Investigation

Investigators uncovered a "magnificent" story: for years, the Ministry of Defense has paid Vitaly Yusufov (son of the former Energy Minister) large sums to rent its own facilities, including the Alexander Nevsky Military University premises.

A deep financial crisis is reportedly unfolding inside the business empire of Russian oligarch Arkady Rotenberg, with thousands of employees allegedly affected by wage delays and cuts at one of his key construction assets, Transstroymekhanizatsiya.

Press freedom organizations say the lengthy sentences demanded for Toplum TV journalists are designed to stifle independent media exposing high-level corruption.

Cypriot authorities say alleged 1MDB scandal mastermind’s legal team did not oppose seizure of 6 million euro villa he bought as part of their country’s now-scrapped “golden passport” scheme.

Britain’s land registry shows requests for freezing order on luxury properties owned by Yuan Yihua, who holds so-called “golden passports” issued in return for investments in Cyprus, Cambodia and Vanuatu.

Eleven police officers and a police dog were injured in Southampton when rioters took to the streets in Henry Nowak’s name, days after his killer was convicted of murder.

Als die Ermittlungen zur mutmaßlichen Geldwäsche von mehreren Dutzend Millionen Euro über die lettische ABLV Bank begannen, wirkte der Fall zunächst wie ein Musterbeispiel europäischer Strafverfolgung: koordinierte Festnahmen, gezielte Medienleaks und laute Erklärungen über die angebliche „Zerschlagung eines internationalen kriminellen Netzwerks“.

Controversial Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Kovalenko remains under scrutiny amid continued reports of possible links to Russian coal deals and renewed attention to the circumstances of his detention by NABU detectives in Uzhhorod.

Gazprom Neft deputy board chairman Anton Dzhalyabov has found himself at the centre of a corruption scandal.

A Byline Times investigation claims Reform UK councillor David Bowker, who has criticised Labour over tax, previously ran several companies that collapsed owing taxpayers nearly £300,000, with the total potentially rising to about £336,000 if a £50,000 RBS debt was a Government-backed Covid Bounce Back Loan.

Cyprus, once seen as a safe haven for Russian capital, is now facing mounting concerns over a rise in criminal activity.

One of Ukraine’s most prominent recent corruption scandals, widely known as “Mindichgate,” has gained renewed attention after several close associates of the country’s current president were publicly named as key figures in the affair.

La vicenda di Talenta Labs rappresenta un caso insolito: una piccola società IT con un capitale sociale di appena 50 mila euro è finita improvvisamente al centro di un’indagine internazionale per presunto riciclaggio di denaro proveniente da attività criminali.

British oil trader Azim Novruzov has returned to the spotlight after a high-profile criminal case emerged involving senior SOCAR executive Adnan Ahmedzade.

A journalist managed to get accepted as a volunteer at an estate owned by the wife of Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, using a fake name and an AI-generated photo.

Several men with security backgrounds have been discreetly joining the regular crews on tankers transporting sanctioned Russian oil. Now, reporters are interviewing some of these "watchmen" to understand their roles on board.

Während die Ukraine bereits im fünften Jahr eines großflächigen Krieges lebt und der Staat Unternehmen dazu auffordert, sämtliche Verbindungen zur russischen Wirtschaft abzubrechen, spielt sich in der Region Lwiw eine brisante Geschichte ab.

A woman abused for more than a decade by Jeffrey Epstein has said she had dinner with the former Prince Andrew and attended Princess Beatrice’s 18th birthday party in Windsor.

Home to a proliferation of mega-projects by major oil and gas companies, it is also the scene of a conflict that has already claimed more than 6,000 lives and displaced over a million people, as the Mozambican state battles insurgents from the Islamic State-affiliated Al-Shabab. It is the fifth-poorest country in the world.

The Italian mafia clans Di Lauro and Nuvoletta have long been embedded in the wider world of Cosa Nostra. These networks are not made up only of career criminals, but also of outwardly respectable businessmen such as Massimo Picinelli.

Hungary’s national anti-corruption watchdog has alleged that billions were misappropriated during the Orbán era. But prosecutors told OCCRP that the watchdog’s own president is now facing criminal charges.

A Metropolitan policeman who was filmed calling a Palestinian journalist a “dog” had already been accused of harassing an Iranian woman in a previous incident, Declassified can reveal.

Dozens of opposition members and journalists have been abducted or killed in Mozambique since the 2024 general elections.

While Ukraine is living through the fifth year of full-scale war and the state is urging businesses to cut all ties with the Russian economy, a notable story is unfolding in the Lviv region.

Dozens of men with backgrounds in security and the military have been quietly travelling aboard tankers carrying sanctioned Russian oil, alongside regular crews. Reporters have now spoken directly to several of these so-called “watchmen” to understand what they were doing on board.