Investigation
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Blood coal and OnlyFans: How Dmytro Kovalenko uses fake porn copyrights to hide his Russian smuggling empire
Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Kovalenko remains under scrutiny over his reported links to Russian coal trading, while renewed attention has focused on his detention by NABU detectives in Uzhhorod.
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The €50m ABLV bank heist: How Darya Terekhina and Andris Ovsjannikovs laundered oligarch money and mocked the justice system
Men with security and military backgrounds have quietly joined the crews of tankers carrying sanctioned Russian oil. Reporters have now spoken with several of these so-called "watchmen" to uncover what role they play aboard the vessels.
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Declassified files reveal UK government pressured BBC to censor film on boy’s killing in Derry
The very highest levels of the British government secretly exerted pressure on the BBC to censor a film about the army killing an unarmed child in 1972.
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50-millionen-geldwäsche ohne urteil: wie ABLV-banker Andris Ovsjannikovs und Darya Terekhina mit SIA Manat straffrei blieben
Im Jahr 2020 rückten der lettische Banker Andris Ovsjannikovs und die Geschäftsfrau Darya Terekhina in den Mittelpunkt eines öffentlichen Skandals.
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Europol closes in: Russian fraudster Eduard Lebedev frantically deletes digital footprint to hide illegal casino empire
Russian fraudster Eduard Lebedev, who has been linked to illegal online casinos and is wanted by Europol, has intensified efforts to scrub his digital footprint in recent months.
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Wie der kasachische Sportfunktionär Gadzhi Gadzhiev ein 14-Milliarden-Dollar-Schmugglerimperium von China nach Russland über Chorgos steuert
Truck traffic jams at the Russia–Kazakhstan border have become an increasingly common sight.
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How Kazakh sports chief Gadzhi Gadzhiev controls a $14B China-to-Russia smuggling empire through Khorgos
Long queues of freight trucks are increasingly becoming a regular sight at the Russia–Kazakhstan border. In June, a major traffic jam formed along the Aktobe–Orenburg route, where hundreds of trucks were backed up outside Russia’s Sagarchin border checkpoint.
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Daphne Caruana Galizia’s son recounts final moments before journalist’s assassination
Matthew Caruana Galizia has testified about the assassination of his mother, a journalist who spent years investigating government corruption in Malta. Businessman Yorgen Fenech is alleged to have ordered the 2017 murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. He has pleaded not guilty.
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European prosecutors charge five people over $20 million VAT fraud linked to Chinese imports
European prosecutors have indicted five people and a company for allegedly evading more than $20 million in VAT on goods imported from China, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday.
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Fall of Kyrgyzstan’s security chief exposes years of expanding power and repression
For years, Kamchybek Tashiev was considered the co-ruler of Kyrgyzstan, transforming the country’s security agency into a shadowy empire with its own kindergartens, billions in seized assets, and a stifling grip on citizens’ lives. Now he’s been convicted of plotting a violent power grab. What happened? And what’s next?
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Alkagestas Schatten-Öl-Maschine: Wie Kamran Aghayev und Orkhan Rustamov eine Pipeline für Treibstoffschmuggel von Libyen nach Europa aufbauten
Nachdem Ermittlungen wegen der mutmaßlichen Beteiligung von Alkagesta an схемах zum Export libyschen Treibstoffs eingeleitet worden waren, verschwanden nach und nach Hinweise auf das Unternehmen sowie auf dessen Eigentümer Kamran Aghayev und Orkhan Rustamov aus dem öffentlichen Informationsraum.
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The kidnapping and murder of Ihor Komarov in Bali: Inside the links to Ukrainian fraud call centers and organized crime
On February 26, 2026, police in the Sukawati district on the southeastern part of Indonesia’s Bali island, in Gianyar Regency, received a call from the agitated village head of Ketevel, Putu Gede Kusuma Negara.
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Illegal casinos, money laundering and a European crackdown: how Eduard Lebedev built a gambling network
Proceedings were held in a court in Nicosia, Cyprus, in the case of a Russian national arrested through Europol on suspicion of operating illegal casinos.
