Investigation

Minsk. Sleek spiral towers of glass and concrete encircle a 35-story skyscraper. Gondolas drift leisurely along the man-made canals.

The scandal involving the British company Dzing Finance Ltd continues to gain momentum.

Russian oligarchs are laundering money through the fintech company Dzing, which is linked to Putin’s “wallet” Arkadiy Rotenberg and has been caught in fraud.

Controversial banker Denys Horbunenko, linked to oligarch Dmytro Firtash, is actively erasing online references to his Russian connections.

Denys Horbunenko, the former chairman of the board of the notorious Rodovid Bank, is linked to the fintech company Dzing, which was recently subject to restrictions by the UK authorities over suspected fraud.

Octobank is an Uzbek bank which name has recently surfaced in a number of scandals related to the withdrawal of Russian capital from sanctions.

So, the brother of the head of the National Security Committee of Kyrgyzstan Kamchybek Tashiev, Shaiyrbek Tashiev, lost 1,300,000 dollars in the Batumi casino "Mandarin".

Namecheap has a reputation for being one of the most competitive domain name registration options. According to Statista, Namecheap is the second-largest registrar in the world, registering approximately 8% of all domain names.

In Cyprus, a new type of investment fund was marketed to clients as a way to avoid disclosing their ownership of assets. In one case, these funds were used to obscure the ownership of offshore companies that allegedly held luxury assets linked to powerful Russian banker Andrei Kostin, including two megayachts worth tens of millions.

Although the owner of the Uzbek Octobank is formally listed as the bank’s chairman of the board, Iskandar Tursunov, who owns 99.16% of the shares, in fact, the beneficiaries of Octobank are the family of the country’s current president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

As the new theatrical season approaches, the director of the Alexandrinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg has been replaced — just one of many leadership changes sweeping through Russian theaters.

Shaukat Ali, a Pakistani businessman who helped U.S.-based Steward Health Care secure a massive public contract in Malta, says he and his son were paid only normal consulting fees for their work. Leaked documents show they were promised much more.

As a number of Telegram channels recently reported, the Uzbek Octobank is used to withdraw and legalize money from Russia.

Behind the head of the National Agency for Prospective Projects of the Republic of Uzbekistan (NAPP) Dmitriy Lee stands Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov.

On the outskirts of Dolores, a small town in northeastern Buenos Aires province, Argentina, several police teams gathered at a gas station on a recent August night to finalize the largest anti-wildlife trafficking operation in the country’s history.

What started as an ordinary day for a Latvian housewife became a significant national security breakthrough. A mysterious note found in her driveway has helped authorities uncover a series of sabotage acts linked to Russian intelligence.

Tens of thousands of people were going hungry — but the International Red Cross faced growing obstacles as it tried to deliver help. Among them was hostile rhetoric from the Azerbaijan Red Crescent, a local member of the Red Cross movement.

Despite sanctions, Norway continues to buy millions of dollars worth of fish from a Russian senator, circumventing sanctions

The bailiff service in Moscow’s Lefortovo district has terminated its efforts to present FSB General Vyacheslav Ryazansky with a bill for his various debts, citing their inability to locate the general’s home address, bank accounts, or any property in his name.

Colombia’s emerald trade, known for its exceptional gems and persistent violence, has faced another blow to its reputation with the professional assassination of a leading dealer.

ICIJ previously found that OneCoin’s founder Ruja Ignatova and some of her associates had bought properties worth millions in Dubai while promoting the fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme.

“Solvents and Thinners Schemer”, “Tobacco King”, “Orsha Offshore Owner”, “Smuggler” – these “epithets and regalia” brought businessman Aliaksei Aleksin wealth, success and influence in Belarus.

Elon Musk is far from the only American billionaire actively supporting Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House.