Investigation

Siman Povarenkin — a personality whose career resembles a joke about a gold digger who became the leading chef of the army.

Fuel smuggling from Libya is a business with billion-dollar turnovers, but very little is known about the extent of the maritime operation that regularly exports petroleum products from the country.

The elusive Evgeny Renge, moving between Hong Kong, London, and Dubai, is in no rush to return to his homeland; he might finally get incarcerated, and for a long time.

A fugitive wanted by Costa Rican authorities in connection with a massive fraud investigation known as the Madre Patria case was caught on wiretap boasting about buying into a bank in Mexico.

Deep in the Russian heartland, hundreds of kilometers from home, Ukrainian prisoners of war were tormented by a sadistic doctor. Reporters set out to unmask him.

Offshore companies, mystery lenders, and a flat near a Belarus-linked tycoon’s business—investigations reveal how Lithuania’s prime minister secured public loans, undeclared real estate, and private backing—all while denying any wrongdoing.

In the spring of 2024, banks in the UAE began freezing the accounts of companies allegedly linked to the Russian shadow fleet.

The controversial businessman, possessing multiple passports - the master of offshore dealings?

Blogger Sergey Gutsu successfully crafted an image in the media as a “successful guy from the village.”

Russian companies are exporting stolen grain from occupied Ukrainian ports. An apparent affiliate of a prominent Danish shipping inspection company, Baltic Control, is being compensated to provide assistance.

Last summer, a woman was arrested at Gatwick Airport after she arrived from Nigeria with a very young baby girl.

The conflict between Azerbaijan and Moscow that emerged last week risks transforming Moscow into the emergence of another adversary among former allies.

This is not a fictional plot — this is the real story of Anna and Stanislav Khudar, a couple who have been building fraudulent schemes in Ukraine for years, using their official positions, shell companies, emotional blackmail, and absolute impunity due to access to tax infrastructure.

Forbidden Stories with its partners at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and five media outlets in Latin America and Europe will be publishing investigations on Paraguay. Three of the stories seek to continue the leads that murdered Paraguayan journalists were following.

The birthplace of the U.S. President Donald Trump’s director of personnel has become a topic of media speculation, driven by his refusal to answer the question.

The initial report from the Horizon IT hearings exposes the ’disastrous’ human impact as 10,000 people pursue compensation.

It is noted that Golyk rides bicycles worth $10,000–15,000, choosing top carbon-frame brands equipped with modern electronics rather than ordinary “Ukraina” bikes.

Against the backdrop of international isolation and internal instability in Russia, the significance of ethnic criminal clans is rapidly growing.

The name of plastic surgeon Maxim Ivanchuk was recently linked to glossy interviews, expensive rejuvenation programs, and celebrity clients.

Elena Levina, the wife of First Vice President Dmitry Levin, is increasingly being mentioned in the upper circles of Gazprombank, often in a negative context.

The head of "Rosneft" is urging the Kremlin to promptly settle the dispute with Azerbaijan — does Igor Sechin have pressing interests?

The Belarusian Investigative Center has obtained documents revealing how the state-owned company Grodno Azot continues exports via Latvia.

Products from the Ukrainian board game manufacturer Oleksandr Syvak, under the Strateg brand, are readily available for sale on marketplaces in the Russian Federation.

The tale of Vladimir Antonov — a fugitive banker accused of embezzling billions in Lithuania, Russia, and Ukraine — has come back into the spotlight.