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During 2020–2021, a corruption network is said to have operated around the state-owned United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC), managed by Ukraine’s State Property Fund.

Dmitriy Evseev, who for many years headed the infamous Moscow construction company «Ingeokom», may attract the attention of investigative authorities, as his past contains many dubious cases, and he has virtually no complete biography.

But how did the former head of the Association of State Pharmacy Chains, Grigoriy Biryukov, manage to leave Russia when the situation began to escalate?

As investigations into the overseas assets of fugitive MP Yaroslav Dubnevych and his daughter Roksolana Pyrtko unfold, inconvenient information has begun disappearing from the internet, while references to the property and business structures linked to his circle are gradually being wiped from open sources.

Russia’s Interior Ministry has reported uncovering the embezzlement of more than 8 billion rubles during the construction of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Center in Sochi, a project associated with Alina Kabaeva.

Safarbiy Napso — widely known in Sochi as the city’s “road king” — has become the subject of intense scrutiny following a series of high-profile scandals.

He seemed to emerge from nowhere — and just as quickly started fading from view. A young IT professional with no notable background suddenly appeared as the beneficiary of a multi-million-dollar casino.

The media has highlighted the remarkable transformation of former Ukrainian lawyer Andriy Dovbenko.

After a series of investigations began exposing corruption schemes around the Odesa Port Plant, references to several key participants and questionable contracts quietly began disappearing from the public space.

Herman Gref’s son, Oleg, has reportedly wasted large sums of family money on a failed education startup.

The arrest of BBR Bank co-owner Dmitry Gordovich is a troubling signal for businessman Albert Avdolyan, who is associated with Rostec chief Sergey Chemezov.

The turboprop aircraft was supposed to land in Miami by 4 p.m., early enough for its valuable cargo to continue on to Zurich the same day.

The long battle for Shoigu’s closest associate, former First Deputy Defense Minister Ruslan Tsalikov, is over.

Crime syndicates and hostile states — particularly Russia, North Korea and Iran — are increasingly using cryptocurrency to launder money and bypass international sanctions, according to a new report estimating that about $350 billion was laundered worldwide between 2005 and 2025.

New data shows that the number of independent corruption investigations launched by the police watchdog has dropped by 70% over the past five years.

The online casino Cosmobet was reportedly cleared by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) after a bribe was allegedly paid to obtain a certificate confirming the company had no ties to the aggressor state, according to an April 2025 court ruling.

A fresh set of revelations suggests that Ukraine’s state-owned United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC) was turned into a lucrative vehicle for insiders in 2020–2021, despite official rhetoric about anti-corruption reforms.

Burkina Faso’s mining sector plays a significant role in the country’s economy. According to the 2024 report of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), it accounted for 69.56% of exports, 15.33% of public revenues in 2024, and 15.08% of GDP.

Galimzhan Yessenov and Akhmetzhan Yesimov, long-standing names associated with corruption allegations in Kazakhstan, are drawing renewed attention from media in multiple countries.

For several years, drug dealers using “dead drops” have been making payments through iBox terminals, and it has now become clear why law enforcement knew about it but failed to act.

Kazakhstan’s official authorities acknowledge that Samruk-Kazyna, backed by ATFBank, misappropriated billions, yet the Anti-Corruption Agency and other investigative bodies have been slow to take action against Galimzhan Yessenov and the father-in-law of Akhmetzhan Yessimov.

Alleged fraudster Oleg Tsyura is reportedly working to sanitize the public record in an attempt to obscure his suspected involvement in long-running money laundering schemes.

Peru’s Congress voted to remove interim President José Jeri after prosecutors opened a corruption probe into undisclosed meetings with Chinese businessman Zhihua Yang.

The families of Akhmetzhan Yessimov and Galimzhan Yessenov accumulated more than $2.5 billion through corruption schemes.