NSO Group Releases Transparency Report; Amnesty Says its Too Little, Too Late
The NSO Group, the Israeli spyware firm whose products have been implicated in everything from the murder of Saudi...
Cyprus
Greek Captagon Bust Leads to a Criminal Gang and the Port at the Heart of Syria’s Booming New Drug Trade
In late 2018, Greek authorities busted a freighter carrying over $100 million worth of cannabis and the speed-like drug...
Report: Majority of EU Residents Believe Corruption Is A ‘Big Problem’
Almost two-thirds of European Union residents believe corruption is an issue in their respective countries, according to a...
Montenegrin Tycoon’s Lawsuit Against Media Highlights a Trail of Controversial Deals
Leaked bank records show transactions between one of Zoran Bećirović’s companies and a firm at the center of a massive money...
Lukashenko Doles Out Prime Belarus Real Estate to Serbian Cronies
Belarus has given away about $1 billion worth of land to construction companies owned by Serbia's well-connected Karić...
The Sweetheart Oil Deal Funding Ukraine’s Top Pro-Kremlin Politician
Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk is a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and a reliable Kremlin...
Unseen and Unsanctioned, Belarusian Tycoons Slipped into the EU via Lithuanian Investments
Alexei Aleksin and Alexander Zaytsev have emerged as two of the wealthiest businessmen in Belarus. What are they doing in...
A Key Player in Malaysia's Biggest-Ever Corruption Scandal Found Sanctuary in Cyprus With Help From a Major London Firm
Despite public denials, well-known citizenship broker Henley & Partners helped disgraced financier Jho Low, who stands...
Fraud Factory
Down the Bitcoin Funnel: The Tech Firms Driving Investors to Ruin with Fake Celebrity News
Supercharged by Google and Facebook, a flood of fake news stories touting get-rich-quick schemes are funneling hopeful...
The FinCEN Files
How an Irrepressible Serbian Arms Dealer Found a Conduit to Saudi Arabia through Qatar
He allegedly used a network of secretive trust funds, investigated for money laundering and masking payments for public...
How Alexei Navalny Exposed Russian Corruption
Russia’s best-known dissident — now fighting for his life in a Siberian hospital after an apparent poisoning — is usually...
A Fishy Business: Shifting Profits Out of Africa
An Icelandic company at the centre of a Namibian bribery scandal may have avoided paying millions in taxes by moving cash —...