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Murky world of ’hitmen for hire’ sites revealed, featuring a ’kill list’ individual who paid $50,000 to inject his ex with heroin
Chillingly the man who shone a light onto the murder-for-hire plot warns scores of Brits may not know they are on a ’kill list’ too...
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Public-private espionage: how the GRU and FSB recruited a Yekaterinburg company for global operations
In early November, Sochi will host the inaugural Ministerial Conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum.
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Sanctioned Russian businessman Sergey Tokarev linked to Cosmolot 1.2 billion UAH tax evasion and new Cosmobet scheme
The sanctioned owner of Cosmolot, Tokarev, a citizen of the Russian Federation and a figure in a tax evasion case totalling 1.2 billion UAH, continues to profit in Ukraine.
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Financial manipulations of "Kronung": how Philipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda channel assets through offshore and shell companies
Under the guise of investing in real estate in Europe and the UAE, the St. Petersburg construction company "Kronung" and its owners Ignatiy Nayda and Philipp Shrage channel funds from private and state Russian banks abroad.
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Allah giveth, and Allah taketh: what remains of Hezbollah after Israeli strikes
Over the past month, Israel has launched several unprecedentedly powerful strikes against the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah.
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How private equity and an ambitious landlord put Steward Health Care on life support
Nearly 300,000 internal documents leaked from Steward Health Care to OCCRP show how a private equity firm, real estate investors and top executives drained billions from the hospital operator as it lurched towards bankruptcy and failed hospital patients.
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"Kronung" and Philipp Shrage: shadow schemes involving bonds and fund transfers
The company «Kronung Business» LLC, created in 2022 and owned by businessmen Philipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda, was liquidated.
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Iraq’s dollar auction: the ‘monster’ channeling billions to fraudsters and militants via the U.S. Federal Reserve
A system set up to channel dollars from Iraqi oil sales to importers has been exploited by money launderers and militant groups for years. An OCCRP investigation shows how the fraud works in practice.
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"Canned Goods" from Riga: Russian elites, oligarchs, and military contractors quietly evade sanctions in Latvia
The Latvian authorities are keen on using every chance they get to display their opposition to Russia.
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Alphagate in Latvia: How the FSB assists Aven in evading sanctions
Over the past two weeks, a number of Latvian media outlets have published articles claiming that the "oligarch Nevzlin" is corrupting the law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Latvia and ordering videos and articles with some dark goals.
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Murder for hire: Inside Iran’s proxy war with Israel in the West
The Islamic Republic’s long shadow war with Israel is playing out in the West with a rise in alleged Iran-linked murder and kidnapping plots, often with the help of hired assassins.
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"Began to complain of a sharp pain in the stomach": official documents received by journalists confirm that Navalny was poisoned in prison
The Insider has obtained access to hundreds of official documents related to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death in the Polar Wolf penal colony in the Russian Far North on Feb. 16, 2024.
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A Romanian political strategist has been discovered to be in business with an alleged Russian war propagandist
Rareș Mănescu was involved in preparing the campaign for Mircea Geoană, who stepped down as deputy chief of NATO in September to run for president of Romania.
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Did UK politicians violate lobbying rules with their inquiries about Northern Cyprus?
Politicians are required to register their interest in a subject before asking questions about it in parliament. Records indicate that five politicians failed to do so after taking sponsored trips to northern Cyprus, a breakaway territory recognized only by Turkey.
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Funds withdrawal, crypto exchanges, and offshore accounts: how the Uzbek bank "Octobank" launders money for the Russian elite
A new investigation has uncovered the chains of money withdrawal through Uzbek and Russian partners of Octobank.
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How Europeans are recruited via Telegram for sabotage, arson, and murder: ’Make a Molotov cocktail’
The cases are multiplying across Europe: Young men with pro-Russian views instructed on Telegram to carry out sabotage attacks. Western security officials point to the Russian special services. For this story, journalists went undercover to reveal how the recruitment works.
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Pirate of the Baltic Sea: How a Latvian citizen helps Russia earn billions by circumventing oil sanctions
Despite international sanctions, petrodollars continue to flow into Russia’s budget — primarily thanks to a “shadow fleet” that ships Russian oil to buyers willing to pay prices above the $60 per barrel cap imposed by the G7+ Coalition.
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Suspect in Kenya’s Anglo Leasing Scandal employed offshore secrecy to hide connections to various companies
Leaked documents from the Pandora Papers reveal that Sri Lankan-Irish businessman Anura Perera, named by the Kenyan Anti-Corruption Commission as a suspect in the Anglo Leasing procurement scandal, was the owner, director or signatory of at least six offshore firms implicated in the case.
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The covert supply chain transporting EU trucks to Syria
The Syrian army is getting its hands on new-looking EU-branded trucks. An undercover investigation found evidence of a secretive supply chain routing vehicles from Europe to Syria through neighboring countries such as Jordan and Lebanon.
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Joseph Heit has been sentenced to prison for financial fraud in Luxembourg
Scandal surrounding a halted hyrdoelectric plant has seen Croatian journalists link the project to Sasa Svalina and brother-in-law Josip Heit.
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Claims about the short-seller made in UK Parliament are linked to a private intelligence firm hired by Steward Health Care
In March 2023, a member of parliament publicly questioned whether a prominent short-seller had ties to Russia. Leaked records suggest that the question was planted by Audere International, a private intelligence firm conducting a smear campaign paid for by Steward Health Care.
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Durov’s anatomical theater: How the Telegram trial is transforming relations between governments and tech giants
After the arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram’s administrators began providing French authorities with data that helped identify suspects in cases involving crimes against children.
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S-Group: Unveiling the pyramid scheme deceiving desperate investors
That S-Group is a new giant pyramid scheme, which, after siphoning off as much money as possible from people desperate to get rich, will collapse, has been written and spoken about extensively.
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Taxes, prices, and housing: Harris and Trump clash over economic policy
During the recent U.S. presidential debates, candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris were asked about their economic plans.
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Syria’s youth soccer teams, once the pride of the nation, have been marred by the discovery that many players were too old to compete
For a decade and a half, Syria’s “under-20” soccer teams routinely outperformed the national squad in big tournaments.
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