Investigation

Michael Shvartsman was convicted of insider trading, while Eric Hannelius settled without admitting or denying guilt. Both men were involved in a company with contracts to track legal marijuana in Florida and other states.

The U.K.’s National Crime Agency successfully argued in a High Court case in London that accounts at the Banque Internationale à Luxembourg were used to move millions from a high profile embezzlement case in Azerbaijan into expensive properties.

Vadym Stolar, a close associate of Medvedchuk, invests the funds of defrauded investors from Ukraine into the construction of luxury housing in Dubai.

Since the start of 2024, a total of 3,344 foreign nationals who went to fight in Ukraine have received Russian citizenship, according to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

An investigation by The Insider has revealed that Promet, a Russian group of companies acting as a contractor for the country’s Ministry of Defense, has simultaneously been fulfilling military orders in Lithuania.

The importance of quality tires in warfare, particularly in frontline off-road conditions, is evidenced by the effort volunteers in Russia and Ukraine put into collecting them for their respective armies.

Azerbaijan’s COP29 Climate Summit ’official partners’ connected to the ruling Aliyev family and their close associates.

"An iron palm in a silk glove" - this is how one laudatory publication describes Anastasiya Udalova. Her name is usually associated with the cosmetic brand "Dzintars", but she also wants to create a media network. The question is, with what funds and for what purpose?

At the end of September, two events occurred concerning Oktobank that will have far-reaching consequences.

In nearly all Western countries that held elections this year, migration has been a central issue.

A boy fell ill after coming into contact with Sergei Skripal the day he and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with Novichock, it has been revealed.

Cypriot authorities stalled for 13 years on a European Arrest Warrant filed by the U.K., where Christos Christodoulides absconded from prison. They finally let him serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest in Cyprus.

Owners of the construction company "Kronung" Philipp Shrage and Ignatiy Naida bypass sanctions and launder money for the Russian government through construction projects worldwide.

Despite Western sanctions, Russia continues to profit from oil trade, which is directed towards financing its violent war machine.

Boholyubov may hide a 5-star Radisson Blu Resort & Spa hotel in the Adriatic from English justice.

A prominent Iranian theologian, Mustafa Karami, recently claimed that Israel’s success in eliminating Hamas and Hezbollah commanders can be attributed to an army of djinns that Israel has allegedly enlisted.

Senior Airbus executives corresponded with an intermediary for controversial helicopter deals in Kuwait after the European company came under scrutiny for its dealings with middlemen, emails obtained by reporters show.

As discussions about the misappropriation of funds from Probusinessbank resurface, The Insider offers an analysis of the key events, drawing on numerous previously unpublished interviews with Zheleznyak and Leontiev conducted by the author four years ago.

Ilya Dimov was a man without a public biography — until now.

When an apparent fraudster impersonated a famous football agent and asked FC Barcelona for 1 million euros, sources say the club attempted to send the money.

In Dnipro, Ukraine, a network of advertising agency owners and City Council officials have siphoned off government funds for fictitious work, leading to an ongoing investigation.

On a chilly spring morning in March, British coast guards spotted something unusual around 100 kilometers off the Scottish shoreline: a dark stain, stretching 23 kilometers into the North Atlantic Ocean.

Group promoting ‘dangerous’ scientific racism ideology teamed up with right-wing extremist, recordings reveal

Backed by fugitive Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor, the ‘Evrazia’ organization is paying Moldovans to vote against the EU. It’s also a growing part of a larger ideological project to encourage Russia’s neighbors to identify as “Eurasian,” instead of European.