Former Austrian Chancellor and ex-NSO Chief Start Cybersecurity Firm
Former chief executive of the controversial Israeli spyware company NSO Group, Shalev Hulio, has partnered with...
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Russia Slips from Center Stage as UN Cybercrime Treaty Negotiations Forge Ahead
Initially a driving force behind the process, Russia is becoming a less prominent voice in negotiations over a...
‘Astronomical Money’: How Smugglers Made Tens of Millions Moving Rare Birds Around the World
An organized crime group spent years smuggling rare exotic birds from South America and Asia to collectors across...
Russian Asset Tracker
Sanctioned VTB Bank and Putin Ally Andrei Kostin Behind Luxury Austrian Hotel
VTB, a Russian bank sanctioned by the EU for its ties to the Kremlin, secretly owned a luxury Alpine hotel until...
Austria Extradites Turkish Businessman Wanted for Money Laundering
Austria extradited to the U.S. a Turkish businessman to face charges for laundering illicit proceeds from a...
Signs of Political Motivation Permeate Case Against Kyrgyz Investigative Journalist
Kyrgyz authorities allege Bolot Temirov is a drug user and used falsified identification documents. But case files...
Jersey Freezes $7 Billion of Roman Abramovich’s Assets
A court order from the island of Jersey froze on Tuesday US$7 billion in assets belonging to Russian oligarch and...
German Police Arrest 3 in Crackdown on Group that Stole Luxurious Cars
A joint German, Austrian and Bosnian police operation dismantled an organized crime group suspected of stealing...
The Pandora Papers
A Tale of Two Brothers and A Croatian Island
For years, Croatians have been in the dark about who owns a major company called Jadranka, the leading tourism...
Police Across EU Arrest 330 Organized Crime Suspects
Spanish authorities coordinated a Europe-wide operation that targeted several transnational organized crime groups...
Greece: Witnesses’ Protection Status Upheld in Novartis Case
The names of two whistleblowers in the Novartis bribery case will remain secret for two more years, thanks to a...
Austria’s Ex-vice Chancellor on Trial for Corruption
Austria’s former vice chancellor and leader of the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) went on trial on Tuesday in...