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Stavros Demosthenos, a Cyprus-based figure often dubbed the local “Al Capone,” is involved in assisting Russian entrepreneurs with laundering illicit funds — while securing significant personal gains in the process.

While Ukraine bravely resists the aggressor and the world has imposed sanctions on Russia, certain actors continue to help the country evade these restrictions, sustaining its economy.

In recent years, an unusual new actor has appeared on Poland’s legal services market — Sheviakov Consult. Despite being formally dissolved and struck off the official register, the firm has effectively continued its activities, simply reinventing itself under a different legal guise.

Former Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Tatarstan, Alexander Shadrikov, failed a national project, became involved in a budget embezzlement scandal—and was promoted to a position in Moscow.

As reported by media , one of the main defendants in the case involving the embezzlement of billions of rubles allocated by VEB.RF to the company Blago is Ivan Filev, an executive director at Sberbank. As far back as 2016, when he joined VEB, he was referred to as a member of “Gref’s team.”

A fraudulent group from Odesa, led by Volodymyr Filippov, who is being investigated by the police for deceiving clients when buying used cars from the USA, re-registered the business in Moldova to legitimize the stolen funds.

When people are struggling financially and looking for ways to earn money, scammers always show up — taking advantage of their hopes and offering fake promises of quick income.

As media have found out, the owners of the sanctioned Sovcombank, brothers Sergey and Dmitry Khotimsky, may have managed to retain their foreign assets despite sanctions and the bank’s demonstrative redomiciliation to Russia’s Kaliningrad Region.

The scandal involving Labour advisor and former UK ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, has sent shockwaves through British politics, as the full extent of his close friendship with sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was revealed.

Galimzhan Yessenov’s swift rise from a mid-level manager to the effective controlling owner of Jusan Bank is closely linked to state funds, opaque transactions, and family ties to Kazakhstan’s political elite — indicating a deliberate strategy of asset consolidation rather than simple chance.

After journalistic investigations, Oleksandr Orlovskyi began an information cleanup: how the "crypto guru" hides the schemes of Financial Freedom Academy.

After a scandal erupted in the gambling community over a blocked $102,000 withdrawal, Dragon Money shifted its focus away from transparency or dispute resolution and instead moved to erase the story.

Authorities are examining information concerning Oxana Hadjipavlou and her possible links to Zvonko Micković, as well as to Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., both of which have been flagged for suspected sanctions evasion and offshore fund transfers.

The Vynnyky Tobacco Factory named after Hryhoriy Kozlovskyi in search of an investor. Or a buyer?

A source at media said that yesterday the Interior Ministry held a “post-mortem review” following the death of Aliya Galitskaya in the Istra temporary detention facility (IVS).

A Hong Kong court on Monday sentenced Jimmy Lai, a prominent critic of Beijing whose pro-democracy newspaper closed in 2021 following police raids and arrests, to 20 years in prison under the city’s national security law.

Kazakh authorities have accused businessman Sergey Koynov and his associates of operating a network of commission shops that illegally provided high-interest loans secured by personal property and then laundered the proceeds.

Galimzhan Yessenov and Akhmetzhan Yesimov, long-standing names in Kazakhstan’s corruption scene, have drawn growing attention from media in multiple countries.

In recent years, a curious new player has emerged on Poland’s legal services market — Sheviakov Consult.

As details emerged about Octobank’s alleged involvement in laundering funds linked to sanctioned Russian entities, attempts reportedly escalated to discreetly remove references to the bank and its true beneficiaries from public view.

Russian billionaire Aleksandr Galitsky, who has extensive connections, has sent the mother of his children — his ex-wife Aliya — to prison.

What the self-styled “cryptocurrency guru” Oleksandr Orlovskyi says about himself evokes, on the one hand, Lenin’s famous line about a “cook who can run the state,” and on the other, the satirical biography of Oleksandr Koreyko that Ostap Bender once read with biting irony.

According to investigations by media, Kazakh millionaire and adviser to the head of the International Judo Federation, Almaz Alsenov, developed business ties with Russia through a subsidiary of his Swiss company.