scheme
The CEO of the purported cryptocurrency and foreign exchange trading platform EminiFX pleaded guilty to defrauding tens of...
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 across the...
Former Coinbase Manager Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading Scheme
A former manager at the cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase Global, Inc. pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to...
UK to go after Offshore Firms That Failed to Declare Beneficial Owners
Almost 40 percent of all offshore companies that own property in the United Kingdom have failed to declare their real owners...
Son of Longtime Azerbaijani Oil Official Owns Luxurious London Flat Worth Over $20 Million
Until last year, Rovnag Abdullayev headed Azerbaijan’s state oil company, SOCAR, where he made a modest official salary. Yet...
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...
Russian Asset Tracker
FAQ: What's a Proxy? Using Relatives, Shell Companies, and Other Stand-Ins to Hide Illicit Wealth
One of the most effective ways to hide your ownership of valuable assets is to get someone – or something – to stand in as...
Azerbaijani Strongman’s Business Partner Builds Property Empire in Georgia
Turkish businessman Emin Uchar has made a fortune in Nakhchivan, an autonomous Azerbaijani territory between Iran, Turkey,...
LockBit Gang Using Musk’s Internet Services, Laundering BitCoin in Hong Kong, China
A security strategist who spent months undercover on the darkweb published a report on Monday that offers insight into one...
Bangladeshi Politician Close to Prime Minister Hasina Secretly Owns Over $4 Million in New York Real Estate
Mohammed Abdus Sobhan Miah worked as a cab driver, pizza cook, and drugstore clerk while living in New York City, but a few...
Beneficial Ownership Data is Critical in the Fight Against Corruption
FAQ: The EU Ruling on Ownership Transparency and What It Means for Journalists
In late 2022, the European Union's top court struck a major blow to ownership transparency. What does it mean for...