Petroleum Profits and Expensive Estates: Equatorial Guinea Oil Chief’s Wealth Revealed
The CEO of Equatorial Guinea's state oil company is accused of skimming petroleum profits, while reporters have linked him...
All Investigations
The Azerbaijani Laundromat
Azerbaijani Couple, Including President’s Cousin, Owns Properties Worth Millions in London and Ibiza
The couple has agreed to forfeit over £4 million that they had received from the Azerbaijani Laundromat, a massive money...
The 'Ndrangheta
What is the 'Ndrangheta?
Where did the organized crime group come from? What do its operations look like? And can it be stopped?
The 'Ndrangheta
The 'Ndrangheta’s ‘Little Kiss’: Inside an Organized Crime Clan That Moved Cocaine Across Europe
With logistical support from a scion nicknamed “Little Kiss,” the Giorgi-Boviciani clan of the 'Ndrangheta crime group used...
The Azerbaijani Laundromat
Jet-Setting DJ — and Cousin of Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev — Accused of Receiving Millions In Suspicious Funds
U.K. investigators tied Izzat Khanim Javadova, known as Mikaela Jav, and her husband to the Azerbaijani Laundromat, a...
From Naples to Moscow — and Now to Dushanbe
A well-connected operator, a successful businessman, and an enthusiastic interview subject: Vincenzo Trani is a colorful...
How Tajikistan’s Leading Microlending Organization Allowed a Suspicious Client to Funnel Millions Abroad
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and several other foreign investors own a leading Tajik microlending...
EBRD Joins Foreign Investor In Hostile Takeover of Tajikistan’s Leading Microfinance Institution, Pushing Out Founders
Imon International, Tajikistan’s most prominent microlender, was built over two decades to help women entrepreneurs. Its...
China Tobacco Goes Global
Illicit Chinese Cigarettes, an Italian Warehouse, and a Mysterious Libyan “Friend”
An Italian group smuggling Chinese cigarettes mentioned a Libyan who helped them. Here's how reporters followed the clues...
China Tobacco Goes Global
Huge Quantities of Chinese Cigarettes Smuggled Into Ukraine
China Tobacco’s factory in Europe is selling hundreds of millions of cigarettes to companies in Ukraine under investigation...
China Tobacco Goes Global
China’s State Tobacco Company is Massive at Home. Now it’s Ready to Take Over the World
China Tobacco is using advertising, investment, and social projects to influence governments and consumers around the world,...
China Tobacco Goes Global
China Tobacco 'Very Discreetly' Becomes Leaf-Buying Powerhouse in Brazil
China is complying with recommendations under a global treaty to decrease the amount of land under tobacco cultivation ––...