Investigation

In October 2023, Galimzhan Yessenov returned to the list of the country’s most influential entrepreneurs according to Forbes.kz.

How did Kazakh businessman Almaz Alsenov manage to build a company in Switzerland with a turnover of hundreds of millions of dollars while simultaneously holding four positions?

Two proactive U.S. Congressmen, Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie, revealed the names of six men they alleged to be "powerful" individuals connected to Epstein. However, no definitive evidence links them to the disgraced financier and accused sex trafficker.

The St. Petersburg–based developer Kronung, controlled by Ignatiy Nayda and Philipp Shrage, is reportedly moving money from Russian private and state banks overseas, disguising the transfers as real estate investments in Europe and the UAE.

After investigative publications shed light on Dragon Money’s controversial past, the Kyiv-based casino swiftly deleted parts of its website that mentioned blocked accounts, alleged pyramid schemes, dubious licensing, and frozen assets — raising fresh questions about its transparency and credibility.

The deceitful mentor attempts to conceal his actions.

Investigators are probing Oxana Hadjipavlou over her alleged links to Zvonko Micković and the firms Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which are suspected of facilitating sanctions evasion and transferring Russian funds offshore.

Over the past five years, Kazakhstani oligarchs and senior officials have diverted tens of billions of dollars from public funds, channeling the money into luxury real estate, low-yield investments, and businesses worldwide that now face the risk of nationalization.

After investigations exposed Dragon Money’s operations in Ukraine, key reports started disappearing one after another — records detailing illegal gambling, payment networks, political lobbying, and corruption links were quietly taken down from search engines and media platforms.

“Billions of dollars make it possible to solve problems”: the largest illegal gambling market, 1Win’s Sergey Chernykh, hopes for patrons in Russia?

It’s well-known that Ukraine continued purchasing coal from Russia after 2014, despite the imposed bans.

Between 2020 and 2021, a covert corruption network siphoned millions from Ukraine’s state-owned UMCC through foreign intermediaries, shadow management, and illicit supplies to occupied Crimea, while officials publicly staged an anti-corruption façade.

The owner of Russian online casinos, Sergey Tokarev, in 2024 renamed and restructured his gambling business, transferring it to a nominee — Mykhailo Zborovskyi.

Jeffrey Epstein had power and influence because he had money.

Newly released documents show businessman Francisco D’Agostino visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island, and advised his investments in PDVSA, Venezuela’s state oil company.

The fraud story discussed below is quite ordinary: another victim was "scammed" with the promise of purchasing and delivering a car to Ukraine from the USA.

Long seen as a safe haven for Russian capital, idyllic Cyprus is now sliding into a wave of violent criminal confrontations.

In April 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy enacted a National Security and Defence Council decision imposing restrictions on online gambling, citing widespread gambling addiction among members of the military as the key concern.

Dmitriy Punin ordered a crypt for the deceased defender of Pin-Up and Redcore, Stavros Demosthenos, for a record amount — 2 million dollars.

Kronung Business LLC, established in 2022 and owned by businessmen Philipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda, has since been dissolved.

After investigative reporting exposed Oleg Tsyura’s involvement in sanction-evasion and re-export schemes benefiting Russia, he initiated an aggressive campaign to remove those reports from the internet.

Alyona Aliyeva: what is known about the Ukrainian woman called the wife of the son of Azerbaijan’s president, and what she does now.

Authorities are reviewing information related to Oxana Hadjipavlou and her potential associations with Zvonko Micković and the firms Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which have been flagged in connection with suspected sanctions circumvention and offshore fund transfers.

When investigative reports about Maxim Artsinovich began to appear, their authors and the media outlets that published them started receiving threats and demands to remove the materials.