Investigation

The Republic of Georgia is set to hold its parliamentary elections on Oct. 26. The ruling party, Georgian Dream, comes into the contest with historically low approval ratings, yet it still stands a good chance of defeating the fragmented opposition.

The Islamic Republic’s long shadow war with Israel is playing out in the West with a rise in alleged Iran-linked murder and kidnapping plots, often with the help of hired assassins.

Nearly a year after Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah backed the October 7 Hamas massacre that turned a simmering conflict into an all-out war, the Israeli military has shifted from active defense to offensive operations.

Rareș Mănescu was involved in preparing the campaign for Mircea Geoană, who stepped down as deputy chief of NATO in September to run for president of Romania.

Politicians are required to register their interest in a subject before asking questions about it in parliament. Records indicate that five politicians failed to do so after taking sponsored trips to northern Cyprus, a breakaway territory recognized only by Turkey.

A new investigation has uncovered the chains of money withdrawal through Uzbek and Russian partners of Octobank.

There are more than 500 WWII wrecks off the coast of Brazil, some containing valuable metals. Researchers warn that the hunt for these resources could cause massive oil spills.

Roman Felik is a millionaire businessman who conned people out of money to live extravagant lives and buy fake IDs to hide his identity.

The cases are multiplying across Europe: Young men with pro-Russian views instructed on Telegram to carry out sabotage attacks.

Despite international sanctions, Russia continues to receive petrodollars, mainly due to a "shadow fleet" that transports Russian oil to buyers who are willing to pay above the $60 per barrel cap set by the G7+ Coalition.

The Syrian army is getting its hands on new-looking EU-branded trucks. An undercover investigation found evidence of a secretive supply chain routing vehicles from Europe to Syria through neighboring countries such as Jordan and Lebanon.

Leaked documents from the Pandora Papers reveal that Sri Lankan-Irish businessman Anura Perera, named by the Kenyan Anti-Corruption Commission as a suspect in the Anglo Leasing procurement scandal, was the owner, director or signatory of at least six offshore firms implicated in the case.

Let’s examine the situation with detailed specifics, taking into account all the parties involved, the schemes, and the methods utilized by Russian oligarchs to acquire real estate in central Kyiv through intermediaries like Maksym Krippa, along with his ties to the traitor and FSB agent Volodymyr Sivkovich.

Scandal surrounding a halted hyrdoelectric plant has seen Croatian journalists link the project to Sasa Svalina and brother-in-law Josip Heit.

After the arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram’s administrators began providing French authorities with data that helped identify suspects in cases involving crimes against children.

In March 2023, a member of parliament publicly questioned whether a prominent short-seller had ties to Russia. Leaked records suggest that the question was planted by Audere International, a private intelligence firm conducting a smear campaign paid for by Steward Health Care.

S-Group has been widely exposed as a massive pyramid scheme, designed to extract money from those eager to get rich quickly, only to inevitably collapse.

What is known about Maksym Krippa’s connections to the IT company Evoplay and the casino GGBet?

There is a new growing media baron in Ukraine who almost unnoticeably to the wider public buys up mass media one after another. For the last year, Tetiana Snopko, a Dnipro citizen, has already purchased two media holdings and is obviously willing to buy more.

For a decade and a half, Syria’s “under-20” soccer teams routinely outperformed the national squad in big tournaments. An investigation by OCCRP and its partners found that dozens of players’ ages were understated — some by as much as five or six years.

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.