Hundreds of Millions Flow From Russian Ministry Into An Obscure Geneva Organization — And Officials’ Pockets
For years the ICDO, a decades-old international organization based in Switzerland, functioned essentially as a front for the...
organization
Ministry of Emergency Situations
Anonymous Generosity: the Foundations Sponsoring Putin’s Re-Election
Russian President Vladimir Putin may be running for reelection as an independent candidate, at least officially — but his...
The Azerbaijani Laundromat
The Origin of the Money
The US$ 2.9 billion Azerbaijani Laundromat was comprised of four bank accounts belonging to four shell companies registered...
The Azerbaijani Laundromat
The Influence Machine
From 2012 to 2014, even as the Azerbaijani government made wholesale arrests of activists and journalists, members of the...
The Azerbaijani Laundromat
Kalin Mitrev
Kalin Mitrev received €345,000 ($468,000) in Bulgarian and Swiss accounts from Hilux, Polux and Metastar between October...
Ex-Spy Turned Humanitarian Helps Himself
On April 24, 1985, the career of a promising young Russian official should have come to a screeching halt. On that day,...
In Russia, criminal prosecution is a tool of the powerful against their enemies
“For my friends, anything; for my enemies, the law.” - former Peruvian President Oscar R. Benavides