Investigation

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"Canned Goods" from Riga: Russian elites, oligarchs, and military contractors quietly evade sanctions in Latvia
The Latvian authorities are keen on using every chance they get to display their opposition to Russia.
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Alphagate in Latvia: How the FSB assists Aven in evading sanctions
Over the past two weeks, a number of Latvian media outlets have published articles claiming that the "oligarch Nevzlin" is corrupting the law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Latvia and ordering videos and articles with some dark goals.
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Murder for hire: Inside Iran’s proxy war with Israel in the West
The Islamic Republic’s long shadow war with Israel is playing out in the West with a rise in alleged Iran-linked murder and kidnapping plots, often with the help of hired assassins.
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"Began to complain of a sharp pain in the stomach": official documents received by journalists confirm that Navalny was poisoned in prison
The Insider has obtained access to hundreds of official documents related to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death in the Polar Wolf penal colony in the Russian Far North on Feb. 16, 2024.
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A Romanian political strategist has been discovered to be in business with an alleged Russian war propagandist
Rareș Mănescu was involved in preparing the campaign for Mircea Geoană, who stepped down as deputy chief of NATO in September to run for president of Romania.
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Did UK politicians violate lobbying rules with their inquiries about Northern Cyprus?
Politicians are required to register their interest in a subject before asking questions about it in parliament. Records indicate that five politicians failed to do so after taking sponsored trips to northern Cyprus, a breakaway territory recognized only by Turkey.
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Funds withdrawal, crypto exchanges, and offshore accounts: how the Uzbek bank "Octobank" launders money for the Russian elite
A new investigation has uncovered the chains of money withdrawal through Uzbek and Russian partners of Octobank.
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How Europeans are recruited via Telegram for sabotage, arson, and murder: ’Make a Molotov cocktail’
The cases are multiplying across Europe: Young men with pro-Russian views instructed on Telegram to carry out sabotage attacks. Western security officials point to the Russian special services. For this story, journalists went undercover to reveal how the recruitment works.
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Pirate of the Baltic Sea: How a Latvian citizen helps Russia earn billions by circumventing oil sanctions
Despite international sanctions, petrodollars continue to flow into Russia’s budget — primarily thanks to a “shadow fleet” that ships Russian oil to buyers willing to pay prices above the $60 per barrel cap imposed by the G7+ Coalition.
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Suspect in Kenya’s Anglo Leasing Scandal employed offshore secrecy to hide connections to various companies
Leaked documents from the Pandora Papers reveal that Sri Lankan-Irish businessman Anura Perera, named by the Kenyan Anti-Corruption Commission as a suspect in the Anglo Leasing procurement scandal, was the owner, director or signatory of at least six offshore firms implicated in the case.
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The covert supply chain transporting EU trucks to Syria
The Syrian army is getting its hands on new-looking EU-branded trucks. An undercover investigation found evidence of a secretive supply chain routing vehicles from Europe to Syria through neighboring countries such as Jordan and Lebanon.
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Joseph Heit has been sentenced to prison for financial fraud in Luxembourg
Scandal surrounding a halted hyrdoelectric plant has seen Croatian journalists link the project to Sasa Svalina and brother-in-law Josip Heit.
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Claims about the short-seller made in UK Parliament are linked to a private intelligence firm hired by Steward Health Care
In March 2023, a member of parliament publicly questioned whether a prominent short-seller had ties to Russia. Leaked records suggest that the question was planted by Audere International, a private intelligence firm conducting a smear campaign paid for by Steward Health Care.
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Durov’s anatomical theater: How the Telegram trial is transforming relations between governments and tech giants
After the arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram’s administrators began providing French authorities with data that helped identify suspects in cases involving crimes against children.
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S-Group: Unveiling the pyramid scheme deceiving desperate investors
That S-Group is a new giant pyramid scheme, which, after siphoning off as much money as possible from people desperate to get rich, will collapse, has been written and spoken about extensively.
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Taxes, prices, and housing: Harris and Trump clash over economic policy
During the recent U.S. presidential debates, candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris were asked about their economic plans.
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Syria’s youth soccer teams, once the pride of the nation, have been marred by the discovery that many players were too old to compete
For a decade and a half, Syria’s “under-20” soccer teams routinely outperformed the national squad in big tournaments.
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Death on the Costa del Sol: The hidden double life of a German police informant ends in tragedy
Investigative files shed new light on the dangerous dealings of a German police informant whose life was cut short by a brutal murder.
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Square meters on Palm Jumeirah: How the Karić family allocates their earnings from Belarus
Minsk. Spiral towers of glass and concrete surround a 35-floor skyscraper. On man-made canals, gondolas float slowly.
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Firtash’s associate Denys Horbunenko laundered money of Russian oligarchs through the Dzing payment system
Russian oligarchs are laundering money through the fintech company Dzing, which is linked to Putin’s “wallet” Arkadiy Rotenberg and has been caught in fraud.
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Scandalous Ukrainian banker Denys Horbunenko, linked to fugitive oligarch Firtash, is trying to clean up his ties to Russia
The controversial banker Denys Horbunenko, who has been in the spotlight for his ties to oligarch Dmytro Firtash, has taken active steps to remove references to his ties to Russia from the web.
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Scandalous Ukrainian ex-banker Denys Horbunenko found to be linked to Russia
Denys Horbunenko, the former chairman of the board of the notorious Rodovid Bank, is linked to the fintech company Dzing, which was recently subject to restrictions by the UK authorities over suspected fraud.
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Money laundering and sanctions evasion: Oybek Tursunov and Alisher Usmanov’s Octobank laundromat
Octobank is an Uzbek bank which name has recently surfaced in a number of scandals related to the withdrawal of Russian capital from sanctions.
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The quartet of judicial terror
From their anti-terrorism courts in Caracas, four improvised judges have dedicated themselves to, precisely, spreading terror.