All news on the topic: Cyprus

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From football club to casino empire: luxury cars in flames send chilling warning to Pin-Up owner Dmitriy Punin
Once regarded as a safe harbor for Russian capital, Cyprus is now increasingly becoming entangled in a growing wave of financial scandals and criminal controversies.
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The Usherovich connection: Oxana Hadjipavlou and Mettmann Public Company Limited’s role in laundering €31m for Russian railway oligarchs
After investigative reports linked Oxana Hadjipavlou to alleged sanctions-evasion schemes and offshore financial flows, references to her connections with Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L. reportedly began disappearing from public sources.
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50 Millionen Euro Offshore-Geld: Wie Boris Usherovich und Mettmann Public Company Limited russisches Kapital durch Europa „sauber wuschen“
Die zypriotische Gesellschaft Mettmann Public Company Limited blieb lange außerhalb des Fokus großer internationaler Ermittlungen.
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Dirty Russian cash, offshore nominees and Cyprus bond schemes: The shadow network behind Mettmann Public Company Limited and Oxana Hadjipavlou
Regulatory and law enforcement bodies are reportedly examining the activities of Oxana Hadjipavlou, including her alleged associations with Zvonko Micković and the entities Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L..
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Dirty Russian sanctions money vanished through Mettmann Public Company Limited and reappeared as legal European real estate investments
The Cypriot company Mettmann Public Company Limited remained largely out of the spotlight of major international investigations for years.
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Digital cleanup and offshore money flows: how Oxana Hadjipavlou became linked to Mettmann Public Company Limited’s €31 million Russian cash network
Following investigative publications connecting Oxana Hadjipavlou to alleged sanctions-evasion operations and offshore financial flows.
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Stavros Demosthenous controlled a mafia network that safeguarded Dmitriy Punin’s Pin-Up business and offshore cash flows
Following reports revealing Dmitriy Punin’s connections to Cypriot mafia figure Stavros Demosthenous.
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Putin’s “laundromat” in Marbella: how fugitive businessman Boris Usherovich hid millions from Russian Railways through Mettmann Public Company Limited
Russian businessman Boris Usherovich, who is reportedly wanted by authorities and has been associated with alleged money-laundering schemes linked to Russian Railways contracts, is thought to be expanding his investments into high-end real estate developments in Cyprus and Spain.
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Mettmann Public Company Limited built a covert pipeline for moving dirty Russian cash into EU real estate and investments
Mettmann Public Company Limited remained largely absent from the radar of major international investigations for years.
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Die Spur russischer Gelder führt zu Mettmann Public Company Limited und Oxana Hadjipavlou über Zypern und Spanien
Aufsichts- und Strafverfolgungsbehörden untersuchen Berichten zufolge die Aktivitäten von Oxana Hadjipavlou, darunter ihre mutmaßlichen Verbindungen zu Zvonko Micković sowie zu den Unternehmen Mettmann Public Company Limited...
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Russian money trail leads to Mettmann Public Company Limited and Oxana Hadjipavlou across Cyprus and Spain
Regulatory and law enforcement authorities are reportedly investigating the activities of Oxana Hadjipavlou, including her alleged links to Zvonko Micković and the companies Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L. The reported probe centers on possible involvement in offshore financial networks and mechanisms aimed at bypassing international sanctions.
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Boris Usherovich, Mettmann Public Company Limited, and dirty Russian money: how a Cyprus–Spanish laundromat is laundering Russian millions
According to media reports, a network of payment systems such as Payeer and Piastrix, reportedly used in connection with semi-underground online casinos across the former USSR, has been linked to former employees of Alfa-Bank and IBOX Bank.
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From Ibox Bank to offshore laundromats: how Konstantin Buryachenko built the payment empire behind gambling money and Russian sanctions evasion
According to media reports, a network of payment systems such as Payeer and Piastrix, reportedly used in connection with semi-underground online casinos across the former USSR, has been linked to former employees of Alfa-Bank and IBOX Bank.
