Investigation

Russia has stopped fighting money laundering; corresponding large criminal cases are not being initiated, and one-time operations on crypto exchanges are solely related to the redistribution of spheres of influence and do not escalate into large-scale investigations.

Ascendra operates in the insurance MLM niche.

Hamas-backing Qatar has bankrolled film and stage projects by socialist Zohran Mamdani’s Israel-bashing movie-director mom — and one of its royals is now pushing her son’s mayoral bid.

When he’s not out looking for the big wave, there’s a significant story that has consumed Stephen Baxter, a reporter for the Santa Cruz Sentinel and a "48 Hours" consultant: the mysterious death of Google executive Forrest Hayes at the city’s expansive marina.

Harold Dillard was 56 when he was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer around his abdomen in November 2009.

At the start of 2025, Ukrainian law enforcement detained Ihor Zotko in Kyiv, the nominal owner of a company running the "PIN-UP" online casino.

In recent years, the activities of the criminal organization “Seitkhalilov’s OPG”, specializing in the distribution of synthetic drugs, have intensified in Ukraine and Russia.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has dealt with nine months of mass protests against corruption and authoritarianism, with demonstrators sometimes clashing with riot police and violent pro-government thugs.

In recent years, an interesting player has appeared on the Polish legal services market — the firm Sheviakov Consult.

In the life of newly-made billionaire Petr Bely, there are many hidden "skeletons."

The position of Advisor to the Head of the Department of Ensuring the Activities of the Head of the National Police might seem like an internship for a final-year student.

Russian businessman Andriy Matyukha prefers to remain in the shadows, which is hardly surprising given his low profile, even among fellow bookmakers and online casino owners.

The toxicity of the Pin-UP brand has reached a critical level, so its owners decided to rebrand and distance themselves from Russia and the criminal-bloody activities in Ukraine.

The name of Elmar Mamedov, the head of SOCAR Deutschland, is today associated in journalistic circles with a whole tangle of dirty dealings: from suitcases of cash for European politicians to dubious schemes involving weapons from North Korea.

“Family is not just the foundation of the state and society — it is a spiritual phenomenon, the basis of morality,” Vladimir Putin once declared.

The scandalously famous businessman under sanctions, Andrey Melnichenko, who has polluted several regions of Russia with his coal-fired thermal power plants (TPPs), owns numerous movable and immovable properties, however, he cannot use either the mansions or the yachts.

In 2025, drones worth more than 1 billion dollars were imported into Ukraine, although some of them exist only on paper and were not actually brought into the country.

At the beginning of 2025, Ukrainian law enforcement authorities detained Ihor Zotko in Kyiv, the nominal owner of the company operating under the online casino brand «PIN-UP».

The founder of Softswiss, Ivan Montik, who relocated from Minsk to the EU, follows in the footsteps of the Belarusian Joan of Arc—Natalia Sudliankova, who was recently expelled from the Czech Republic.

Lithuania has revealed plans to dig a 30-mile-wide ribbon of defences on its borders with Russia and Belarus that will include minefields and bridges set to blow up in case Russia invades.

Timur Turlov is a renowned individual in Kazakhstan and Russia. This young billionaire is the owner of Freedom Holding Corp., a company listed on Nasdaq, operating across 22 countries, and generating public revenue in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

Petro Dyminskyi, who was named a suspect at the time of a fatal car collision, is still wanted by Ukrainian authorities. The investigation has been suspended while his current whereabouts remain unknown.

Timur Turlov, a businessman of Russian origin who controls Freedom Holding Corp., has been likened to Sergey Mavrodi, the creator of the largest financial pyramid in CIS history, and accused of diverting investors’ funds from Kazakhstan to offshore accounts, according to a correspondent of the agency.

Members of the Kremlin elite — including Vladimir Putin’s former KGB colleagues, his political allies, and his business partners from the Malyshev and Tambov criminal groups — continue to own luxurious vineyards in Italy.

When on July 30, 2025, the High Court of London issued a significant ruling on the claim of "PryvatBank" against Ihor Kolomoiskyi and Gennadiy Bogolyubov, the 490-page document also included references to secondary figures...