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Bangladeshi Politician Close to Prime Minister Hasina Secretly Owns Over $4 Million in New York Real Estate Mohammed Abdus Sobhan Miah worked as a cab driver, pizza cook, and drugstore clerk while living in New York City, but a few years… 13 Jan 2023 Zulkarnain Saer Khan, Bangladeshi Politician Close to Prime Minister Hasina Secretly Owns Over $4 Million in New York Real Estate, Read more: Bangladeshi Politician Close to Prime Minister Hasina Secretly Owns Over $4 Million in New York…

Ex-FIFA Executive Jack Warner Financed “Election Engineering” Campaign in Trinidad Disgraced former FIFA Vice President Jack Warner personally funded an ethnically divisive disinformation campaign in Trinidad and Tobago designed by an election engineering firm to discourage black … 22 Dec 2022 Anuška Delić (OCCRP/Oštro), Ex-FIFA Executive Jack Warner Financed “Election Engineering” Campaign in Trinidad, Read more: Ex-FIFA Executive Jack Warner Financed “Election Engineering” Campaign in Trinidad

Announcements OCCRP Names Yevgeny Prigozhin 2022 “Person of the Year” in Organized Crime and Corruption, OCCRP Names Yevgeny Prigozhin 2022 “Person of the Year” in Organized Crime and Corruption Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin wins OCCRP’s 2022 Person of the Year award, which singles out those who wreak havoc around the world through organized crime and 29 Dec 2022 OCCRP, OCCRP Names Yevgeny Prigozhin 2022 “Person of the Year” in Organized Crime and Corruption, Read more: OCCRP Names Yevgeny Prigozhin 2022 “Person of the Year” in Organized Crime and Corruption

Mexican Prosecutor Who Led Investigations Into Violent Crimes of Romanian Gang is Accused of Being on Their Payroll A former member of the Riviera Maya gang was stabbed in Mexico by his onetime comrades. The Mexican prosecutor who led the investigation didn’t… 5 Dec 2022 Attila Biro (OCCRP/Context.ro), Lilia Saúl Rodriguez (OCCRP), and Jonny Wrate (OCCRP), Mexican Prosecutor Who Led Investigations Into Violent Crimes of Romanian Gang is Accused of Being on Their Payroll, Read more: Mexican Prosecutor Who Led Investigations Into Violent Crimes of Romanian Gang is Accused of Being…

Rwanda Fed False Intelligence to U.S. and Interpol As It Pursued Political Dissidents Abroad Rwandan dissidents have claimed that President Paul Kagame has used dirty tactics to go after his critics abroad. Now, a classified FBI report obtained… 4 Nov 2022 Carlos Mureithi (OCCRP) and Kira Zalan (OCCRP), Rwanda Fed False Intelligence to U.S. and Interpol As It Pursued Political Dissidents Abroad, Read more: Rwanda Fed False Intelligence to U.S. and Interpol As It Pursued Political Dissidents Abroad

Five Years After Daphne Caruana Galizia’s Murder, The Battle Against Impunity in Malta Continues The murdered journalist’s family has braved harassment, government resistance, and a longstanding culture of impunity. But “there is no time to grieve,” her sister… 16 Oct 2022 Ilya Lozovsky (OCCRP), Five Years After Daphne Caruana Galizia’s Murder, The Battle Against Impunity in Malta Continues, Read more: Five Years After Daphne Caruana Galizia’s Murder, The Battle Against Impunity in Malta Continues

Taiwanese Tycoon Jailed for Embezzlement May Have Used Girlfriend to Hide Tens of Millions at Credit Suisse When Sun Daocun died in 2021, he left behind a string of unresolved debts which had enraged a long line of creditors. Now, data from inside Credit … 6 Oct 2022 OCCRP, Taiwan Anti-Corruption & Whistleblower Protection Association (TAWPA), and Taiwan People News, Taiwanese Tycoon Jailed for Embezzlement May Have Used Girlfriend to Hide Tens of Millions at Credit Suisse, Read more: Taiwanese Tycoon Jailed for Embezzlement May Have Used Girlfriend to Hide Tens of Millions at…

Scientist Convicted for Helping Russia Spy on US Had High-Level Mexican Political Connections A Florida judge sent Mexican scientist Héctor Cabrera-Fuentes to jail in June on the charge of being an unregistered foreign agent. Now, reporters have… 12 Oct 2022 Lilia Saúl Rodriguez (OCCRP), Daniela Castro (OCCRP/Miami Herald), and Kevin G. Hall (OCCRP), Scientist Convicted for Helping Russia Spy on US Had High-Level Mexican Political Connections, Read more: Scientist Convicted for Helping Russia Spy on US Had High-Level Mexican Political Connections

Oliver Stone Documentary About Kazakhstan’s Former Leader Nazarbayev Was Funded by a Nazarbayev Foundation The documentary was panned for its hagiographic take on Kazakhstan’s longtime dictator. As it turns out, a foundation controlled by Nazaryaev paid for its… 10 Oct 2022 Vyacheslav Abramov (Vlast.kz) and Ilya Lozovsky (OCCRP), Oliver Stone Documentary About Kazakhstan’s Former Leader Nazarbayev Was Funded by a Nazarbayev Foundation, Read more: Oliver Stone Documentary About Kazakhstan’s Former Leader Nazarbayev Was Funded by a Nazarbayev…

