Spate of Killings in Europe Reveal Escalating Conflict in Turkish Criminal Underworld
An escalation in violence involving major Turkish gangs has spilled over into European cities, where suspected mafia figures...
Europe
Family of Georgian Oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili Has Unreported Real Estate in Russia
Ivanishvili also appears to retain a Russian company through an offshore structure, despite promising to divest from...
Slovakia Gov’t to Disband Police Agency Investigating Corruption
Slovakia’s government confirmed this week that it would disband a police agency investigating associates of ruling party...
A Murky Cypriot Firm Is Helping Belarus Export Potash — In Breach of EU Sanctions
Belarus' state potash trade is sanctioned by the EU. So why is a company registered in Cyprus being paid millions by the...
Azerbaijani Ex-Banker's Wife Forfeits Luxury UK Properties
The U.K.'s National Crime Agency (NCA) announced on Monday the forfeiture of a luxurious London townhouse and a golf club...
U.S. Healthcare Firm Embroiled in Malta Corruption Scandal Spent Millions on Private Spies
U.S. healthcare operator Steward paid over $7 million to U.K.-based intelligence firms that conducted surveillance and...
UK Tories Received Donation from Company Linked to Conservative Baroness’s Scandal-Hit Husband
A small company that donated to the U.K. Conservatives in 2020 has multiple connections to Doug Barrowman, who is at the...
Emails Show How Millions Flowed to ‘Political Consultants’ in Malta Hospital Corruption Case
Bankrupt U.S. company Steward Health Care sent 7.6 million euros ($8.1 million) to a Swiss firm that paid consultancy fees...
The Steinmetz Scandals
Deals that Helped Tycoon Steinmetz Combat Bribery Fallout
Beny Steinmetz’s company obtained iron ore deposits worth billions thanks to bribes paid to the wife of a West African...
NarcoFiles: The New Criminal Order
Fishing Boats and Cargo Ships: How Colombian Cocaine Travels the World
Official statistics on busts of drug shipments originating in Colombia — the world’s largest cocaine producer by far — are...
Alleged Italian Mobsters Grew Powerful in Toronto. Experts Say Canadian Law Can’t Stop Them.
A fugitive in Italy, Angelo Figliomeni lives free in Canada, where a major organized crime case against him fell apart.
EU Court Reverses EU Sanctions on Two Russian Businessmen
The Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union annulled on Wednesday the inclusion of Russian businessman Petr...