The Maldives Plans to Offer Residency to the World’s Ultra Rich – And Create Islands From Scratch to Do It

The debt-distressed Maldives is poised to sell residency and luxury real estate on artificial islands, raising fears of a new offshore tax and money-laundering haven.

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Convicted Belgian Cocaine Boss Poured Millions Into Luxury Dubai Properties

A Belgian drug lord spent millions of dollars investing in luxury real estate in Dubai. Belgian authorities successfully extradited him today, but it’s unclear what has happened to the profits he reaped...

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Bank of America Fined $1.21B Over AML Failures

U.S. regulators imposed more than $1.21 billion in penalties on Bank of America over failures in its anti-money laundering controls and apparent sanctions violations. The bank admitted to willfully violating...

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Russia Detains Japanese Journalist on Espionage Charges

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Five Arrested in 1 Million Euro Fraud Against NATO

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Deloitte’s Cyprus Office Helped Abramovich Firms Relocate Billions in Assets in Apparent Bid to Sidestep Tax and Transparency

A trove of emails shows that Deloitte Cyprus helped firms beneficially owned by Roman Abramovich attempt to skirt tax and disclosure obligations by retroactively transferring assets to British Virgin...

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Deloitte’s Cyprus Office Helped Abramovich Firms Relocate Billions in Assets in Apparent Bid to Sidestep Tax and Transparency

A trove of emails shows that Deloitte Cyprus helped firms beneficially owned by Roman Abramovich attempt to skirt tax and disclosure obligations by retroactively transferring assets to British Virgin ...

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Fiji Criticized in U.S. Trafficking Report Over Failure to Tackle Grace Road Cult

A new U.S. State Department report says Fiji has failed to adequately tackle human trafficking, including allegations involving the Grace Road Group. The country received a one-year waiver that spared...

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Hungarian Ad Agency Got Millions From Firm Owned by Orban’s Billionaire Friend

The Hungarian political advertising agency Megafon received about $12 million from a construction company owned by a friend of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. After years promoting the government,...

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A Chinese Auto Giant Sponsors Portugal's National Football Team. Its Trucks Are Used by Russia to Attack Ukraine.

The Portuguese Football Federations said its sponsorship deal with China’s Changan Automobile went through a “tight” compliance process. Reporters found that the Russian military uses Changan trucks...

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Croatia Expands Probe Into Alleged Multi-Million-Euro Toxic Waste Scheme

Anti-corruption authorities arrested five more suspects connected to an alleged criminal network accused of illegally importing and burying 35,000 tonnes of hazardous European waste, sparking massive...

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EU Blacklists Nearly 1,600 in Russian Defense Firms and Executives

The EU’s largest-ever round of sanctions listings targets key suppliers of components used in Russian weapons, particularly ballistic missiles deployed against Ukraine.

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Deloitte’s Cyprus Office Helped Abramovich Firms Relocate Billions in Assets in Apparent Bid to Sidestep Tax and Transparency

A trove of emails shows that Deloitte Cyprus helped firms beneficially owned by Roman Abramovich attempt to skirt tax and disclosure obligations by retroactively transferring assets to British Virgin ...

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Egyptian Security Services Arrest Entire Newsroom within 24 Hours

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Fiji Overhauls Evidence Security After 52 Kilos of Cocaine Vanish from Court

More than 50 kilograms of cocaine tied to two major criminal trials vanished from the High Court registry, marking the second major evidence theft this year.

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The US Blacklists Alleged Venezuelan Cyber Crime Mastermind

The U.S. Department of the Treasury blacklisted the first cybercriminal on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List, accusing the Venezuelan hacker of developing malware that allowed the transnational gang Tren...

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Leaked Warrant List Reveals How Turkmenistan Targets Critics Abroad

Considered one of the world’s most oppressive countries, Turkmenistan has long silenced critics at home. A leaked arrest warrant list reveals how the regime has weaponized the legal system to target...

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Ex-Hungarian Minister Detained in $53 Million Graft Probe

Balázs Hankó, a former culture minister under Viktor Orbán, was ordered held in pretrial detention over allegations he funneled tens of millions in state cultural grants to political allies, marking...

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U.K. Sanctions Four Georgians Over Occupied Ukraine Visit

The new sanctions target political figures and commentators, including the brother-in-law of Tbilisi’s mayor, over a September 2025 meeting with the head of the Russian-backed, so-called Donetsk People’s...

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Federal Judge Weighs Limits of U.S. Reach in Trial of Accused Kingpin Sebastián Marset

Defense lawyers argued in a Virginia courtroom that Sebastián Marset "studiously avoided" the United States, asking a federal judge to dismiss narco-terrorism and money laundering charges on the grounds...

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US Charges Tech CEO, Russian Over Hidden Ownership

U.S. prosecutors allege that Oxygen Forensics concealed its Russian ownership and Russia-based software development while selling digital forensic tools to American government agencies, including the...

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Guns, Camouflage, and Facebook: How Colombia’s Biggest ‘Narcoinfluencer’ Weaponized Social Media

Naim Pérez, known as Bendito Menor" (“Little Blessing”), turned his life as an illegal armed-group commander into social media content that resonated in Colombia. His death in a government raid…

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Internal Watchdog says Data Leaks and Bribery Push French Police Misconduct Cases to Five-Year High

An internal report recorded 341 integrity breaches within France’s National Police last year, driven by a sharp rise in unauthorized database queries and bribery, even as the oversight body lacks the...

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