Alleged Italian Mobsters Grew Powerful in Toronto. Experts Say Canadian Law Can’t Stop Them.
A fugitive in Italy, Angelo Figliomeni lives free in Canada, where a major organized crime case against him fell apart.
...A fugitive in Italy, Angelo Figliomeni lives free in Canada, where a major organized crime case against him fell apart.
...Undercover reporters recorded a group of covert cyber influence specialists as they pitched their services, which involve using disinformation campaigns, false intelligence, hacks and blackmail to promote their clients’ interests. The group, which calls itself Team Jorge, claims to have worked on dozens of presidential elections around the world and charges multimillion dollar fees.
Read more: Hacks, Bots and Blackmail: How Secret Cyber Mercenaries Disrupt Elections
Investigating the global disinformation-for-hire industry, from large companies peddling fake news to shadowy actors subverting democracy.
You’re invited to join a webinar commemorating the fifth anniversary of the murder of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kušnírová . It will be held on February 22, 2023, at 16:00 CET / 10:00 EST.
Why did a man who runs a private aircraft company become a central figure in rolling back corporate transparency across the continent? As it turns out, Patrick Hansen has secrets of his own — including multiple ties to wealthy Russian business figures.
Italian far-right politicians and businessmen accepted sponsored trips to Crimea arranged by a Russian influence group, effectively recognizing Moscow’s occupation of the Ukrainian region as legitimate.
Read more: Italian Politicians and Big Business Bought into Russian Occupation of Crimea
A secretive Moscow group cultivated ties with Cypriot politicians and successfully pushed through a motion in Cyprus’s parliament calling for an end to EU sanctions against Russia. Russian-Cypriot businessman Dmitry Kozlov, who developed links with top politicians and even set up a political party in Cyprus, played a key role in these machinations.
Read more: How a Russian Influence Group Infiltrated Cypriot Party Politics
For years, a secret organization run from inside Russia’s parliament successfully interfered with European policies on occupied Ukraine. Leaked emails give a new overview of the operation and show how European Union politicians who helped push Moscow’s agenda were offered cash and perks.
Until last year, Rovnag Abdullayev headed Azerbaijan’s state oil company, SOCAR, where he made a modest official salary. Yet his son Rashad purchased an ultra-expensive property in London’s Grosvenor Square at the age of 25.
Credit Suisse loaned hundreds of millions of dollars to Abramovich’s offshore companies, which used U.S. stocks as collateral, two new leaks reveal. The secretly-owned firms loaned each other massive sums that were mysteriously returned or written off, in what experts said could be a scheme to obscure the origin of the funds.
Read more: Credit Suisse Banked Abramovich Fortune Held in Secret Offshore Companies
One of the most effective ways to hide your ownership of valuable assets is to get someone – or something – to stand in as your “proxy.” Bad actors make regular use of these representatives to stash illicit wealth and move it around the world.
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