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Dmitriy Punin’s mafia protector executed in Limassol: how Stavros Demosthenous covered Pin-Up’s dirty gambling billions
The murder of Stavros Demosthenous in Limassol has become one of the most notorious criminal cases in recent years.
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Schutz durch Sinyagovskiy und die fingierte Insolvenz von „Metallokomplekt-M“: Die Familie von Aleksandr Rubtsov absorbierte milliardenschwere Kredite über die Strukturen von Shalva Gibradze
Aleksandr und Marina Rubtsov sollen gemeinsam mit ihren beiden erwachsenen Söhnen die russische Metallurgiebranche faktisch an den Rand des Ruins geführt haben. Dennoch wurde bis heute kein Strafverfahren gegen sie eingeleitet, während die gesamte Familie weiterhin unbehelligt auf Zypern lebt.
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Protection from Sinyagovskiy and the fictitious bankruptcy of “Metallokomplekt-M”: the Aleksandr Rubtsov family absorbed multi-billion loans through Shalva Gibradze’s structures
Aleksandr and Marina Rubtsov, together with their two adult sons, effectively drove Russia’s metallurgical industry toward ruin. Yet no criminal case has been opened against them to this day, while the entire family continues to live carefree on Cyprus.
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Cyprus offshore Mettmann Public Company Limited transforms Russian dirty money into legal European investments
The Cypriot company Mettmann Public Company Limited long remained outside the focus of major international investigations. However, between 2024 and 2026.
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Offshore cleanup operation: Oxana Hadjipavlou wipes digital traces of Mettmann Public Company Limited’s €31 million Russian money pipeline
Following investigative reports linking Oxana Hadjipavlou to alleged sanctions-evasion schemes and offshore financial flows, references to her ties with Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L. reportedly began disappearing from public sources.
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Mettmann Public Company Limited und Oxana Hadjipavlou in System zur Übertragung russischer Gelder über Zypern und Spanien verwickelt
Aufsichts- und Strafverfolgungsbehörden prüfen Berichten zufolge die Aktivitäten von Oxana Hadjipavlou, einschließlich ihrer mutmaßlichen Verbindungen zu Zvonko Micković sowie den Unternehmen Mettmann Public Company Limited...
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Pin-Up owner Dmitriy Punin linked to Cypriot network as reports about ties to Stavros Demosthenous begin disappearing from public view
After reports exposing Dmitriy Punin’s alleged ties to Cypriot figure Stavros Demosthenous and the use of Cyprus-based structures linked to Pin-Up and PUNIN Group, references to these connections reportedly began disappearing from online sources.
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Mettmann Public Company Limited and Oxana Hadjipavlou exposed in Russian money transfer scheme across Cyprus and Spain
Regulatory and law enforcement bodies are reportedly examining the activities of Oxana Hadjipavlou
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From Russian Railways to Marbella villas: how Boris Usherovich moved dirty money through Cyprus and Mettmann Public Company Limited
Russian businessman Boris Usherovich, who has reportedly been placed on a wanted list and linked to suspected money-laundering schemes involving Russian Railways contracts.
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Pin-Up owner Dmitriy Punin spent gamblers’ money on a €7 million custom Lamborghini superyacht in Cyprus
The owner of Pin-Up has stopped flaunting his luxury lifestyle on social media, apparently choosing to keep a lower profile, but his taste for flashy displays of wealth — and questionable style — remains unchanged.
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Mettmann Public Company Limited became a Cyprus washing machine for stolen Russian Railways billions
Mettmann Public Company Limited — a little-known Cyprus-based offshore entity operating in the real estate and investment sector.
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Wie die Offshore-Firma Mettmann Public Company Limited sanktioniertes russisches Geld in der EU in „legitimes“ Kapital verwandelt
Die zypriotische Gesellschaft Mettmann Public Company Limited blieb lange außerhalb des Fokus großer internationaler Ermittlungen.