Activists Say Facebook is a Wildlife Trafficking Conduit
Nearly two weeks after U.S. authorities arrested Vanessa Rondeau, a Canadian national who ran a boutique oddities shop in...
North America
The Matraimov Kingdom
After Corruption Conviction and $24 Million Settlement, Matraimov Buys New Penthouse in Bishkek
According to an associate, Kyrgyzstan’s former deputy customs chief had to raise money from friends and relatives to pay the...
The Rise and Fall of a U.S. Oilman in Iraq
A secret kickback deal with an Iraqi Kurdistan politician made Todd Kozel rich. But an affair and his bitter divorce led him...
Former Ukrainian President Poroshenko Secretly Controlled Offshore Firms that Banked at Austria’s Raiffeisen
The shell companies handled extravagant transactions on behalf of the former president while the bank turned a blind eye.
Argentina’s Franco Macri Had Secret Deal with Disgraced Austrian Bank over Postal Service Insolvency
A leaked audit shows how the Argentine Macri family may have attempted to use a secret agreement with Meinl Bank to...
How Afghanistan’s President Helped His Brother and a U.S. Contractor Secure a Lucrative Mineral Processing Permit
With the figurative stroke of a pen, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani put his sibling into the chromite business with a...
How Iran Used an International Playboy to Launder Oil Money
U.S. Prosecutors Call Them 'Victim Banks.' Are They?
Turkish-Iranian money launderer Reza Zarrab helped the Iranian regime move oil money around the world to evade sanctions —...
Turkish Tycoon, Trump Fundraiser and Ex-CIA Chief Involved in 2018 Attempt to Free U.S. Pastor Held in Turkey
Sezgin Baran Korkmaz, a Turkish tycoon now on the run over a half-billion-dollar fraud scheme involving members of...
GROUP AMERICA: A US-Serbian Drug Gang With Friends In The Shadows
Who is Mileta Miljanić? The Serbian-American Drug Lord and Leader of ‘Group America’
Born in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1960, Mileta Miljanić is the leader of the brutal yet low-profile drug trafficking...
From a Miami Mansion, an Alleged Mobster Amasses Albanian Property
An Albanian underworld figure is accused of doing business with Italian mafia bosses while usurping prime real estate in his...
FBI Case File Shows How Azerbaijan Botched Investigation Into Journalist’s Death
Sixteen years ago, Azerbaijani investigative journalist Elmar Huseynov was gunned down in the stairwell of his Baku...
OpenLux
The Secret Luxembourg Base of Italy’s ’Ndrangheta Mafia
Luxembourg’s company registry turns up firms controlled by people with ties to the ’Ndrangheta. Italian authorities say the...