OCCRP reporters confirmed the identity of Namiq Salifov, whose associates were convicted in the U.S. last year of a "murder-for-hire" plot on behalf of Iran, after British authorities updated their sanctions list to include further personal details about him.
A Ukrainian anti-corruption court ordered the pretrial detention of Andriy Yermak, the former chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelensky, on Thursday, marking the most significant legal action to date against a former member of the president's inner circle. The…
Moldovan police say computer servers in their country hosted Crimenetwork, a relaunched darknet marketplace that was dismantled in a joint law enforcement operation this month.
The German organization Sea-Watch said its crew was shot at and threatened in international waters just after pulling 90 people from the Mediterranean.
Andriy Yermak is suspected of laundering illicit funds through luxury real estate, tying him to a sprawling, $100 million corruption probe into Ukraine’s energy sector.
Authorities in Georgia will prosecute five law enforcement officers for attacks against a journalist, a politician, and a protester during nationwide demonstrations in 2024.
Nepal's anti-corruption agency has charged a second former finance minister and several former government secretaries, accusing them of causing nearly $24 million in losses to the state treasury in illegal deals with a Chinese contractor in the construction of Pokhara airport.
Former Lithuanian Premier Gintautas Paluckas has been stripped of parliamentary immunity to face criminal charges that he holds unexplained wealth. He resigned as premier last year after investigations by OCCRP member center Siena and broadcaster Laisvės TV triggered criminal and ethics probes and sparked street protests.
As the Kremlin becomes increasingly dependent on Belarusian hardware to sustain its war on Ukraine, trade data shows that nearly half of the identified suppliers remain free from Western sanctions — despite a doubling in export volume.
A Spanish court file details a record-breaking bust of 30 tonnes of cocaine by Spanish forces in international waters off the West African coast.