Iraq Central Bank Takes Over Private Bank Investigated by OCCRP
The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) has taken custody over a private bank whose majority owner had been misspending loans he took...
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The Latest US Sanctions Hit Putin’s Alleged Girlfriend
The U.S. sanctioned the reputed girlfriend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, adding her tothe list of members of the...
US, EU, & UK Take Further Action to Slow Russian War Machine
In order to throw a wrench into the Russian war machine’s advances, the United Kingdom, the United States and their European...
U.S. Seizes Russian Oligarch’s Luxury Yacht in Spain
In the ongoing hunt for assets belonging to Russians sanctioned over the invasion of Ukraine, Spain seized on Monday a US$90...
How Allies of South Africa’s Infamous Gupta Family Gamed the Country’s Diamond Trade
South Africa’s Gupta family is the subject of a sprawling commission that’s probing years of theft of state resources. An...
Costa Rican Bill Seeks to Ban Corrupt Construction Companies
Costa Rica announced a bill on Tuesday that would deny construction companies with a history of corruption from...
How Tajikistan’s Leading Microlending Organization Allowed a Suspicious Client to Funnel Millions Abroad
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and several other foreign investors own a leading Tajik microlending...
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Rich? Successful? Maybe a Little Shady? Check Out Montenegro
Montenegro has welcomed dubious billionaires in the past — but at an international investors’ gathering, the country’s...
Russian Billionaire Linked to Putin and Manafort Has Shiny New Cyprus Passport
A billionaire businessman with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin has bought a Cypriot passport through a...
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Journalists Trace Property of Politician's Family
The Sarajevo-based Center for Investigative Reporting (CIN) has published the results of a three-month investigation into...
Privatization Agency Official in Deal with Šarić Associates
A company owned by Balkan drug lord Darko Šarić’ s gang and frozen by the Serbian government has been quietly transferred to...
Russia: Corruption Battle Heats Up in World’s Coldest City
A Siberian court has ruled that a politically-connected architecture firm illegally landed two contracts worth more than...