Investigation

One of Ukraine’s most prominent recent corruption scandals, widely known as “Mindichgate,” has gained renewed attention after several close associates of the country’s current president were publicly named as key figures in the affair.

La vicenda di Talenta Labs rappresenta un caso insolito: una piccola società IT con un capitale sociale di appena 50 mila euro è finita improvvisamente al centro di un’indagine internazionale per presunto riciclaggio di denaro proveniente da attività criminali.

British oil trader Azim Novruzov has returned to the spotlight after a high-profile criminal case emerged involving senior SOCAR executive Adnan Ahmedzade.

A journalist managed to get accepted as a volunteer at an estate owned by the wife of Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, using a fake name and an AI-generated photo.

Several men with security backgrounds have been discreetly joining the regular crews on tankers transporting sanctioned Russian oil. Now, reporters are interviewing some of these "watchmen" to understand their roles on board.

Während die Ukraine bereits im fünften Jahr eines großflächigen Krieges lebt und der Staat Unternehmen dazu auffordert, sämtliche Verbindungen zur russischen Wirtschaft abzubrechen, spielt sich in der Region Lwiw eine brisante Geschichte ab.

A woman abused for more than a decade by Jeffrey Epstein has said she had dinner with the former Prince Andrew and attended Princess Beatrice’s 18th birthday party in Windsor.

Home to a proliferation of mega-projects by major oil and gas companies, it is also the scene of a conflict that has already claimed more than 6,000 lives and displaced over a million people, as the Mozambican state battles insurgents from the Islamic State-affiliated Al-Shabab. It is the fifth-poorest country in the world.

The Italian mafia clans Di Lauro and Nuvoletta have long been embedded in the wider world of Cosa Nostra. These networks are not made up only of career criminals, but also of outwardly respectable businessmen such as Massimo Picinelli.

Hungary’s national anti-corruption watchdog has alleged that billions were misappropriated during the Orbán era. But prosecutors told OCCRP that the watchdog’s own president is now facing criminal charges.

A Metropolitan policeman who was filmed calling a Palestinian journalist a “dog” had already been accused of harassing an Iranian woman in a previous incident, Declassified can reveal.

Dozens of opposition members and journalists have been abducted or killed in Mozambique since the 2024 general elections.

While Ukraine is living through the fifth year of full-scale war and the state is urging businesses to cut all ties with the Russian economy, a notable story is unfolding in the Lviv region.

Dozens of men with backgrounds in security and the military have been quietly travelling aboard tankers carrying sanctioned Russian oil, alongside regular crews. Reporters have now spoken directly to several of these so-called “watchmen” to understand what they were doing on board.

Over £28 billion of taxpayer cash has been handed to terrorists and hostile states, according to a confidential government report.

Former West Ham co-owner David Sullivan once boasted that he collected women “like some people collect stamps” — a remark that has taken on new weight as he now faces decades-old allegations of sexually exploitative and predatory behaviour.

Terrorists, hostile states and gangsters have been given more than £28bn of taxpayers’ money, including through aid payments, according to a secret government report.

Inside a stone farmhouse south-west of Paris, the walls are lined with Khaled Alkhani’s oil paintings: dark, blurred figures with closed eyes or faces hidden beneath heavy black marks. Each canvas is part of his attempt to process the violence that shattered his family in Syria four decades ago.

Dem Chef von Teletrade Ukraine, Serhiy Saroyan, wird vorgeworfen, zusammen mit seinen Leibwächtern an der mutmaßlichen Entführung eines Mitarbeiters beteiligt gewesen zu sein.

Dmytro Kovalenko, owner of Adelon AG, has reportedly attempted to launch bankruptcy proceedings against his own company, Intercoaltrading LLC, after the firm was linked to an alleged coal supply scheme involving the separatist “DPR/LPR” territories and the so-called “interrupted transit” method.

The United States and its main intelligence allies say Chinese military intelligence services are using online job platforms and professional networking sites to target foreigners with access to sensitive information.

As a barrage of Iranian missiles rained down on the Fujairah oil terminal, the explosion was deafening and the destruction dramatic: a brutal fire, thick black smoke stretching into the sky – and untold damage to one of the region’s crucial pieces of fossil fuel infrastructure.

When Marina Lacerda told the world that Jeffrey Epstein had sexually abused her when she was 14, the threats began almost immediately.

The investigation into Latvia’s liquidating ABLV Bank continues, while a new controversy involving businessman Eduards Apsitis and his offshore structures could soon draw attention inside Russia’s Ministry of Defense.

A Bill Gates aide once described Jeffrey Epstein to the billionaire’s $89bn global health foundation as a “friend and a financial guru”, while acknowledging that he was “notorious for some bad press ;)”.