Middle East

For Latin American cartels looking to peddle their cocaine into European markets, Turkey is poised to be the next major...

Africa’s tramadol epidemic, particularly prevalent in West and Central Africa, keeps gaining momentum – according to the UN...

Iraqi tycoon Waheb Tabra worked with Saddam Hussein's son in the 1990s before making a fortune smuggling cigarettes. Since...

Iraqi tycoon Nizar Hanna Nasri sits atop an empire spanning pharmaceuticals, liquor imports, and some of Erbil’s most...

While investigating money laundering linked to the funding of Russian occupied territories,Ukrainian authorities said they...

One is a sanctioned businessman. Another is a convict. Two more are celebrities with ties to political power.

In the wake of a protest movement which swept Kazakhstan in January, the Kazakh government deployed a spyware to surveil...

A Russian state-backed shipping company sanctioned by the U.S. and EU in February continues to deliver crude oil to European...

While small arms like pistols and assault weapons such as AR-15 dominate debates around gun control and the illegal firearms...

A female Iranian singer and poet told OCCRP she is still living in fear even though she fled her country to avoid...

Along with dozens of their customers, two government-owned banks in Iraq have embezzled over 920 billion Iraqi dinars...

Acting on an international warrant issued by South Africa, police in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) arrested two brothers...