Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has drastically decreased transparency into public spending, even as he has launched an ambitious new series of state projects intended...
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has drastically decreased transparency into public spending, even as he has launched an ambitious new series of state projects intended to show off his government’s power. But behind the scenes, the projects are being implemented by companies owned by people who appear to be close to the president himself.
Read more: All the President’s Men: State Projects Handed to Apparent Proxies in Kyrgyzstan
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the name of blue-blooded Polish businessman Andre Mankowski has disappeared from the website of the Moscow-based IT company AMT Group, where he was formerly listed as president. Yet reporters found the EU citizen has continued to make money from the firm, which does business with Putin’s sanctioned regime.
Read more: Polish Businessman Makes Millions From Firm that Deals With Putin’s Russia
Tajikistan’s prime minister and his wife did not respond to questions about how she was able to afford substantial real estate holdings in their home country, and in the United Arab Emirates.
View of Dubai marina. (Photo: Kumar Sriskandan/Alamy Stock Photo)
Read more: Mysterious Wealth: Tajikistan PM’s Wife Bought Luxury Dubai Properties
Customs data shows the Serbian Progressive Party spent millions importing promotional material ahead of elections in 2022, far more than the party had previously paid for similar items. But the purchase does not appear in the party’s campaign accounts, raising questions about the purpose of the goods and whether they were properly declared.
Read more: Serbian Ruling Party’s Mystery Mega-Spend On Pre-Election Promo Material
An investigation into whether India's powerful Adani Group was overvaluing the coal it sold to power companies was effectively stopped in the courts after Adani legally challenged regulators' attempts to collect evidence. Now, OCCRP has obtained some of the evidence regulators sought and it appears to support the allegations, including overcharging.
Read more: New Evidence Bolsters Allegations Adani Group Overcharged for Coal
Independent Media Outlets from Latin America to the South Pacific Hold Power to Account.
In the face of rising costs and continued threats to independent media around the world, OCCRP is welcoming 15 new member centers and one regional partner to its global network. With the addition of these new outlets, OCCRP now has 67 member centers around the world, as well as four regional partners, which are networks of reporters we regularly collaborate with on investigations.
Read more: OCCRP Welcomes 15 New Member Centers to its Global Network
Three people arrested in a raid on an alleged money laundering ring in Singapore invested over $30 million in Dubai real estate, leaked data reveals. One of the suspects, who was wanted in China at the time, was behind a property broker that became a major sales agent for the city’s largest real estate developer, part-owned by Dubai’s ruler.
Read more: Singapore Money Laundering Suspects Invested Huge Sums in Dubai Property
A lawsuit against the U.S. government by two former Afghan parliamentarians reveals they continue to hold Cyprus passports –– despite advice to authorities to review their citizenship.
The town of Ayia Napa, on Cyprus’ southeast coast where Ajmal Rahmani bought a beachfront villa in 2014. (Photo: Dmitrii Melnikov/Alamy Stock Photo)
Read more: Cyprus at Center of Sanctioned Afghan Politician’s International Business Empire
So-called CryptoQueen Ruja Ignatova and her security adviser, Frank Schneider, liquidated Dubai assets despite being charged in the U.S. for their alleged roles in a $4bn fraud. The whereabouts of both is unknown.
Read more: Top Crypto Scammers Managed to Sell Dubai Properties After Being Charged
As billions of U.S. dollars flowed in to rebuild Afghanistan following the fall of the Taliban in 2001, many contractors were accused of skimming reconstruction funds. Today, some of them own luxury properties in Dubai.
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