Son of Longtime Azerbaijani Oil Official Owns Luxurious London Flat Worth Over $20 Million
Until last year, Rovnag Abdullayev headed Azerbaijan’s state oil company, SOCAR, where he made a modest official salary. Yet...
Europe
Credit Suisse Banked Abramovich Fortune Held in Secret Offshore Companies
Credit Suisse loaned hundreds of millions of dollars to Abramovich’s offshore companies, which used U.S. stocks as...
Azerbaijani Strongman’s Business Partner Builds Property Empire in Georgia
Turkish businessman Emin Uchar has made a fortune in Nakhchivan, an autonomous Azerbaijani territory between Iran, Turkey,...
China Tobacco Goes Global
Romanian Prosecutors Probe China Tobacco for Millions of ‘Disappeared’ Cigarettes
Anti-organized crime prosecutors are investigating China Tobacco in Romania for possible links to smuggling by organized...
Suisse Secrets
Kosovo’s Former Ambassador to U.S. Failed to Report Millions in Credit Suisse Account
As a senior public official, Ismaili was required by law to declare his assets, including foreign bank accounts. But he...
Traders Are Sneaking Banned Russian and Belarusian Wood Into the EU By Pretending It’s From Central Asia
Not long after imposing sanctions on wood imports from Russia and Belarus, Europe saw an influx of wood supposedly coming...
Beneficial Ownership Data is Critical in the Fight Against Corruption
Dear European Court of Justice: You Were Played
The European Court of Justice has reversed a decade of progress against financial secrecy, to the cheers of sanctioned...
How a Crew of Romanian Criminals Conquered the World of ATM Skimming
Mexican Prosecutor Who Led Investigations Into Violent Crimes of Romanian Gang is Accused of Being on Their Payroll
A former member of the Riviera Maya gang was stabbed in Mexico by his onetime comrades. The Mexican prosecutor who led the...
Eastern Europe’s Biggest Wood Processor Demanded Free Timber From Suppliers For Years
For more than a decade, HS Timber Group required its Romanian timber suppliers to deliver extra wood for free without...
Belarusian Opposition Demands Action after OCCRP Uncovers Multi-billion Scheme
A secretive trading network set up in Lithuania and Singapore a decade ago might have helped a Belarusian power player to...
Congo Opens Trial Against Former Presidential Adviser Tshimanga
Former Special Adviser to the Congolese President Vidiye Tshimanga appeared in court in Kinshasa on Monday facing charges of...
Transparency International: G20 Again Failed on Anti-corruption Agenda
The G20 leaders who convened in Bali earlier this week agreed on a number of points including condemning Russia’s invasion...