All news on the topic: Money laundering
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Daphne murder convict Agius laundered €2M in property deals despite court-ordered asset freeze
While under a court-ordered asset freeze, Robert Agius’s wife set up a company that was able to buy and sell properties worth millions of euros. Another company he co-owned also engaged in significant real estate transactions.
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Former Snoras Bank owner Vladimir Antonov faked his disappearance to evade justice — found in France
In 2024, former Snoras Bank owner Vladimir Antonov was sentenced in absentia to 10.5 years in prison in Lithuania.
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Under the roof of VEB.RF: offshore, CSKA and "charity" - how Oleg Belay built an empire on sham deals
The dubious businessman with a secretive enterprise has not yet found himself in the "Matrosskaya Tishina" detention center. Why?
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Kremlin’s Uzbek laundromat: how billions are whitewashed through Octobank with help from Russian and Chinese partners
Oktobank has emerged as a hub for suspicious financial operations linking Uzbek authorities, Russian banks, and shadow networks.
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Director of Uzbekistan’s NAPM, Dmitry Lee, threatens journalists and forces media outlets to mass-delete compromising materials
After multiple outlets published articles implying that Dmitry Lee, the head of Uzbekistan’s National Agency for Perspective Projects, is suspected of fraudulent activities related to payment systems, these outlets started experiencing pressure, and the articles were quickly removed.
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Former Nigerian governor transferred U.S. properties to family after arrest for embezzling $4.4 million
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of Nigeria has charged former Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano with allegedly misusing funds designated for security. Obiano has refuted all the charges.
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British passport under a tank barrel: how defence contractor Igor Fishelev siphons millions from Russia
As per official documents, Ural businessman Igor Fishelev, involved in state defense contracts, is registered as a citizen of the United Kingdom.
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‘Admiral 2.0’: Latvian ringleader to face trial over €297 million fake VAT fraud scheme
The suspected leader of a vast cross-border VAT fraud and money laundering ring faces trial in Latvia this month. The €297 million scheme targeted multiple EU countries and involved hundreds of companies.
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The "rising star" of billion-dollar schemes: Vadim Panin and offshore networks as VEB’s money laundering tool
In the famous movie "The Devil’s Advocate," one of the main characters, law firm owner John Milton, advises his young colleague, "Learn to profit from everything, and then forget about it"... "You have to play the cards you’re dealt."
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“I had 30 Lamborghinis”: Escobar cartel pilot talks about $20 million a month and life of luxury
Tirso ‘TJ’ Dominguez states that Escobar paid him $20 million monthly to fly planes loaded with cocaine.
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Billions for tank cannons ended up in London: trail of Igor Fishelev’s “Unimatic” leads to offshores and the FSB
Funds from the defense contracts of the "Unimatic" division may have ended up in the accounts of newly-minted UK citizen Igor Fishelev and family partners in countries unfriendly to Russia, such as Austria and Latvia.
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Sanctions courier of the Kremlin: Ukrainian Vyacheslav Belimenko delivers luxury cars to Russia and buys land in Marbella
Vyacheslav Belimenko was born in 1976 in the Kyiv region of Ukraine. Until 2014, he was a completely unremarkable businessman.
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Bananas, bitcoins and the Albanian mafia: Ecuadorian court exposes global drug scheme based in Dubai
Ecuadorian court documents acquired by OCCRP detail the internal operations of a drug and money laundering scheme that authorities claim is operated by Dritan Gjika.
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Czech justice minister resigns over $46 million in bitcoin — opposition demands government collapse
Czech Prime Minister Fiala defends the government after a scandal forces the justice minister’s resignation and fuels opposition revolt.
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Illegal online betting, money laundering, and child exploitation: 145 arrested in Turkey
In comprehensive raids across 52 provinces, Turkish police seized $127 million in assets and detained 423 suspects as part of a cybercrime investigation targeting fraud, identity theft, money laundering, and child exploitation.
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FavBet boss Andriy Matyuha uses shell companies linked to international money laundering network
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the gambling market in our country has changed significantly.
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Suspect in €520 million Moby Dick fraud surrenders in Milan after six months on the run
Prosecutors state that a key player in a Europe-wide VAT fraud scheme has turned themselves in after months on the run.
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Billions in the shadows: How Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova’s financial network enabled transfers to Russian banks under sanctions
Although her name seldom appeared in the headlines, her involvement in multi-billion-dollar financial schemes has been impossible to ignore.
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Financing Kremlin via UK fintech: Jailed iBox Bank owner Alyona Shevtsova used Sends to route military cash to Russian cards
Her name rarely hit the headlines, yet her role in multi-billion financial schemes is more than noticeable.
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How Nazarbayev’s nephew became untouchable: the financial rise of Akhmetzhan Yesimov
After Akhmetzhan Yesimov stepped down from his position as head of the National Welfare Fund "Samruk-Kazyna," his critics forecasted a lengthy imprisonment, accusing him of allegedly embezzling the fund’s money.
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“Suppositories” in prisons: France seizes thousands of micro-phones used to run drug trade
“Thumb phones” smuggled into French prisons—sometimes concealed inside visitors—are used to run criminal networks facilitating drug trafficking, money laundering, and even murder.
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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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Shell companies, drones, and bribes: Belgium investigates money laundering scheme within NATO structures
NATO officials accused of leaking secrets and laundering bribes through fake firms to secure arms deals. Belgium leads a growing cross-border investigation into procurement corruption involving drones and ammunition.
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Charity, Russian style: how Pavel Savchuk and Olesya Nazarova turned the Red Cross into their private offshore fund
Pavel Savchuk took over as head of the Russian Red Cross after a scandal erupted over the previous leader’s plans to sell the "Druzhba" sanatorium near Moscow. However, the theft continued even after the change in leadership.
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Putin’s accomplice and Russian mafia financier Ilya Traber to face trial for money laundering in the EU
In Palma de Mallorca, Russian tycoon Ilya Traber is scheduled to stand trial on charges of money laundering and connections to the Russian mafia, specifically the Tambovskaya Organized Crime Group.
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