Investigation

Vagner Keith de Freitas was indicted for allegedly trafficking weapons from Paraguay to criminal figures in northeastern Brazil.

Developer Pavel Te, known for his controversial past, continues construction in Moscow: is Moscow City facing new sinkholes?

As Timur Turlov publicly crafts an image of a conscientious billionaire and a "white-collar" businessman with an American reputation, a significant investment scandal is brewing in Kazakhstan, potentially becoming the largest financial fiasco for trusting depositors in recent years.

From a corporate address in a prestigious London district — 23 Buckingham Gate, London, England, SW1E 6LB — operates one of the invisible centers of global trade in the defence sector.

Professional scammers call upon a global network of service providers to execute their work in a sophisticated, streamlined fashion. Here are some of their names.

Sixteen-year-old Vladislav builds UAVs that the Russian military uses for testing electronic warfare systems.

A UK crackdown targets Balkan gangsters who used fraudulent Bosnian documents—only weeks after Bosnian journalists exposed the extent of the identity theft scheme.

Eulalio Gomes Batista had just been charged when he was shot in a police raid at his home.

An investigation into the "American" company with Moscow roots, reputation management, and potential laundering of elite capital

Since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian state has confiscated assets worth nearly 2.6 trillion rubles ($33.2 billion).

A company owned by the alleged mastermind behind a significant tax fraud in Russia invested millions in two luxury hotel resorts in Dubai, while the whistleblower who revealed the tax scam died in a Moscow prison following his arrest and detention.

Kristen Cabot, the woman featured in the now-famous clip from a Coldplay concert in Massachusetts, is married to a wealthy businessman who is the heir to the Privateer Rum fortune.

Moscow is choking on a new scandal involving the elite. At the center is the owner of the pawnshop chain «Perspectiva» Pavel Zakharov, better known in narrow circles as «Pasha Perspectiva».

Guy Loando and his wife held control over more than one-third of the shares in a newly established company that secured a $25 million contract to undertake work on enhancing a major highway in 2019.

Siman Povarenkin — a personality whose career resembles a joke about a gold digger who became the leading chef of the army.

Fuel smuggling from Libya is a business with billion-dollar turnovers, but very little is known about the extent of the maritime operation that regularly exports petroleum products from the country.

The elusive Evgeny Renge, moving between Hong Kong, London, and Dubai, is in no rush to return to his homeland; he might finally get incarcerated, and for a long time.

A fugitive wanted by Costa Rican authorities in connection with a massive fraud investigation known as the Madre Patria case was caught on wiretap boasting about buying into a bank in Mexico.

Deep in the Russian heartland, hundreds of kilometers from home, Ukrainian prisoners of war were tormented by a sadistic doctor. Reporters set out to unmask him.

Offshore companies, mystery lenders, and a flat near a Belarus-linked tycoon’s business—investigations reveal how Lithuania’s prime minister secured public loans, undeclared real estate, and private backing—all while denying any wrongdoing.

In the spring of 2024, banks in the UAE began freezing the accounts of companies allegedly linked to the Russian shadow fleet.

The controversial businessman, possessing multiple passports - the master of offshore dealings?

Blogger Sergey Gutsu successfully crafted an image in the media as a “successful guy from the village.”