Report: Most Financial Crime and Corruption Journalists Face Threats
Most journalists who took part in a survey conducted by the Foreign Policy Centersaid they were threatened or harassed while...
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Hunter Biden Partner Secured Millions for Fund from Businessman with Reputed Organized Crime Ties
Hunter Biden’s longtime business partner, Devon Archer, secured nearly $3 million for a technology investment fund from a...
Most of Europe’s Largest Banks Declare Profits in Tax Havens
A majority of Europe’s largest banks are relying on tax havens to stash their profits, despite the fact that in some cases,...
The FinCEN Files
As a Slovenian Tycoon’s Empire Crumbled, His Bank Accounts Swelled
Taxpayers were forced to shoulder some of the burden of salvaging Darko Horvat’s business empire after it collapsed under...
The FinCEN Files
How an Irrepressible Serbian Arms Dealer Found a Conduit to Saudi Arabia through Qatar
He allegedly used a network of secretive trust funds, investigated for money laundering and masking payments for public...
Biometric Bribery: Inside Semlex’s Global Playbook
How Semlex and Gunvor Armed the Ivorian Civil War
As Ivory Coast descended into a violent political crisis, Semlex and Gunvor tried to help its pariah regime buy weapons in...
German Prosecutors Drop Money Laundering Probe Into Deutsche Bank
German prosecutors discontinued a money laundering investigation against managers at Deutsche Bank in relation with Estonian...
How a Syrian Ambassador’s Friend Made a Million Selling Him an Embassy
The Art Deco-style mansion at 47 Paris Street in Bucharest was never going to be cheap. It measures over a thousand square...
Tycoon with Close Ties to Belarus Dictator Used Time Travel to Evade Sanctions
A wealthy businessman dodged international sanctions with help from company service providers, including Mossack Fonseca.
European Anti-Money Laundering Watchdog Starts Inspecting the Vatican
Nearly a year after the Vatican appointed one of Italy’s top anti-mafia prosecutors to tackle alleged financial wrongdoing...
U.S. Agencies Impose $920M Fine on JPMorgan
New York-based global banking and financial services firm JPMorgan Chase & Co. admitted it had been manipulating the...
UN: Africa Loses $89 Billion Per Year to Illicit Financial Flows
The amount of money African countries lose each year to illicit financial flows – $88.6 billion, or 3.7% of its total GDP –...