Lithuania’s Vladimir Romanov absconded to Russia more than four years ago, leaving investigators grasping to recoup millions they believe he stole from Ukio Bankas. They’re still chasing the money today.
An $8 million villa on Dubai’s luxurious Palm Jumeirah has been controlled for years by the family of Igor Shuvalov, Russia’s former first deputy prime...
Unexplained financing, a rival bidder controlled by a cousin, and unpaid penalties. These are just some of the problems surrounding a bioethanol project promised by...
When Hungarians picked up their ballots to vote in April’s national elections, more than half of their 23 choices were parties they’d never heard of.
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A two-year investigation culminated this week with 90 arrests, splitting wide open a mafia coalition that trafficked drugs to Europe from across the world. Here’s...
Once responsible just for his physical security, President Putin’s bodyguards now have impressive titles — and land worth many millions in Russia’s most expensive region....
A globe-spanning panel of nine experts on organized crime, corruption and terrorism will select the 2018 Person of the Year in Organized Crime and Corruption...
Khadija Ismayilova is an investigative journalist with Radio Free Europe and OCCRP. She responds to UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova’s letter to the Guardian about UNESCO’s relationship with her country’s repressive government. Ismayilova spent 18 months in an Azerbaijani jail for her reporting about the ruling Aliyev family of Azerbaijan.
Khadija Ismayilova (Photo by Aziz Karimov)
Read more: Letter: When UNESCO’s Director General Broke Her Silence
As companies jostle for the chance to rip wealth from the Orinoco region, the natives tribes who have lived there for generations say they will not allow their heritage to be destroyed - even if they have only bows and arrows to defend it.
Photo by: William Urdaneta
The word jihad, usually defined as a struggle against the enemies of Islam, took on a new meaning six years ago when Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei declared 2011 the “year of economic jihad.”
Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran. (Credit: www.leader.ir)
Read more: Notorious Laundromats Used in Iran’s Anti-Sanction ‘Economic Jihad’
The documents obtained by OCCRP from Techimpex, a Ukrainian arms firm, show more than a profitable weapons laundering scheme. (See main story: Arms-Washing)
A warehouse outside of Kiev belonging to S-Profit that is leased by Techimpex. (Credit: Graham Stack)
A documentary made in collaboration with OCCRP on the Central Asian money links of a former associate of US President Donald Trump aired on Wednesday after surviving a last-minute legal challenge.
Felix Sater. (Photo credit: Zembla, Dutch Public Television)
Read more: Documentary Explores Dodgy Financial Ties of Trump Associate
In 2015 and 2016, Ukrinmash, a Ukrainian state arms exporter, signed deals with customers in Uganda and Burundi to sell 59 amphibious armored patrol vehicles.
A Techimpex production facility in the Kiev region as pictured in the company's catalogue. (Credit: Techimpex)
Read more: Arms-Washing: Ukraine Network Moves Embargoed European Arms to Africa and the Middle East
A joint investigation by Efecto Cocuyo and OCCRP explores the Orinoco Mining Arc — the Venezuelan government's controversial attempt to find new sources of wealth — and the devastating effects of the mining on the people who live there.
It has come to our attention that members of the current government have launched a smearing campaign against one of the members of our network.
Read more: Statement from OCCRP on Government Attacks on KRIK.rs
The Pentagon is on the hunt for Soviet-style arms across Eastern Europe -- and it’s using questionable contractors and misleading documents to get the weapons to their final destination: Syria.
The Azerbaijani Laundromat is a complex money-laundering operation and slush fund that handled $2.9 billion over a two-year period through four shell companies registered in the UK.
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