Middle East

Lebanon’s decision to send former central bank chief Riad Salame to trial on embezzlement charges has been praised as a step...

The former central bank governor faces his first indictment in Lebanon over $44 million in alleged embezzlement, forgery,...

Iraqi forces are cracking down on Captagon smuggling along the Syrian-Iraqi border, with this seizure following last week's...

Born in Russia, Karina Rotenberg is also a U.S. citizen, OCCRP previously revealed.

Authorities foiled the drug smuggling operation after thermal cameras detected the pills, which were hidden in plastic...

The Israeli company Coperato provides technology that is widely used for legitimate purposes, but has also been utilized by...

Leaked documents reveal how scam call centers drew on a secret industry of service providers that used shell companies,...

A Lebanese bank chairman has filed sweeping legal complaints against investigative journalists, following their reporting on...

Friday Jeremiah Adejoh is wanted in the U.S. on wire fraud charges. Reporters discovered him in Dubai, where he owns a...

Acting on a tip from Saudi authorities, the Iraqi Interior Ministry seized seven million Captagon pills coming through...

As pagers and walkie-talkies exploded in Lebanon, Syrian security forces were directed to keep communication devices away...

Despite the fall of the Assad regime, Syria remains the Middle East’s top Captagon producer, fueling a billion-dollar drug...