The latest arrests target insiders who allegedly used fake IT services to funnel state money into an organized criminal group operating right inside the justice system.
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A new investigation reveals how ordinary citizens hundreds of miles from the trenches are monetizing graphic videos from Ukraine through advertising and crowdfunding.
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Slain Iranian Official’s Sons Hold $29M in Dubai Property Using Assumed Names
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Armenia Targets Independent Editor in Widening Crackdown Ahead of Elections
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Chelsea FC has been hit by the Premier League with a 10.75 million pounds ($14.35 million) fine and transfer restrictions for what the body described as “obvious and deliberate” financial breaches orchestrated under the club’s former owner, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.
The financial penalty is the largest ever levied by England’s top soccer division. The club was also handed an immediate nine-month academy transfer ban and a suspended one-year ban on first-team player transfers.
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Back in Miami, journalist Laura Weffer observes the ruins of a criminal empire and reflects on the intersection of global power and financial crime, as well as what the future holds for Venezuela.
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Sanzhar Bokayev, a prominent opposition blogger who recently returned from the U.S., is accused of paying people to fell trees in order to fabricate public outrage.
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Parliamentary committee says officials worked with criminal syndicates to sell visas and other documents, warning the scheme threatens national security and public services.
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Companies House to strike off Zedxion Exchange after an OCCRP investigation found the firm used a stock-photo model to hide its links to sanctioned Iranian tycoon Babak Zanjani.
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The league's findings mirror those first revealed by @OCCRP in 2023, showing how "Chelsea-related payments were channelled through Abramovich’s own companies to artificially reduce costs, possibly... giving the club an unfair competitive advantage."
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Malaysian Businessman Denounces Raid in ‘Corporate Mafia’ Probe
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The $14.35 million penalty and accompanying transfer bans close a lengthy investigation into millions in off-the-books payments used to lure star players.
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Ali Ansari said he plans to fight U.K. sanctions. The Iranian banker has acquired properties around Europe, including a luxury villa on the coast of Spain that he owns through a U.K. firm.
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Mamitiana Rajaonarison, a longtime financial intelligence official, takes the helm of a government struggling to stabilize the island nation following severe political unrest.
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Alleged ‘Fake Prince’ arrested in Nigeria as another apparent victim of the romance scam comes forward.
In last month's OCCRP documentary, Exposed: Fake ‘Dubai Prince’ Tracked to Nigeria, reporters identified Nzube Henry Ikeji, 31, who was afterwards taken into custody.
A second apparent victim of the scam came forward to OCCRP's Romanian member center @Context_ro after watching the documentary.
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Alleged ‘Fake Prince’ Arrested in Nigeria as Another Apparent Victim of the Romance Scam Comes Forward
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On March 19, OCCRP Research & Data Operations Manager Amra Džonlić Zlaterević will join a roundtable, “Data Is Shrinking, Risk Is Growing: Anticorruption and Compliance in the Era of Closed Registers.”
As beneficial ownership data becomes increasingly restricted across Europe, the discussion will explore the impact on investigations, sanctions enforcement, and transparency.
Register to join here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
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