Surgeon Barred in UK Suspended in Spain After OCCRP Revelations
A surgeon struck off in the U.K. for malpractice and sexual misconduct kept operating in Spain for years, an OCCRP and...
Europe
Ten Years On, New Data Shows Fossil Fuel Expansion Is Torching the Paris Agreement
Ten years after the Paris Agreement was signed, new data reveals that the fossil fuel industry — along with the financial...
EU Sanctions Prison Medic Exposed by OCCRP, RFE/RL, as Torturing Ukrainian POWs
The identity of Ilya Sorokin, known to prisoners as “Dr. Evil” for his cruelty and denial of medical treatment, was...
UK Sanctions Balkan Syndicates Linked to People Smuggling
The sanctions come as the second package under the UK's new people smuggling sanctions regime.
Malta Strips Citizenship From Russian Convicted of Money Laundering
Russian national Semen Kuksov was sentenced last year in the U.K. for his role in an international ring that laundered funds...
Europe Confronts Serbia Over Corruption, Deadly Negligence, and Media Repression
The European Parliament’s resolution condemns President Aleksandar Vučić’s government for widespread corruption, attacks on...
Italian Police Arrest Suspected Pesce-Pistillo Clan Extortionists
The three alleged mobsters are accused of terrorizing shopkeepers in Andria with threats, beatings, and bomb attacks as part...
Europe Reviewing Ways to Better Protect Patients in Response to OCCRP Doctors Investigation
The European Commission will review proposals to strengthen its alert system — which notifies authorities of disciplinary...
How the EU Mistakenly Sanctioned a Decoy Company When it Targeted a Business in Belarus
An error in the EU sanctions list allowed a Serbian family’s companies to continue profiting from real estate deals with the...
Dutch Court Halts United Group Founder’s Board Challenge, Raising Press Freedom Concerns in Serbia
A Dutch court ruled it lacked jurisdiction over a dispute between United Group and its founder, who had challenged his...