Beny Steinmetz was a titan in the diamond world, but scandal brought his flagship firm to its knees. As he awaits his appeal decision...
Beny Steinmetz was a titan in the diamond world, but scandal brought his flagship firm to its knees. As he awaits his appeal decision in a bribery case, OCCRP investigated…
Beny Steinmetz’s company obtained iron ore deposits worth billions thanks to bribes paid to the wife of a West African president. As revelations of the corruption mounted, and Steinmetz came under pressure in courts around the world, he and his firms struck a series of deals with companies connected to Greek businessman Sabby Mionis. The deals helped Steinmetz protect his assets and fight back against adversaries.
Read more: Deals that Helped Tycoon Steinmetz Combat Bribery Fallout
Beny Steinmetz emerged from his father’s shadow to build a corporate empire, but his methods have left him facing jail sentences for bribery. His reputation, and perhaps his freedom, now depend on the outcome of an appeal before Switzerland’s supreme court.
Read more: Beny Steinmetz: Scion of Diamond Royalty, Now At Bay Over Bribery Charges
An offshore company owned by onetime deputy defense minister Mamuka Mujiri purchased a London flat — then sold it after his ownership was revealed.
Visage apartments building in London where former Georgian Deputy Defense Minister, Mamuka Mujiri, owned a flat. (Photo: Katie McCraw/OCCRP)
Read more: Former Georgian Defense Official Paid Cash For a Secret London Flat
Sickness and death befell the former employees of a British farm who allegedly worked with pesticides. Now, they want justice.
Nancy Ngatia holding a picture of her late husband Wacharia. (Photo: Georgia Gee/OCCRP)
Read more: Toxic Vegetables? In Kenya, Former Farm Workers Sue After Working with Pesticides
Official statistics on busts of drug shipments originating in Colombia — the world’s largest cocaine producer by far — are scattershot and hard to find. A leak of prosecutor’s office documents helped reporters fill in some gaps.
Read more: Fishing Boats and Cargo Ships: How Colombian Cocaine Travels the World
It’s unclear who was behind the calls, which targeted journalists and activists and were disguised using a “spoofing” app.
Thousands of Georgians took streets to protest the Foreign agent law. (Photo: Studio Monitori)
Read more: Georgia Adopts ‘Foreign Agent’ Law Amid Campaign of Threatening Phone Calls
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
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