The Crime Messenger: How Sky ECC Phones Became a Tool of the Criminal Trade
What do criminals say to each other when they think nobody can hear?
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Scoop
Fraud Convictions Didn’t Stop This Lawyer From Building a Bustling Practice in Cyprus
Cypriot authorities stalled for 13 years on a European Arrest Warrant filed by the U.K., where Christos...
The Crime Messenger: How Sky ECC Phones Became a Tool of the Criminal Trade
Investigation
Balkan Criminals Planned Murders Using Encrypted Phones from Canadian Start-Up Sky Global
Sky phones were a favorite tool for criminals to discuss logistics. Now, it turns out that some of Sky’s most...
The Crime Messenger: How Sky ECC Phones Became a Tool of the Criminal Trade
Investigation
How a Canadian Company's Encrypted Phones Ended Up in the Hands of Criminals Worldwide
It didn’t take long for business to boom after Jean-Francois Eap launched a Vancouver-based start-up selling...
Investigation
As Bribery Probe Unfolded, Airbus Kept in Touch With Middleman on Controversial Kuwait Helicopters Deal
Senior Airbus executives corresponded with an intermediary for controversial helicopter deals in Kuwait after the...
Investigation
FC Barcelona Almost Scores Own Goal in Lewandowski Transfer Scam
When an apparent fraudster impersonated a famous football agent and asked FC Barcelona for 1 million euros,...
Scoop
Alleged Hong Kong Crypto Swindler Tied to Singapore Money Laundering Syndicate
Su Weiyi faces charges of theft in Hong Kong in relation to the 2022 collapse of the cryptocurrency platform Atom...
Investigation
How Private Equity and an Ambitious Landlord Put Steward Health Care on Life Support
Nearly 300,000 internal documents leaked from Steward Health Care to OCCRP show how a private equity firm, real...
Investigation
Iraq’s Dollar Auction: The ‘Monster’ Funneling Billions to Fraudsters and Militants Through the U.S. Federal Reserve
A system set up to channel dollars from Iraqi oil sales to importers has been exploited by money launderers and...
Project
The Steinmetz Scandals
The Steinmetz Scandals
Deals that Helped Tycoon Steinmetz Combat Bribery Fallout
Beny Steinmetz’s company obtained iron ore deposits worth billions thanks to bribes paid to the wife of a West...
The Steinmetz Scandals
Beny Steinmetz: Scion of Diamond Royalty, Now At Bay Over Bribery Charges
Beny Steinmetz emerged from his father’s shadow to build a corporate empire, but his methods have left him facing...
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Project
Dubai Unlocked
Dubai Unlocked
Singapore Money Laundering Suspects Invested Huge Sums in Dubai Property
Three people arrested in a raid on an alleged money laundering ring in Singapore invested over $30 million in...
Dubai Unlocked
Top Crypto Scammers Managed to Sell Dubai Properties After Being Charged
So-called CryptoQueen Ruja Ignatova and her security adviser, Frank Schneider, liquidated Dubai assets despite...
Dubai Unlocked
What Is 'Dubai Unlocked'? Everything You Need To Know
Frequently asked questions about the global investigation into Dubai property ownership.
‘Make a Molotov Cocktail’: How Europeans Are Recruited Through Telegram to Commit Sabotage, Arson, and Murder
The cases are multiplying across Europe: Young men with pro-Russian views instructed on Telegram to carry out...
Russian Asset Tracker
Secretive Cyprus-Registered Funds Were Used to Hide Megayachts and Luxury Real Estate Linked to Sanctioned Russian Banker
In Cyprus, a new type of investment fund was marketed to clients as a way to avoid disclosing their ownership of...
A Murky Cypriot Firm Is Helping Belarus Export Potash — In Breach of EU Sanctions
Belarus' state potash trade is sanctioned by the EU. So why is a company registered in Cyprus being paid millions...
Meet Dmitry Mironov, the Enigmatic Putin Aide Managing the Kremlin’s HR Department
As Vladimir Putin tightens his circle of trust, a former secret service officer has emerged as one of his closest...
Cyprus Firm Helped Sanctioned Russian Oligarch Move Funds
Cypriot corporate service provider MeritServus helped Konstantin Malofeev, an oligarch sanctioned for his support...
Beneficial Ownership Data is Critical in the Fight Against Corruption
This Luxembourg Businessman Got Europe's Corporate Registries Shut Down. But Whose Privacy Was He Protecting?
Why did a man who runs a private aircraft company become a central figure in rolling back corporate transparency...
Theme
Banking
Iraq’s Dollar Auction: The ‘Monster’ Funneling Billions to Fraudsters and Militants Through the U.S. Federal Reserve
A system set up to channel dollars from Iraqi oil sales to importers has been exploited by money launderers and...
The Shadow Investor
The Lies That Kept A Central Asian Money Launderer's Cash Flowing
For years, the Abdukadyr family’s self-confessed money launderer sent their money abroad using a variety of...
A Fake Bank Was Shut Down in Spain. Now a New One Has Popped Up in the U.K.
In 2017, Spanish authorities cracked down on over two dozen shell companies, masquerading as a bank in Madrid,...
Story Killers
Israeli Disinformation Expert Linked to Faked Bank Accounts in Serbian Smear Campaign
A leaked report sheds light on the source of a mysterious media attack on the Serbian president’s political...
Credit Suisse Banked Abramovich Fortune Held in Secret Offshore Companies
Credit Suisse loaned hundreds of millions of dollars to Abramovich’s offshore companies, which used U.S. stocks as...
Suisse Secrets
Kosovo’s Former Ambassador to U.S. Failed to Report Millions in Credit Suisse Account
As a senior public official, Ismaili was required by law to declare his assets, including foreign bank accounts....
Banking News
South Africa’s Justice Minister Scrutinized Over VBS Loan Controversy
News
Aug 29, 2024
Swiss Government Motions for Press Freedom in Country’s Finance Sector
News
Nov 18, 2022
In Nationwide Sweep Against Financial Crime over 200 Arrested in Turkey
News
Nov 18, 2022
Ghana Junior Finance Minister Sacked Over Corruption Accusations
News
Nov 17, 2022
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