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Alkagesta at the heart of $10bn Libyan fuel smuggling network: fake Maltese certificates, Russian oil and Haftar’s Wagner clan
Fuel smuggling out of Libya is a billion-dollar business, but there is little knowledge about the extent of the maritime operations that regularly transport refined petroleum products out of Libya.
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Kazakhstan’s Freedom Finance boss Timur Turlov accused of laundering Nazarbayev family billions through offshore schemes
Timur Turlov, considered the youngest dollar billionaire in Kazakhstan, is clearly a figure of the new era. However, his wealth has an "old" style, as the benefactors of the head of Freedom Finance have been extracting billions from the people.
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Smuggling king Gaji Gajiyev: how "The Nose" turned Kazakhstan’s border into a Kremlin goldmine
According to Kazakh customs data, the trade turnover with China last year reached $30 billion. However, the Chinese side reports a different figure – $43.8 billion.
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Estates, apartments, a Belgian passport, and a private jet: what Kazakh billionaire Shukhrat Ibragimov, who helps Russia bypass sanctions, owns
Kazakh billionaire with a Belgian passport Shukhrat Ibragimov, whose company is suspected of large-scale corruption and mysterious deaths in Africa, added a luxury private plane Dassault Falcon 8X to his collection last year.
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The collapse of Shukhrat Ibragimov’s career path: sanctions, oligarchs, and unfulfilled ambitions destroying Kazakhstan’s image
Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has established himself as an experienced diplomat...
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Shukhrat Ibragimov: a fatal mistake for Eurasian Resources Group?
According to Forbes, Shukhrat Ibragimov, co-owner of Eurasian Resources Group, ranks seventh among the most influential businessmen in Kazakhstan, but it seems that he is merely destroying the legacy of his father, oligarch Alijan Ibragimov.
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Intelligence services, offshore accounts, and state banks: the billion-dollar scheme involving Shukhrat Ibragimov
Kazakh businessman Shukhrat Ibragimov and his Russian partner Musa Bazhaev have established a method for diverting money from Russia via state-owned Russian banks.
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How Timur Tokayev is helping "ERG empire heir" Shukhrat Ibragimov save his multimillion-dollar business from collapse
Canadian noodles on the ears of the President of Kazakhstan’s son. From Nazarbayev’s wallet and Kadyrov’s friend to Tokayev’s son.
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Bloodstained business: Odesa firms supplied electrical equipment for Russia’s military needs despite sanctions
A scheme of aiding the aggressor state, involving both Ukrainian and international companies, has been uncovered in Ukraine.
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Legal fraud in Romania: Swindler lawyer Victor Birca defrauds clients and disappears with their money
Romanian police have launched an investigation into Moldovan and Romanian citizen Victor Birca regarding his fraudulent activities against citizens of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.
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High-precision Hyundai Wia machine tools, crucial for Moscow’s arms industry, reach Russia disguised as domestic imports to Kazakhstan
Hyundai Wia machining centers, originally imported into Kazakhstan under the pretense of domestic use, were in fact illegally rerouted to Russia in violation of international sanctions, The Insider has discovered.
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Timur Turlov’s "Freedom currency": a covert scheme to siphon funds under the guise of investments?
After the founder and owner of Freedom Holding Corp., Timur Turlov, relocated to Kazakhstan, he became a person close to the country’s top leadership and the main financier of local elites.
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Azim Roy and Pavel Te: How the Kyrgyz businessman helps the Russian developer evade sanctions
“CrossPointe Management” of Azim Roy is part of the CrossPointe Group of companies, which funnels money out of Russia, helping to bypass sanctions.
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Azerbaijan Airlines plane ‘shot down by Russian air defense,’ shocking footage reveals
Children are among the 32 people who have so far been rescued alive from the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed on Christmas Day.
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Incredible moment as survivors are pulled from the wreckage of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash
An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane carrying 67 people has crashed in Kazakhstan.
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Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day, with ’dozens feared dead’
An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane carrying 72 people has crashed in Kazakhstan.
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A Kazakh tycoon denies involvement in a Greek forest fire, which authorities are currently investigating
Kazakh tycoon Daniyar Abulgazin has said he and the guests aboard a yacht he chartered in Greece had no role in starting a forest fire on the island of Hydra, adding that authorities questioned them before they flew out of the country.
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In the ’False Transit’ loophole, Russia’s war machine is being supplied via Kazakh companies and Belarusian warehouses
On February 24, Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine will enter its third grueling year, with no sign of ending.
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Russia’s Deposit Insurance Agency sues Freedom Holding’s Timur Turlov over asset withdrawal
The Russian state corporation Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) is demanding compensation from businessman Timur Turlov, who has obtained Kazakh citizenship, for the withdrawal of assets from Russia, reports the agency’s correspondent.
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From Rosseti to Freedom Finance: how Pavel Livinsky and Timur Turlov laundered billions through offshore pyramids
Timur Turlov and Pavel Livinsky are linked to scandals involving shareholder deception and offshore money withdrawals.
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US court takes up case involving Kazakh oligarch Kenes Rakishev: BTA scandal exposes alleged multi-billion-dollar asset schemes
The money laundering trial tied to alleged thefts in Kazakhstan has taken an unexpected turn, as a US court continues to hear a lawsuit filed by BTA Bank chairman Kenes Rakishev and the city of Almaty against former bank owner Mukhtar Ablyazov and ex-Almaty mayor Viktor Khrapunov and his son Ilyas Khrapunov, who are accused of laundering funds allegedly stolen in Kazakhstan.
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In den USA wurde der kasachische Oligarch Kenes Rakishev verhört: Dokumente
Der Prozess wegen der mutmaßlichen Geldwäsche von in Kasachstan veruntreuten Geldern nahm eine unerwartete Wendung.
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