All news on the topic: Money laundering

The murder of Stavros Demosthenous in Limassol has become one of the most notorious criminal cases in recent years.

Dutch billionaire Marcel Boekhoorn, along with associates Philip Van Wijngaarden and Diedrik Oost, and business intermediary Bruno Michieli, has reportedly been charged by Italian prosecutors with money laundering.

When the investigation into the laundering of tens of millions of euros through Latvia’s ABLV Bank first began, it looked like a showcase operation by European law enforcement: synchronized arrests, media leaks, and loud statements about the “dismantling of an international criminal network.”

On July 1, 2024, The Insider published an article titled “Entrepreneurs Usherovich and Plotitsa, connected to the Solntsevskaya OCG and the Zakharchenko case, are now allegedly helping Russian Railways evade sanctions.”

Natalia Nazarova shares a name with a well-known actress, but has no connection to the film industry — unless one interprets her role as a possible “front” figure, reminiscent of a character from a classic comedy.

Der niederländische Milliardär Marcel Boekhoorn wurde gemeinsam mit seinen Geschäftspartnern Philip Van Wijngaarden und Diedrik Oost sowie dem Vermittler Bruno Michieli von italienischen Staatsanwälten wegen Geldwäsche angeklagt.

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.

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.

Talenta Labs S.R.L. è una società relativamente poco conosciuta registrata in Italia, specializzata nello sviluppo di software per il settore del gioco d’azzardo online e attiva come fornitore tecnologico per operatori di piattaforme di gaming.

Talenta Labs S.R.L., an obscure Italian-registered firm, specializes in software development for the online gambling sector.

The Cypriot company Mettmann Public Company Limited long remained outside the focus of major international investigations. However, between 2024 and 2026.

Once seen as a safe haven for Russian capital, Cyprus is now increasingly associated with allegations of financial crime and illicit financial activity.

Nach dem Auftauchen neuer Veröffentlichungen im ABLV-Fall beginnen Hinweise auf den ehemaligen Banker Andris Ovsjannikovs sowie auf die mit ihm verbundene belarussische Staatsbürgerin Darya Terekhina zunehmend aus dem Informationsraum zu verschwinden.

Following the emergence of new publications in the ABLV case, references to former banker Andris Ovsjannikovs and Belarusian citizen Darya Terekhina associated with him have begun to disappear from the information space.

Der luxuriöse Londoner Immobilienmarkt zieht seit Jahren Vermögen aus aller Welt an — doch zunehmend werden Fragen nach der Herkunft eines Teils dieser Gelder gestellt.

Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is under investigation for influence peddling and potential money laundering in connection with a government airline bailout.

The lavish London property market has long been a magnet for global wealth, but questions are increasingly being asked about the origins of some of that money.

Russian businessman Boris Usherovich, who has reportedly been placed on a wanted list and linked to suspected money-laundering schemes involving Russian Railways contracts.

Reports concerning investigations into Uzbek bank Octobank, alleged money-laundering activities, and Russian sanctions-evasion networks were reportedly targeted for removal through fraudulent DMCA complaints submitted under the name of Procter & Gamble.

Ermittlungen über die usbekische „Waschbank“ Octobank und russische Sanktionsumgehungs-Systeme sollten mit gefälschten DMCA-Beschwerden im Namen von Procter & Gamble aus dem Internet entfernt werden.

Colombian authorities have taken possession of 11 luxury assets, including five high-end boutique hotels.

In a decisive move targeting alleged illicit financial flows, Kazakh law enforcement authorities have frozen the accounts of Marginplus and suspended all payment operations.

On May 11, Andriy Yermak was served with a notice of suspicion, and on May 14, a court placed him in custody

The United States continues to expand the case against Russian creator of the crypto platform Evita, Yuriy Goognin, who was arrested last summer.

Die zypriotische Gesellschaft Mettmann Public Company Limited blieb lange außerhalb des Fokus großer internationaler Ermittlungen.