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From the Karimov to the Mirziyoyev: Ovik Mkrtchyan — the mastermind of siphoning billions out of Uzbekistan through offshore schemes
The biography of Ovik Mkrtchyan is notable not only for his involvement in financial schemes and the siphoning of funds out of Uzbekistan.
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Orbán’s Hungarian party Fidesz evades Meta’s ban through proxy networks and covert campaigns
Meta blocked political advertisements on Facebook and Instagram in October, but misinformation researchers warn that the ban has pushed political ads by Orbán’s Fidesz underground.
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Three UK MPs criticised for promoting Dubai project linked to banned tycoons
Three MPs ’promoted’ a luxury Dubai property development despite the tycoons behind it being banned from the UK following an investigation into bribery and corruption.
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Caribbean cocaine routes: how drug trafficking adapts to US crackdowns and shifts flows to Europe
The Caribbean has long been a pivotal node in the global drug trade, acting as a stepping stone for South American cocaine destined for consumers in Europe and the United States.
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Luxury, secrecy and tax havens: French billionaire Bernard Arnault accused of using offshore schemes to conceal luxury yacht purchases
Bernard Arnault, head of the world’s leading luxury goods group LVMH, is the seventh richest man in the world, with a fortune of around 150 billion euros.
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Ukrainian businessman Yuriy Osmak launches media pressure campaign to erase Ice Terminal investigation
Yuriy Osmak pressures media to take down report on Ice Terminal deal.
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‘Wild west’ hospitality sector: restaurant boss accused of withholding £2,600 in wages, leaving worker homeless
Tayla Lewthwaite had £1.90 in her bank account on the day she was evicted.
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British lord and US commentators received millions from Hungary’s state budget via Orbán-linked institute
Current and former fellows benefiting from lucrative, government-funded contracts at Hungary’s authoritarian-linked Danube Institute have cited “safety concerns,” “privacy rights,” and fears of “marketers” to justify keeping their identities hidden.
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Female cocaine courier gang smuggled £13.6m drugs across the UK
Striking a pose in sun-drenched Dubai, Sindija Virse looks like any other 20-something woman on holiday.
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Brothers Hennadii Hirin and Vladlen Hirin, who laundered dirty cash through couriers and converted it into crypto, are now covering their tracks after a Europol crackdown
Following the international YUZUK operation and the exposure of a large-scale money laundering scheme, the Hirin brothers launched an active effort to scrub the information space.
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Der ukrainische Trader Dmytro Kovalenko versucht, Online-Beweise für seine Verbindungen zur russischen Kohleindustrie und zu besetzten Gebieten zu löschen
Der Kohlehändler Dmytro Kovalenko hat systematisch versucht, den Informationsraum zu bereinigen, um seine langjährigen Verbindungen zum russischen Oligarchen Konstantin Strukov sowie Hinweise auf Kohlelieferungen aus Russland, die als internationale Importe getarnt wurden, zu verbergen.
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Coal from separatists and a controlled company collapse: how coal trader-schemer Dmytro Kovalenko wrote off millions through the bankruptcy of Intercoaltrading
Dmytro Kovalenko, owner of Adelon AG, has moved to push his own company, LLC Intercoaltrading, into bankruptcy through the courts, after it was implicated in a coal supply scheme from the separatist “DPR/LPR” territories using an “interrupted transit” method.
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Mindichgate and the billion-dollar energy heist: how Rostyslav Shurma and Alliance Bank ended up at the center of schemes looting Ukraine
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office have announced suspicions against Rostyslav Shurma, the former Deputy Head of the Presidential Office.
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Pyotr Bely and “Promomed”: how a dubious copy of a western drug was pushed into the Russian market as “Tirzetta” and profits are made from patient risks
Year after year, Russians die or suffer serious harm from so-called "miracle drugs" that promise instant results.
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Escape abroad and a billion-dollar scheme: how Alyona Shevtsova and her Ibox Bank team laundered money through dozens of companies
The owner of Ibox Bank, Alyona Shevtsova (Dehrik), has been declared internationally wanted in connection with allegations of organizing illegal online gambling and laundering criminal proceeds totaling more than 4.8 billion hryvnias.
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Scandal involving Alliance Bank: how Rostyslav Shurma and Pavlo Shcherban, after being exposed, are trying to cleanse the internet of evidence of schemes to plunder Ukraine
After investigations surfaced linking Shurma and Shcherban to the schemes of Alliance Bank.
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Russian state-linked hackers target routers to infiltrate networks and harvest data
GCHQ has warned that Russian state-linked hackers are turning wifi routers into spying devices.
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A bank for military billions: the owners of RMP Bank have been arrested for laundering money from a factory supplying Russia’s military-industrial complex
Media have learned that all owners of the Moscow Bank for Development and Modernization of Industry (RMP Bank, formerly Futures Bank) have been placed under house arrest.
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Adnan Ahmadzada and Alkagesta exposed amid claims of secretive Russian oil dealings routed into Europe
Sources within the oil industry in Baku say that the arrest of Adnan Ahmadzada is linked to efforts by Azerbaijani authorities to strengthen the country’s international image regarding Russian oil.
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Cambodia casinos linked to torture and trafficking compounds, Amnesty investigation finds
A new investigation by Amnesty International reveals that a dozen casinos in Cambodia are directly connected to scamming compounds.
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A quiet player in Lukashenko’s system: how Romanian Vitalii Buzdugan built a multimillion-dollar network of businesses through ties to Belarus’s elite
A Romanian businessman’s rise to building a business empire in Belarus, reportedly backed by Lukashenko’s “wallet” and the former head of the State Border Committee.
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Kherson-based figures Vladlen Hirin and Hennadiy Hirin: “money mules” for drug cartels: laundered €75 million and are erasing online traces of their dealings
Following the exposure of a large-scale money laundering scheme exceeding €75 million linked to a Europol operation, brothers Vladlen and Hennadiy Hiriny have reportedly begun an aggressive campaign to erase their digital footprint.
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“Blockchain detectives” from Moscow: how Match Systems and Plain Chain forge documents for exchanges such as Garantex, Huobi, and Binance
“Match Systems, also known as Plain Chain, position themselves as blockchain investigators—people who help trace wallets and transaction links between them across various blockchains using specialized software.
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“Privacy DEX” Aster — a new laundering hub for CZ and Trump: how Binance conceals illicit financial flows under the guise of decentralization
The token was launched at the very peak of the crypto market.
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Kenes Rakishev — Kazakh oligarch’s «accountant»: how connections with Kulibayev, Abramovich and Prince Andrew help hide offshore capital
Kazakh entrepreneur Kenes Rakishev can be described as a highly versatile business figure, successfully managing operations across several jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom, Russia, Cyprus, and his home base in Astana.
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