A Taiwanese man touted as a major foreign investor in the Georgian city of Batumi is actually a wanted drug criminal who fled his home country in 2014.
Lixin Group has grown into a major conglomerate with business interests stretching from the Mekong to the Black Sea. But evidence collected by OCCRP suggests that it has a darker side.
A trove of documents unveils the inner workings of two apparent scam centers in the tiny Pacific island nation of Palau. They also shed light on how local elites and weak laws appear to be helping this sophisticated industry thrive in even the most far-flung locations.
December 4, 2010
US diplomats worried about Israeli organized crime's rise and wanted to stop it from expanding into the United States.
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