Investigations

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev speaks during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 2018.

US Lobbying Firm Launders Azerbaijan’s Reputation — And Gets “Laundromat” Cash

Adil Baguirov Credit: Edin Pasovic / OCCRP

Baku’s Man in America

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The Strange Evolution of Hungary’s Golden Visa Program

Photo by: Adriana Fernandez Loureiro / Efecto Cocuyo

Birth and Death in Venezuela's Time of Hunger

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How Maltese Online Gambling Became an ATM for the Italian Mafia

Camera crews wait before a press conference in Skopje, Macedonia, 2017.

Right-Wing Hungarian Media Moves Into the Balkans

Fishing boats in Marsaxlokk harbor, Malta, with a view of the Delimara power station.

Death in a Smugglers’ Paradise

An LNG tanker moored off the village of Marsaxlokk, location of the recently constructed Delimara Power Station, which runs on natural gas. Credit: Reuters

Maltese Taxpayers Losing Out in Gas Deal with Azerbaijan

Oxford Street, central London. A few minutes’ walk away are a number of properties connected to members of Odesa’s “oil mafia.”

London Apartments Show Ongoing Ties of Odesa Mayor to Oil Mafia

Mayor of Odessa, and former member of the "Oil Mafia," Gennadiy Trukhanov.

The Odesa Mafia’s Secret Flats in London

The flag of Pilatus Bank flies from its offices in Whitehall Mansions in Ta’ Xbiex, Malta. Photo (c): REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

Pilatus: A Private Bank for Azerbaijan’s Ruling Elite

Sinisa Mali, the current (and likely future) mayor of Belgrade, appears to have had a lucrative time in office. Photo by OCCRP. Some rights reserved.

A weekend in Rome with Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali