Russia

Russia has been exporting arms to countries including Saudi Arabia, bolstering its economy after a barrage of sanctions followed its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

One of Tallinn’s most notorious corruption scandals came to a quiet conclusion this year when a case against Swedbank was thrown out on a technicality. But hundreds of newly released …

In response to a widening range of U.S.-led global sanctions against Russian companies and media, Vladimir Putin struck back by announcing a list of “undesirable” organizations who could no longer …

In a sharp rebuke, Russia’s Foreign Ministry denounced the latest U.S. sanctions on Russian state-funded media as “the result of operations carefully orchestrated by intelligence services.”

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 …

Belarus’ state potash trade is sanctioned by the EU. So why is a company registered in Cyprus being paid millions by the regime of strongman Alexander Lukashenko to help move …

As Vladimir Putin tightens his circle of trust, a former secret service officer has emerged as one of his closest aides.

OCCRP joined the Londongrad Kleptocracy Tour, organized by campaigners trying to get dirty money out of the U.K.’s capital, to ask what measures are still needed to fight kleptocracy and …

Why did a man who runs a private aircraft company become a central figure in rolling back corporate transparency across the continent? As it turns out, Patrick Hansen has secrets …

One of the most effective ways to hide your ownership of valuable assets is to get someone – or something – to stand in as your “proxy.” Bad actors make …