At Serbia’s “Legalization Secretariat,” Developers Paid Cash to Have Their Construction Violations Excused The longtime head of the Secretariat stepped down in July, but is now under investigation for allegedly abusing his office. He has been accused… 6 Oct 2022 Milica Vojinovic (KRIK) and Stevan Dojcinovic (KRIK/OCCRP), At Serbia’s “Legalization Secretariat,” Developers Paid Cash to Have Their Construction Violations Excused, Read more: At Serbia’s “Legalization Secretariat,” Developers Paid Cash to Have Their Construction Violations…

The Many Lives — and Credit Suisse Accounts — of Gaddafi-Linked Lobbyist Hassan Tatanaki Accused of corruption in multiple countries, Libyan oil tycoon Tatanaki went from funding lobbying efforts that promoted the Gaddafi regime to backing a rebel general’s campaign to … 26 Sep 2022 OCCRP, The Many Lives — and Credit Suisse Accounts — of Gaddafi-Linked Lobbyist Hassan Tatanaki, Read more: The Many Lives — and Credit Suisse Accounts — of Gaddafi-Linked Lobbyist Hassan Tatanaki

German Police Raid Residence of Russian Oligarch Alisher Usmanov; Tax Evasion and Money Laundering Suspected The raid follows months of investigation into the sanctioned oligarch’s suspicious financial transactions and failure to file tax returns. 21 Sep 2022 Ilya Lozovsky, Miranda Patrucic, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Norddeutsche Rundfunk (NDR), and Westdeutsche Rundfunk (WDR)., German Police Raid Residence of Russian Oligarch Alisher Usmanov; Tax Evasion and Money Laundering Suspected, Read more: German Police Raid Residence of Russian Oligarch Alisher Usmanov; Tax Evasion and Money Laundering…

Inventing Anna: Ukrainian-born Scammer Posed with Trump and Wandered Mar-a-Lago Inna Yashchyshyn, a self-confessed grifter linked to a fraudulent charity, posed as a member of one of the world’s most famous banking families, gained access to Donald … 26 Aug 2022 Will Jordan (OCCRP), Michael Sallah (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette), Kevin G. Hall (OCCRP), Brian Fitzpatrick (OCCRP), Karina Shedrofsky (OCCRP), Inventing Anna: Ukrainian-born Scammer Posed with Trump and Wandered Mar-a-Lago, Read more: Inventing Anna: Ukrainian-born Scammer Posed with Trump and Wandered Mar-a-Lago

As Russia Condemned the West, Putin’s Daughter — And an Army of Bodyguards — Made Dozens of Trips to Europe Putin’s daughter, Katerina Tikhonova, traveled frequently to Germany to visit her romantic partner, a ballet dancer. She also visited Italy, Sweden, and the U.K. And Russia’s Presidential … 25 Aug 2022 Roman Anin (IStories), As Russia Condemned the West, Putin’s Daughter — And an Army of Bodyguards — Made Dozens of Trips to Europe, Read more: As Russia Condemned the West, Putin’s Daughter — And an Army of Bodyguards — Made Dozens of Trips…

‘I Confess to All the Crimes’: A Russian Soldier Admits to Executing a Civilian and Denounces His Commanders For one unbearable month, the Ukrainian village of Andriivka was terrorized by its Russian occupiers. Reporters from IStories pieced together a partial picture of the looting, mayhem, … 18 Aug 2022 Ekaterina Fomina (IStories), ‘I Confess to All the Crimes’: A Russian Soldier Admits to Executing a Civilian and Denounces His Commanders, Read more: ‘I Confess to All the Crimes’: A Russian Soldier Admits to Executing a Civilian and Denounces His…

Korean Doomsday Sect Gets Rich in Fiji With Government Help Grace Road Church believes a nuclear-tinged Judgment Day is rapidly approaching — and that Fiji is the post-apocalyptic promised land from which they’ll feed humanity. But despite … 25 Jul 2022 Aubrey Belford (OCCRP), OCCRP Pacific, Hyein Kang (KCIJ-Newstapa), and Myungju Lee (KCIJ-Newstapa), Korean Doomsday Sect Gets Rich in Fiji With Government Help, Read more: Korean Doomsday Sect Gets Rich in Fiji With Government Help

Sanctioned Russian Banker Andrei Kostin, Head of ‘Putin’s Piggy Bank,’ Uses Canadian Man as Proxy For Vast Holdings A man named Eric Whyte controls offshores that own luxury properties and investments worth millions. Clues suggest he is acting as a proxy for Andrei Kostin, a … 28 Jul 2022 Graham Stack (OCCRP), Sanctioned Russian Banker Andrei Kostin, Head of ‘Putin’s Piggy Bank,’ Uses Canadian Man as Proxy For Vast Holdings, Read more: Sanctioned Russian Banker Andrei Kostin, Head of ‘Putin’s Piggy Bank,’ Uses Canadian Man as Proxy…

Unexplained Wealth of Top Georgian Judge Highlights Obstacles Along Country’s Path to Europe The influential judge, who failed to declare apartments and luxury purchases made by his long-term partner, is said to be the member of a… 7 Aug 2022 Nino Ramishvili (Studio Monitor), Maya Metskhvarishvili (Studio Monitor), Unexplained Wealth of Top Georgian Judge Highlights Obstacles Along Country’s Path to Europe, Read more: Unexplained Wealth of Top Georgian Judge Highlights Obstacles Along Country’s Path to Europe