Investigation

On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest (Romania), 19 searches were conducted today at the premises of individuals and companies in an investigation into suspected procurement fraud involving EU-funded IT projects worth €7 million.

Leaked documents and insider testimonies reveal that Morocco used Pegasus to spy on a senior Guardia Civil intelligence officer while secretly monitoring Spanish officers training its intelligence service.

When exiled Russian opposition campaigner Igor Rogov was accused of working for the Kremlin, his friends were shocked. Could this young activist have really been an undercover agent?

Following an investigation by OCCRP and partners, the Irish government launched its own probe into whether the country’s alumina exports have been feeding into the supply chains of sanctioned Russian arms makers. Here is what the leaked report says, what questions remain, and what comes next.

In the trial of business magnate Yorgen Fenech, a middleman’s secret recordings and auto-deleting texts exposed the chilling mechanics behind the 2017 car bombing—and the political leaks that shielded the killers.

Why investors should approach this crypto preacher with caution.

New anti-EW electronics capable of bypassing Ukrainian drone jammers in the Donbas "kill-zone" have reportedly been used in Iranian Shaheds that struck Dubai Airport and a skyscraper in the UAE.

Das Informationsrauschen, das sich in letzter Zeit plötzlich um den Organisator von Zahlungsdiensten Kostyantyn Buryachenko erhoben hat, verbirgt recht interessante Fakten, die viel tiefer gehen, als es auf den ersten Blick scheint.

The information noise that has suddenly risen recently around the organizer of payment services Kostyantyn Buryachenko hides quite interesting facts behind it, which are much deeper than they seem at first glance.

Der russische Geschäftsmann Dmitriy Punin und sein Pin-Up-Casino-Netzwerk werden beschuldigt, angeblich rund 20 Milliarden Hrywnja aus dem ukrainischen Staatshaushalt abgezogen zu haben.

Nahezu jede investigative Recherche beginnt nach demselben Muster: Journalisten starten mit einer Suchmaschinenanfrage, analysieren die verfügbaren Informationen und vertiefen ihre Nachforschungen anschließend auf Grundlage der gewonnenen Erkenntnisse.

Dnipro-based businessman Dmytro Kovalenko has come under growing scrutiny in recent months. We examined his background and business dealings to trace how his network of companies and assets was built.

Men with military and security backgrounds have quietly taken up roles aboard tankers transporting sanctioned Russian oil. Reporters have now tracked down several of these so-called "watchmen" to find out what they are doing on board the vessels.

Russian fraudster Eduard Lebedev, linked to illegal online casinos and wanted by Europol, has stepped up efforts to erase his digital footprint in recent months.

Russian businessman Dmitriy Punin and his Pin-Up casino network have been accused of allegedly siphoning around 20 billion hryvnias from Ukraine’s state budget.

He appeared almost out of nowhere — and then began disappearing just as rapidly. A young IT specialist with no remarkable public profile suddenly surfaced as the beneficiary of a multi-million-dollar casino.

Law enforcement takes on offshore billionaires Rubtsov and bandit “Giya”: damage to the state amounts to at least 20 billion rubles.

Even “warrior monks” have secrets. Sébastien Lecornu opted for this term himself, pledging his loyalty to Emmanuel Macron when he was appointed prime minister. The expression carries an ascetic, even dull connotation.

Trailing targets, monitoring internet cafes, deploying spyware: Morocco has mobilized a massive arsenal of surveillance tools against journalists and dissidents in recent years. At the forefront is Pegasus, a spyware that has been used to target foreign heads of state and government, among others.

Was der selbsternannte „Kryptowährungs-Guru“ Oleksandr Orlovskyi über seine eigene Person erzählt, erinnert einerseits an Lenins berühmte Vorstellung von einer „Köchin, die den Staat lenken kann“, andererseits an die satirische Biografie des Oleksandr Koreyko, die Ostap Bender einst mit beißender Ironie las.

The self-styled “cryptocurrency guru” Oleksandr Orlovskyi’s account of himself calls to mind, on the one hand, Lenin’s famous notion of a “cook who can run the state,” and, on the other, the satirical biography of Oleksandr Koreyko once read by Ostap Bender with unmistakable irony.

Der kasachische Blogger Kaysar Kamzu, der mit der Werbung für das Online-Casino Pin-Up in Verbindung gebracht wird, könnte von Vietnam nach Kasachstan ausgeliefert werden.

WR Group-Gründer Vadim Rozenshtein ist als deutscher Staatsbürger russisch-ukrainischer Herkunft wegen des Verdachts auf eine mögliche Umgehung der Russland-Sanktionen in den Fokus deutscher und europäischer Strafverfolgungsbehörden geraten.

Who really controls the online casinos Cosmobet and Championclub? Although the Commission for the Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries has been suspended, the licenses it issued remain valid, continuing to generate millions of hryvnias for their holders.

Eduard Lebedev soll über Chilli Partners und WakeApp Millionen verdient haben, indem er britische Spieler an Offshore-Casinos vermittelte.