The Russian Laundromat Exposed

More startling cases reveal the involvement of big Danish banks, according to American and Italian authorities.

The former head of the Estonian branch of Danske bank, Aivar Rehe, says he did not know anything about transactions from Moldova and that this story sounds very illogical.

The two biggest beneficiaries of the Russia-Moldova cash flow in Estonia are phantom clients of tycoon Endel Siff's modest office building in Tallinn's Bekker port.

15 million Euros poured into Slovenia right past the Office for Money Laundering Prevention, which detects any transfer above €15,000.

The case of the laundered billions once again sheds critical light on Nordea's explanations in the wake of last year's Panama Papers scandal.

Among the four biggest recipients of money from the Laundromat with Slovenian bank accounts are two shipping companies registered in Cyprus.

Luxury goods from Copenhagen Fur, a fur company, and Martin Professional, a lighting company, emerge in a gigantic money laundering case from Eastern Europe. Martin Professional is launching an internal investigation.

The lion's share of the $1.6 billion of Russian money laundered through Estonian banks came straight from a suspicious Moldovan bank.

A video about Samsung’s role in the Russian Laundromat with English subtitles.

Barron’s presents a detailed examination of what Eastern European authorities claim is questionable money leaving the Russian Federation to fund payments around the world.

Omnia Arhing got €5.2 million on its NLB bank account. The company’s head got certificates of honor from Kadyrov.

While Danske Bank and Nordea let bank transfers connected to a major money laundering case pour through for several years, Sydbank responded immediately.

A story focused on funds received through Laundromat by Samsung’s European subsidiary.

Banks in Estonia were used to move nearly $1.6 billion of criminal funds from Russia, OCCRP uncovered with help from Postimees and Novaya Gazeta.

The Russian Land Bank belonged until 2011 to Jelena Baturina, the wife of former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov…

What started in Moscow stopped in Gänserndorf. The money flowed in 16 tranches to the Lower Austrian municipality just an hour from Vienna...

The story has all the ingredients of an exciting movie. Swiss bank accounts full of millions destined for fur coats, jewelry and even pop concerts…

The three major Swedish banks, Handelsbanken, Swedbank, and particularly SEB, as well as the major Norwegian bank DNB, received bank transfers in a large-scale case of money laundering from Moldova. Handelsbanken was "aware" of suspicious transfers and cut off cooperation with the participating Latvian bank.

For a long time, Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, and others accepted questionable transfers from Eastern Europe…

Payments in Slovenia came from “straw companies” in Great Britain and Cyprus…

More than $9 million of Russian dirty money quietly and easily penetrated the Polish banking system…

The arrow on the speedometer of the opulent Bentley points to 250 km/hr..

In cooperation with the media throughout the world, Berlingske investigated where the money came from…

Six firms connected to the Shor family used money that went through Laundromat…

Billions of Danish kroner have over time been transferred to accounts in Danske Bank and Nordea belonging to shady companies in tax havens…

Bribed judges, corrupt banks, and opaque “mailbox companies” - how alleged black money from Russia came onto the books of German companies.

Almost exactly a year after the disclosure of the Panama Papers, journalists have once again uncovered…

More than half a billion dollars of questionable origin have come to Switzerland from Russia in devious ways…

To hide its origin, the alleged black money is shoved across Europe…

Billions of dollars were moved out of Russia in ‘Global Laundromat’ operation, with anonymously owned UK companies playing major role…

It all began with a different story…

More than €19 billion were shipped across the world through an ingenious network of "mailbox companies” from Russia. We will show you how.

It’s one of the largest known money laundering cases in recent history…

The Czech banks are pulling money from Russian sources, and they’re doing it in style…

The Czech Republic occupies a relatively important place in the whole scheme…

A series of stories about the Russian Laundromat’s reach into the Baltics - with a focus on the banks involved.

The Laundromat money ended up in dozens of companies in Finland through the Finnish banks…

Offshore companies, government money laundering investigations, and hundreds of companies around the world allegedly not aware of those who sends them money…

700 billion rubles were taken out of the country. Novaya Gazeta answers the question of who got this enormous sum.