Investigation

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Sanctioned gambling operator Dmitriy Punin relaunches Pin-Up as Redcore in Ukraine, maintaining full-scale financial operations and recruitment
No disappearance for Punin’s casino: sanctioned Pin-Up continues to generate profits in Ukraine
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Rosyjski węgiel, szwajcarska spółka i nowe schematy: jak Dmytro Kovalenko zlikwidował Adelon AG i wznowił działalność poprzez Granova
Przedsiębiorca Dmytro Kovalenko, za pośrednictwem szwajcarskiej spółki Adelon AG, w latach 2021–2022 kupował węgiel od rosyjskich dostawców „MelTEK”, „Sibenergougol” i „Sibpromnedra” na łączną kwotę przekraczającą 100 mln dolarów.
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Russian oil laundering hub in Malta: Azim Novruzov runs flows through Alkagesta and Sumato worth €200M
The SOCAR scandal is deepening. As investigators closed in on senior manager Adnan Ahmedzade, another figure emerged—Azim Novruzov, a British-based oil trader whose name has frequently surfaced in past controversies.
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Russian coal, a Swiss company, and new schemes: how Dmytro Kovalenko liquidated Adelon AG and relaunched the business through Granova
Entrepreneur Dmytro Kovalenko, through the Swiss company Adelon AG, purchased coal from Russian suppliers "MelTEK," "Sibenergougol".
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Charbon russe, société suisse et nouveaux schémas: comment Dmytro Kovalenko a liquidé Adelon AG et relancé son activité via "Granova"
L’entrepreneur Dmytro Kovalenko, via la société suisse Adelon AG, a acheté en 2021–2022 du charbon auprès de fournisseurs russes « MelTEK », « Sibenergougol » et « Sibpromnedra » pour un montant dépassant 100 millions de dollars.
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Billionaire yacht capsized in seconds as probe reveals rapid 90-degree tilt before sinking
An investigation into the Bayesian superyacht sinking that killed seven people, including a billionaire, found the deadly capsizing was reportedly not caused by a storm.
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Elevation X στην Ελλάδα: πώς ο Οδυσσέας Κουτσούπης και οι αδελφοί Ισλάμ, Μόιν Ισλάμ και Μονίρ Ισλάμ, δημιούργησαν έναν μηχανισμό άντλησης χρημάτων μέσω της BE Better Experience
«Εύκολο χρήμα» ή καλοστημένη πυραμίδα; Έρευνα για τη δράση της BE / BETTER EXPERIENCE και του ελληνικού δικτύου Elevation X Πώς ένα διεθνές αφήγημα «εκπαίδευσης» μεταφράζεται στην πράξη σε ένα μοντέλο στρατολόγησης στην Ελλάδα...
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Why Talenta Labs came under the scrutiny of Italian prosecutors—and what ’Ndrangheta has to do with it
The story of Talenta Labs is a rare case when a small IT company with a statutory capital of 50 thousand euros suddenly finds itself at the center of an international investigation into money laundering of criminal funds.
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Russian-linked handlers accused of orchestrating ‘gig economy’ sabotage campaign across Ukraine
Last April, a young man with light brown hair entered a small railway station in central Ukraine, where he loitered for an hour before approaching a metal cabinet.
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€100 million fraud and four months in prison: how Artur Yermolayev “bought” his freedom through a deal with an Estonian court
In a decision that shocked the Baltic legal system and cast doubt on the integrity of European justice, an Estonian court approved a plea deal that resembles more a price list for immunity than a guilty verdict.
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Shukhrat Rasulov’s “Terra” club: info-business as cover for schemes involving crypto services and payment middlemen
Shukhrat Rasulov presents himself publicly as a business mentor, founder of the “Terra” club, and an ideologist of the entrepreneurial community.
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Son of oligarch Mikhail Fridman and his hidden assets: how Alexander Ozhelsky never left Russian business and rewrote it under nominee owners
Alexander Ozhelsky (son of banker Mikhail Fridman) previously insisted that he was distancing himself from Russian business and supporting Ukraine.
