EXCLUSIVE: Brazilian Police Officer Promoted Despite Arms Trafficking Charges
Vagner Keith de Freitas was indicted for allegedly trafficking weapons from Paraguay to criminal figures in northeastern Brazil.
Jailed Azerbaijani Journalists Allege Abuse During Hunger Strike
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Jul 24, 2025
Kuwait Foils Massive Captagon Smuggling Attempt Worth $39 Million
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Jul 24, 2025
Paraguayan Congressman Allegedly Involved in Money Laundering Before Being Killed by Police
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Jul 24, 2025
UK Sanctions Balkan Gangs After Passport Fraud Reveal
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Jul 24, 2025
Investigation
Behind the Scam: How Fraudsters Use Social Media, Software, and Shell Companies to Steal Millions
Professional scammers call upon a global network of service providers to execute their work in a sophisticated, streamlined...
Dubai Unlocked
Investigation
Alleged Russian Tax Fraud Mastermind Funneled Millions Into Luxury Dubai Properties
A company owned by the alleged mastermind behind a massive tax fraud in Russia poured millions into two luxury hotel resorts...
Investigation
DRC Minister Owned Shares in Company That Made Millions from Road Project
Guy Loando and his wife controlled over a third of the shares of a newly-formed company that won a $25 million deal to work...
Investigation
Costa Rica Wiretaps Raise Questions Over Mexican Bank Takeover Bid
A fugitive wanted by Costa Rican authorities in connection with a massive fraud investigation known as the Madre Patria case...
Investigation
In the Russian Penal Colony, They Called Him ‘Dr. Evil’
Deep in the Russian heartland, hundreds of kilometers from home, Ukrainian prisoners of war were tormented by a sadistic...
Investigation
Apparent Affiliate of Danish Company Helps Russians Export Grain From Occupied Ukraine
Russian companies are shipping pillaged grain out of occupied Ukrainian ports. The apparent affiliate of a major Danish...
Scoop
Georgian Restaurateur in Czech Republic Linked to Alleged Russian Underworld Figures and a Kremlin-Backed Foundation
Companies owned by people with alleged ties to the Russian criminal underworld were registered at Asmat Shanava’s...
Scoop
Companies Linked to Convicted Bomb Supplier in Daphne Caruana Galizia Case Moved Millions — Despite Asset Freeze
While Robert Agius was under a court-ordered asset freeze, a company set up by his wife was able to buy and sell properties...
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Scam Empire
Impact following our reporting:
Exposed Tbilisi Call Center Scammers Delete Social Media Accounts
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Mar 5, 2025
Georgia Launches Criminal Probe Into Scam Call Center Exposed by Journalists
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Mar 7, 2025
From Rumors to Ugly Reality: Georgians Stunned by Scam Call Center’s Cruelty
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Mar 14, 2025
Georgia Freezes Assets of Top Scammers in Massive Call Center Fraud
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Mar 13, 2025
Scam Empire
Huge Ecosystem of Unregulated Payment Providers Helps Scammers Collect Victims’ Money
Leaked documents reveal how scam call centers drew on a secret industry of service providers that used shell companies,...
Scam Empire
Scam Operations Relied on Third-Party Marketing Companies for Steady Stream of Potential Victims
Two professional scam call-center operations depended on affiliate marketing firms to supply them with contact details of...
Scam Empire
Diamonds, Dior and Dubai Vacations: The Luxurious Lives of Georgia's Call-Center Scammers
They called themselves “skameri.” In behind-the-scenes chats, they celebrated bilking victims out of their life savings and...
Project
The Crime Messenger: How Sky ECC Phones Became a Tool of the Criminal Trade
What do criminals say to each other when they think nobody can hear? The fall of Sky Global — an encrypted communications company that once promised limitless privacy — may give us our best-ever chance to find out.
The Crime Messenger: How Sky ECC Phones Became a Tool of the Criminal Trade
Balkan Criminals Planned Murders Using Encrypted Phones from Canadian Start-Up Sky Global
Sky phones were a favorite tool for criminals to discuss logistics. Now, it turns out that some of Sky’s most prolific...
The Crime Messenger: How Sky ECC Phones Became a Tool of the Criminal Trade
How a Canadian Company's Encrypted Phones Ended Up in the Hands of Criminals Worldwide
It didn’t take long for business to boom after Jean-Francois Eap launched a Vancouver-based start-up selling ultra-secure...
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Dubai Unlocked
Alleged Russian Tax Fraud Mastermind Funneled Millions Into Luxury Dubai Properties
A company owned by the alleged mastermind behind a massive tax fraud in Russia poured millions into two luxury hotel resorts...
In the Russian Penal Colony, They Called Him ‘Dr. Evil’
Deep in the Russian heartland, hundreds of kilometers from home, Ukrainian prisoners of war were tormented by a sadistic...
Banned Russian Channel RT Secretly Pays Video Bloggers Who Promote Kremlin Narratives
The bloggers rack up millions of views, promote Russia as a haven for conservatives, glorify the war in Ukraine — and never...
European Ships Keep Russia’s Shadow Fleet Afloat
To sustain its oil exports, Russia has been drawing on a network of old tankers it sources from private sellers around the...
‘Make a Molotov Cocktail’: How Europeans Are Recruited Through Telegram to Commit Sabotage, Arson, and Murder
The cases are multiplying across Europe: Young men with pro-Russian views instructed on Telegram to carry out sabotage...
Russian Asset Tracker
Secretive Cyprus-Registered Funds Were Used to Hide Megayachts and Luxury Real Estate Linked to Sanctioned Russian Banker
In Cyprus, a new type of investment fund was marketed to clients as a way to avoid disclosing their ownership of assets. In...
Russian Federation News
More Russian Officials Face Arrests and Sentences Amid Ongoing Internal Purge
News
Jul 24, 2025
Russia Raids Bryansk Deputy Governor’s Home Over Alleged Border Fortifications Fraud
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Jul 22, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Russian Rights Advocate Worked for Kremlin-Backed Foundation in Georgia
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Jul 16, 2025
UAE Off EU Watchlist, Critics Say Reforms Fall Short
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Jul 15, 2025
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