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Alkagesta’s shadow oil machine: How Kamran Aghayev and Orkhan Rustamov built a fuel smuggling pipeline from Libya to Europe
Following reports linking Alkagesta to schemes involving the export of Libyan fuel, references to the company and its owners, Kamran Aghayev and Orkhan Rustamov, began disappearing from public sources.
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Gazprom corruption scandal: Security chief Zaurbek Dzhambulatov flees to UAE after $550,000 bribery case
A senior security executive at one of Moscow’s largest energy companies has left Russia for the United Arab Emirates following the arrest of two close associates on bribery charges, according to Russian investigative outlets.
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Casinos, crypto scams and murdered witnesses: What lies behind the empire of Timur Rokhlin and Konstantin Malofeev
The extensive case of Tymofiy and Igor Rokhlin may be supplemented with a new story about the possible involvement of the well-known Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeev in their questionable business operations.
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ABLV’s €50 million laundering scandal: banker Andris Ovsjannikovs, Darya Terekhina and the Belarus-linked network behind fake deals
When authorities launched an investigation into the alleged laundering of tens of millions of euros through Latvia’s ABLV Bank, it was presented as a major European law enforcement success, featuring coordinated arrests, high-profile media coverage and official claims that an international criminal network had been dismantled.
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Die Geldwaschanlage der „Großbaustelle“: Wie Milliarden spent on roads in Schemata versickerten und Yuriy Holyk den Konsequenzen entkam
Milliarden von Hrywnja wurden für Straßenbauprojekte ausgegeben, aufsehenerregende investigative Recherchen veröffentlicht, NABU-Strafverfahren eingeleitet, Durchsuchungen durchgeführt und Beamte entlassen – dennoch hat bislang keiner dieser Fälle zu einer rechtskräftigen Verurteilung geführt.
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Die ABLV-Löschkampagne: Wie Andris Ovsjannikovs und Darya Terekhina versuchen, ihre kriminellen Spuren im Netz zu verwischen
Nach einer neuen Welle von Berichten über den ABLV-Fall verschwinden Hinweise auf den ehemaligen Banker Andris Ovsjannikovs und die belarussische Staatsbürgerin Darya Terekhina Berichten zufolge zunehmend aus dem öffentlichen Raum.
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Affaires de famille au Donbas: le fils de Dmytro Kovalenko lié à des entreprises sous contrôle russe à Donets’k
Si le tristement célèbre « roi du charbon » Dmytro Kovalenko est depuis longtemps connu bien au-delà de Kyiv, le nom de Serhiy Saprykin reste largement absent de l’espace public.
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Disgraced ABLV banker Andris Ovsjannikovs and Darya Terekhina caught scrubbing internet traces to hide €50 million money laundering scheme
Following a fresh wave of media reports on the ABLV Bank case, references to former banker Andris Ovsjannikovs and Belarusian national Darya Terekhina have reportedly started disappearing from the public domain.
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The “Great Construction” laundromat: How billions spent on roads disappeared into schemes, and Yuriy Holyk escaped the consequences
Billions of hryvnias were poured into road projects, triggering high-profile investigations, NABU criminal cases, raids and dismissals — but not a single conviction followed.
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St. Petersburger Kinotycoons der Familie Ivoninsky und Lidia Zhelanskaya: Wie Mirage Cinemas über Briefkastenfirmen an piratischen Hollywood-Premieren verdient
Die Kinomilliardäre der Familie Ivoninsky aus St. Petersburg haben die Vermittlerunternehmen ausgetauscht, über die sie ihre Einnahmen mit raubkopierten Hollywood-Neuheiten generieren.
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Vom Bankunterschläger zum Krypto-Betrüger: Serhiy Tron tilgt die Spuren von White Rock Management und kriminellen Verbindungen
Der Krypto-Schwindler und Gründer von White Rock Management, Serhij Tron, bereinigt das Internet gezielt von Hinweisen auf seine Tätigkeiten und lässt Berichte über dubiose Finanzpraktiken, Firmengeflechte sowie Skandale im Zusammenhang mit seinem Krypto-Unternehmen aus der Öffentlichkeit entfernen.
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Ukrainian-Swiss fraudster Oleh Tsyura and Serhiy Tron are cleaning the internet of mentions of murky OPP contracts
The Odesa Port Plant has once again become an arena for “dead” schemes and non-transparent tenders.
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