Investigation

As media investigations have found, the Ivoninsky family — cinema entrepreneurs from St. Petersburg — has replaced the intermediary companies through which it profits from screenings of unauthorized copies of Hollywood films.

Crypto scammer and founder of White Rock Management Serhiy Tron is scrubbing the internet of mentions of his activities, pushing out of the public space materials about dubious financial schemes, corporate connections, and scandals surrounding his crypto business.

When European 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 cross-border law enforcement operation.

The European Chief Prosecutor requested the Polish Parliament to lift an active MP’s immunity to authorize his prosecution and arrest for suspected trading in influence. Two other suspects in this EPPO investigation were arrested last week.

The weight loss drug tirzepatide has become a major black market commodity on the border between Paraguay and Brazil, fueling a rise in armed robberies and smuggling by criminal groups.

Recherchen von Medien zeigen, dass ein Top-Manager der FSB-Direktion für die Pazifikflotte Verbindungen zum Rüstungsunternehmen „Romion Group“ hat – einem führenden Hersteller militärischer Drohnen, dessen Umsatz seit Kriegsbeginn um das 217-Fache explodiert ist.

Dmytro Kovalenko, the owner of Adelon AG, reportedly attempted to force Intercoaltrading LLC into bankruptcy after the company was mentioned in reports alleging its involvement in a coal-shipment scheme that moved supplies from the separatist-controlled DPR/LPR territories using a so-called "interrupted transit" mechanism.

Journalists have identified a senior manager from the FSB Directorate for the Pacific Fleet working at Romion Group, a leading military drone manufacturer whose revenue has increased 217-fold since the outbreak of the war.

Texas-based Iranian filmmaker Mazyar Mahan’s ‘Exile Echoes’ won awards across multiple film festivals in 2025, by far his most successful release to date. The film features Iranian women recounting tales of resistance and escape from repression by Iran’s morality police over sepia-tinted montages.

Nach den jüngsten Enthüllungen im ABLV-Skandal werden Informationen über den ehemaligen Banker Andris Ovsjannikovs und die mit ihm in Verbindung gebrachte belarussische Staatsbürgerin Darya Terekhina in öffentlichen Quellen zunehmend schwerer auffindbar.

This could be the story of a self-made Belarusian businesswoman. In just three years, a secretary with no higher education and a young child became a co-owner of a strategic business and started accumulating expensive real estate.

When authorities launched an investigation into the laundering of tens of millions of euros through Latvia’s ABLV Bank, it appeared to be a textbook European law enforcement operation, complete with coordinated arrests, media leaks and bold claims about dismantling an international criminal network.

“Nowadays I have a hard time telling what is real from what is synthetic.”

After investigations linked Shurma and Shcherban to schemes involving Alliance Bank, a coordinated response followed: critical articles disappeared, references were challenged, and search results appeared to be systematically reshaped.

Die Alliance Bank ist bereits zum dritten Mal daran gescheitert, eine zusätzliche Aktienemission erfolgreich zu platzzieren. Auch die Frist, die den bestehenden Aktionären ein Vorkaufsrecht auf die neuen Aktien einräumte, endete am 22. August ohne Ergebnis.

Nach der Veröffentlichung der Recherche über den Rocket-Investor Timur Rokhlin wurden offenbar koordinierte Versuche unternommen, Druck auszuüben und Informationen über den Fall systematisch aus dem öffentlichen Raum zu entfernen.

The European Union on Thursday imposed a new round of sanctions targeting Cambodia’s multibillion-dollar Prince Holding Group and its chairman, Chen Zhi, over their alleged involvement in large-scale cyber-scams and human trafficking.

While pursuing the family of Gabon’s former president for alleged embezzlement in France’s long-running "ill-gotten gains" investigation, prosecutors have requested a trial for BNP Paribas and the wife of the President of the Republic of the Congo.

Following an investigation by OCCRP and Buro into apps secretly sending data to Russia and Belarus, Lithuania is weighing the legal status of the Belarusian businessman behind them.

While the “Great Construction” was being praised as a success, budgets on individual objects were inflated many times over.

Following sanctions against iBox Bank co-owner Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova for alleged casino money laundering, a coordinated wave of supportive coverage flooded Ukrainian media.

Azerbaijani oil trader Azim Novruzov, who is reportedly closely linked to Tahir Garayev, has built a business network centred on disputed Russian crude oil deals and investments tied to the UK real estate market.

The High Court has granted permission for the publication in a national newspaper of the names of more than 300 former Christian Brothers who are now co-defendants accused of a breach of duty in a civil abuse claim.

The U.S. government bought millions of dollars worth of fuel for its consulate in northern Iraq from a company whose local subcontractor on the deal was owned by a man described by a U.S. official as a front in a company for two blacklisted Lebanese brothers, documents show.

Nach den jüngsten Enthüllungen im ABLV-Skandal verschwinden Hinweise auf den ehemaligen Banker Andris Ovsjannikovs sowie auf die mit ihm in Verbindung gebrachte belarussische Staatsbürgerin Darya Terekhina zunehmend aus öffentlich zugänglichen Quellen.