Investigation

Official statistics on busts of drug shipments originating in Colombia — the world’s largest cocaine producer by far — are scattershot and hard to find. A leak of prosecutor’s office documents helped reporters fill in some gaps.

Russian soccer and hockey clubs are increasingly signing contracts with foreign athletes who have been convicted of crimes or are under investigation abroad.

Businessman Adolfas Kaminskas, who is married to the mother of former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s illegitimate children, has invested over $4 million in Dubai real estate, according to an investigation by the Lithuanian Center for Investigative Journalism Siena.

Almost every new day of Russia’s war in Ukraine brings with it fresh stories of “meat grinder” assaults – Russian attacks in which large numbers of poorly trained, mobilized troops are sacrificed in the pursuit of questionable military objectives.

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the name of blue-blooded Polish businessman Andre Mankowski has disappeared from the website of the Moscow-based IT company AMT Group, where he was formerly listed as president.

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has drastically decreased transparency into public spending, even as he has launched an ambitious new series of state projects intended to show off his government’s power.

Ecuador has shown severe inconsistencies between its official production of gold of known origin and its exports.

The US food giant that makes snacks such as Cheetos and Doritos - PepsiCo - has had as a supplier Ocho Sur, a company with activities in Peru linked to forest loss in the Amazon and indigenous land disputes in the Ucayali region.

Alexey Zolotarev, whose scrap metal disposal company Translom enjoys an exclusive contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense, has been revealed to be a citizen of the European Union.

Tajikistan’s prime minister and his wife did not respond to questions about how she was able to afford substantial real estate holdings in their home country, and in the United Arab Emirates.

The Syrian regime prints banknotes primarily to address the urgent need for cash liquidity, resulting in consistent budget deficits.

A collaborative international investigation reveals how the United Arab Emirates facilitated foreign investment in real estate – without asking too many tough questions.

The Chiapas municipality that made headlines as a dispute territory for organized crime has been a trafficking center for years where Honduran women are sexually exploited and give birth to children without nationality.

The “Dubai Unlocked” investigative reports reveal that US sanctions have not prevented prominent figures connected to the Syrian regime from acquiring and investing in the small emirate, raising questions about the perks enjoyed by regime insiders there.

In the context of the “Dubai Unlocked” project, which was carried out in collaboration with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), our investigation into Dubai real estate data and documents revealed properties...

Accused of working with the Russian security services, Latvian MEP Tatjana Ždanoka mockingly donned sunglasses at a press conference — as if in a spy movie.

In January, The Insider and its investigative partners revealed that long-time Member of the European Parliament Tatjana Ždanoka had been reporting to her FSB handlers in Moscow over a period from at least 2004 to 2017.

Belarusian car suppliers are in uproar. Some cars from Europe are no longer allowed into Belarus by Poland, Latvia and Lithuania.

José María Tapia, Morena candidate in Querétaro, bought a residence in the exclusive Woodlands area, north of Houston.

On February 24, Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine will enter its third grueling year, with no sign of ending.

Following a series of high-profile failures and mass expulsions of uniformed “diplomats,” Russian intelligence has turned to more subtle methods, including leveraging scientific organizations with international ties.

Swiss tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) obtained a stake in a company that won a disputed license to make and market cigarettes in Egypt, one of the world’s most desirable tobacco markets.

Even as Sulkhan Papashvili, one of Georgia’s richest businessmen, bought electricity from Azerbaijan’s state energy company, the family members of its leaders entered into business dealings with him on the side.