In Venezuela, a new basketball league is playing games in a stadium that sits directly atop an infamous political prison — a grim juxtaposition that critics say reflects a broader effort to “sportswash” the government’s dire human rights record.
In 2021, Abdelhakim Baayo made headlines for becoming the first person to register to run in Libyan presidential elections....
Companies in Russia and the United Arab Emirates are involved in secretive exports of oil products to North Korea — in...
Authorities seized London properties — and dinosaur skeletons — from a man previously wanted for questioning in relation to...
Newly obtained documents reveal the people and companies who paid for the elite development near the Russian resort city of...
Zhu Zhongbiao was already wanted in China on charges related to money laundering. He’s now been sanctioned by both the U.K....
Three Syrian cargo vessels have been accused of trafficking in grain stolen from Russian-occupied Ukraine. Newly uncovered...
In authoritarian Turkmenistan, even a single airplane trip abroad is out of reach for most citizens. But the country’s...
The five sons of Iraqi Kurdistan’s founding president acquired real estate across the United States and went on luxury...
Pravfond, a Russian legal-aid foundation for “compatriots” abroad, has continued to fund people and organizations across the...
For over a decade, ‘Pravfond’ has been providing legal aid to Russians across the world. Internal emails obtained by...
Last month, more than 30 media outlets reported on a global scam operation based in Tbilisi, prompting Georgian authorities...
Leaked documents reveal how scam call centers drew on a secret industry of service providers that used shell companies,...
Two professional scam call-center operations depended on affiliate marketing firms to supply them with contact details of...
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Professional scammers call upon a global network of service providers to execute their work in a sophisticated, streamlined...
Leaked documents reveal how scam call centers drew on a secret industry of service providers that used shell companies,...
Two professional scam call-center operations depended on affiliate marketing firms to supply them with contact details of...
They called themselves “skameri.” In behind-the-scenes chats, they celebrated bilking victims out of their life savings and...
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An unprecedented leak exposes the inner workings of a global investment-scam industry, where ruthless call center agents...
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