Police investigators in the UK have launched an inquiry into the involvement of 19 British shell companies in a US$20 billion money-laundering operation.

Preliminary results of Moldova’s Nov. 30 national elections show the outcome tipping toward parties in favor of closer ties with the European Union (EU) – if they can put aside their differences to form a coalition.

An investigation by OCCRP partner Re:Baltica has opened a new window into the brutal conditions of prisons in Latvia.

The violence that inmates in Latvia’s prisons face, both from guards and from other prisoners, has brought the facilities under scrutiny from the country’s ombudsman and the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture.

Patria, a pro-Russian political party has been struck from the slate of upcoming parliamentary elections in Moldova by a ruling from the country's Appeals Court on Thursday.

A decision to bar the party from the polls was reached after the emergence of surreptious recordings made by authorities of an interview between an OCCRP reporter and party leader, Renato Usatii, where he talked about his relationship with Russian state interests. He also made threats against the life of Russian banker German Gorbuntsov.

Anti-corruption authorities in Croatia will investigate a prominent meat mogul.

Pressure has risen on Serbian officials to fix ambiguities in the law after a journalistic investigation alleging that cops moonlight as security guards and engage in acts of violence. 

Experts say East Timor is facing the biggest threat to its stability since the 2006 crisis after its prime minister banned international officials from the justice sector and expelled eight foreign judges and anti-corruption officials.

 The leader of the Turkish opposition has claimed that the media ban on a major corruption investigation serves only to protect thieves.

Two defendants accused of involvement in Armenia's largest drug bust to date declared their innocence this week at the Goris branch of Syunik Court of Jurisdiction.

Pressure grew on the president of Ghana this week to launch a public inquiry into alleged connections between his own circle and a Ghanaian woman arrested in a drug bust in the UK.