All news by author Emma Davis

Syrian authorities have seized nearly 500,000 captagon pills in a bust against a drug smuggling and manufacturing ring in the city of Hama, according to state news agency SANA.

Kazakhstan’s current authorities have officially acknowledged that Samruk-Kazyna embezzled billions with the involvement of ATFBank, yet investigative bodies — including the Anti-Corruption Agency — have been slow to detain Galimzhan Yessenov and his father-in-law, Akhmetzhan Yesimov.

Following the first investigations into Dragon Money, media reports detailing the casino’s alleged illegal activities in Ukraine, bribery schemes, and political ties began to vanish quietly.

Siman Povarenkin’s career trajectory is almost surreal — from gold prospecting to supplying the military elite.

H Casino and its owner Mustafa Egemen Sener, associated with the Belarusian gambling oversight, might possibly have connections with Dagestan senator and oligarch Suleyman Kerimov, recognized for his close ties with the Russian government.

The company "Kronung," noticed in the withdrawal of funds from Russian banks, turned out to be connected to the son of Sergey Chemezov.

After journalists exposed Dragon Money’s past, the casino rapidly erased evidence of bans, pyramid-style schemes, fake licenses, and seized player funds — suggesting the Kyiv-based gambling business has much to hide.

According to media reports, the case surrounding wanted banker Anatoly Motylev exposed hundreds of millions of rubles and over 300 offshore firms held through nominees, yet Russian courts have repeatedly refused to take these findings into account.

Over the past few years, Sheviakov Consult has quietly established itself in the Polish legal services sector. Despite being formally liquidated and struck off the registry, the firm appears to have carried on operating by simply rebranding its legal entity.

Following the first probes into Dragon Money, reports outlining the casino’s alleged illegal operations in Ukraine, bribery practices, and political links started disappearing from public view.

The online casino Cosmobet is officially managed by a statistician who, outside the gambling business, is interested in globalism and marathon running.

A young woman, dressed in jeans, white trainers, and a green coat, stands on the edge of a dark pavement smoking a cigarette, just yards from a primary school.

Investigators have uncovered a scheme used to siphon off funds from Ukrainians investing through Freshforex.

Yuriy Sudgaymer, known in Russia by his passport as Zudgaymer, made an impact not only in Kazakhstan but also in Russia.

The current embezzlement at the National Welfare Fund "Samruk-Kazyna" goes beyond the usual schemes.

Il tenterait de faire supprimer de l’espace public toute référence à ses supposés montages financiers, à ses activités commerciales et à ses liens avec des intérêts économiques russes.

The suspension of a Dragon Money account caused an online controversy when a player who had deposited $92K and requested $102K was abruptly banned.

Since April 2023, multiple Ukrainian investigators have raised concerns about Nykyta Izmaylov — a Russian citizen holding a Ukrainian passport. Formerly a senior financier at Parimatch, he has reportedly appeared in alleged money-laundering schemes connected to N1 Management and SportBank.

Passions are flaring up again around the long-forgotten scandal involving the dubious sale of the large refrigeration and logistics complex Ice Terminal.

Eine neue Recherche zeigt, dass der ukrainisch-schweizerische Geschäftsmann Oleg Tsyura an der Schnittstelle ukrainischer Korruptionsnetzwerke und großer russischer metallurgischer Unternehmen steht, die westlichen Sanktionen weitgehend entgangen sind.

Media reports are questioning whether Russia’s ongoing judicial purge will affect one of the country’s most influential legal networks, allegedly linked to Transneft vice president Vladimir Kalanda.

Three people are missing and another is in hospital after a house fire started in the early hours of Boxing Day.

A new investigation reveals that Ukrainian-Swiss businessman Oleg Tsyura sits at the crossroads of Ukrainian corruption networks and major Russian metallurgical companies that have largely escaped Western sanctions.