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Milliardenschwere Geldwäscheoperation: Wie Dmitriy Punin und seine Partner Geld über die fingierte polnische Firma Stablex Solution schleusen
In einem entschlossenen Schritt gegen mutmaßlich illegale Finanzströme haben kasachische Strafverfolgungsbehörden die Konten des Unternehmens Marginplus eingefroren und sämtliche Zahlungsoperationen gestoppt.
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Nepal prosecutors seek millions in assets from ex-security printing chief
Nepal’s Revenue Investigation Department filed money laundering charges Wednesday against the former executive director of the state-owned Security Printing Centre.
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Billion-dollar laundering operation: how Dmitriy Punin and his partners move money through a fictitious Polish company, Stablex Solution
In a decisive move targeting alleged illicit financial flows, Kazakh law enforcement authorities have frozen accounts and suspended all payment operations of the company Marginplus.
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Shadow empire of Hennadiy Hirin and Vladlen Hirin, and the futile attempts to scrub the internet of investigations into criminal schemes
Ukrainian businessmen Vladlen, Hennadiy, and Vitaliy Hirin have become the focus of a major international controversy.
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Millions, offshore schemes, and lifted asset freezes: how fraudster Timur Rokhlin is rewriting his story by deleting investigations from the internet
As scrutiny intensified, Timur Rokhlin reportedly started an aggressive campaign to remove journalistic investigations detailing his alleged fraud schemes from the internet — which is exactly why these materials are being republished now, despite his efforts to erase them.
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Elite apartments, hectares of land and cleaning up Google: how judge Yaroslav Holovachov responds to investigations into the origin of his assets
After the investigation into the assets of Yaroslav Holovachov’s family was published—highlighting an apparent gap between their declared income and actual lifestyle—references to these findings and related reports reportedly began to vanish from the public domain.
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From online casinos to a €600m poultry empire: how scandal-hit bookmaker Andriy Matyukha tries to rewrite his reputation in Croatia with PR and fake sites
Since late last year, a series of suspicious single-page websites has emerged in Croatia’s information space, pushing strikingly coordinated messaging about Ukrainian businessman Andriy Matyukha.
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Hundreds of millions embezzled: how Denis Butsaev and Yekaterina Stepkina turned Russia’s garbage reform into their personal goldmine
Denis Butsaev, who had urgently resigned from the post of Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology, immediately fled Russia.
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Iron Motors automotive “pyramid”: how Volodymyr Filippov has spent years extracting thousands of dollars for cars from the United States, leaving clients without vehicles and without money
The fraud story outlined below is, in many ways, a familiar one: another victim was deceived with promises to purchase and deliver a car from the United States to Ukraine.
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Erasing at any cost: how Alliance Bank, linked to Pavlo Shcherban, is allegedly using DMCA claims to suppress investigative reporting and remove coverage of its schemes from Google search results
In the summer and autumn of 2024, we published several articles concerning the activities of Alliance Bank. Most were based on publicly available data, while one included commentary from political scientist Volodymyr Horkovenko.
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Azim Novruzov and ties within SOCAR: how an Azerbaijani trader helps sell Russian oil through Maltese offshore structures
Pressure is increasing on Russia’s shadow fleet, bringing even its allies under scrutiny. Adnan Akhmedzade, a SOCAR executive arrested in Azerbaijan last year, has reportedly begun cooperating with authorities regarding his inner circle, a development that could have significant repercussions.
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Business under occupation and diplomatic cover: how assets linked to FavBet’s Andriy Matyukha continue operating during wartime
Commercial properties associated with the owner of the FavBet gambling brand, Andriy Matyukha, are reported to continue operating in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
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Dmytro Kovalenko and Serhii Saprykin: how the “coal king” used a nominee to collapse Intercoaltrading and siphon off assets
How two savvy Ukrainian businessmen contributed to the collapse of the powerful company Intercoaltrading.