The Sweetheart Oil Deal Funding Ukraine’s Top Pro-Kremlin Politician
Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk is a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and a reliable Kremlin...
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Newly Obtained Audit Report Details How Shady Clients from Around the World Moved Billions Through Estonia
Billions of dollars in dirty money flowed through Danske Bank’s branch in Estonia, an explosive 2014 audit revealed. The...
The Matraimov Kingdom
The Kolbayev Connection
A private resort village on the shores of Kyrgyzstan’s Lake Issyk Kul is among the clues that connect former Kyrgyz customs...
Love, Offshores, and Administrative Resources: How Marrying Putin’s Daughter Gave Kirill Shamalov a World of Opportunity
Thousands of emails sent and received by Kirill Shamalov — Vladimir Putin’s former son-in-law — showcase the fantastic...
'I Already Knew Who Was Behind Her': A Mysterious Woman, a Top Russian Official, and Contracts Worth Millions
A mysterious woman negotiates state contracts for a major security company and owns firms that do lucrative business with...
The FinCEN Files
Prevezon Holdings: The Black Money Collector
A small Russian-owned real estate investment company based in Cyprus leaves an unusually large footprint in stories about...
The FinCEN Files
A Small-Scale Con Exposes Deutsche Bank’s Lack of Oversight
Leaked documents show bank regulators filed reports but did little to stop financial abuse
The FinCEN Files
Rinse, Profit, Repeat: How a Small Team of Estonians Turned a Danish Bank into a Laundromat
New documents show a group of bankers actively helped their clients skirt money laundering regulations by running offshore...
The FinCEN Files
By Suitcase And By Wire: How Reza Zarrab Smuggled Russia’s Money
Reza Zarrab is best-known for laundering money for Iran. But “The Turkish Gatsby” also secretly moved hundreds of millions...
How Alexei Navalny Exposed Russian Corruption
Russia’s best-known dissident — now fighting for his life in a Siberian hospital after an apparent poisoning — is usually...
A Road of Pain and Blood
Broken bones, pools of blood and excrement, and sadistic humiliation: These are the conditions faced by peaceful protesters...
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...