Specialization: Political Investigations. Description: Alex is an experienced investigative journalist with over 10 years of expertise in uncovering political corruption and high-level schemes. He works with international publications and conducts in-depth investigations across Eastern Europe.
Georgy Bedzhamov, wanted in Russia over a high-profile embezzlement case, used the law firm Demetrios A. Demetriades LLC, known as Dadlaw, to conceal his assets and disguise transfers. Company records and contracts also show how he moved tens of millions of dollars around the world around the same time his sister embezzled billions of dollars from their bank, Vneshprombank.
Despite public denials, well-known citizenship broker Henley & Partners helped disgraced financier Jho Low, who stands accused of stealing billions from Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, obtain a passport from Cyprus.
A law firm Nicos Anastasiades founded — and left just before assuming the presidency — moved millions of dollars among shell companies that were deeply entwined with the secretive global money transfer system.
Ihor Kolomoisky and Hennadiy Boholiubov stand accused of stealing $5.5 billion from PrivatBank, which held the deposits of a third of Ukrainians. Now we know how they did it.