Premier League Hands Chelsea Record Fine for Abramovich-Era Financial Deception
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.
Phantom Contracts and Kickbacks: Poland's Judicial Corruption Scandal Widens
News
Mar 19, 2026
Profiting From Atrocities: The Russian Civilians Running a Lucrative Market for War Snuff
News
Mar 19, 2026
Massive Illegal Cigarette Factory Dismantled in Italy
News
Mar 19, 2026
Armenia Targets Independent Editor in Widening Crackdown Ahead of Elections
News
Mar 19, 2026
Scoop
Slain Iranian Official’s Sons Hold $29M in Dubai Property Using Assumed Names
Hossein Shamkhani is sanctioned for allegedly running a shipping empire that generated billions of dollars for Iran and...
Podcast: White Collars, Dirty Hands
Investigation
Episode 5: Ciao Carmelo
Back in Miami, journalist Laura Weffer observes the ruins of a criminal empire and reflects on the intersection of global...
Scoop
Sanctioned Iranian Banker Owns Luxury Spanish Villa via UK Company
Ali Ansari said he plans to fight U.K. sanctions. The Iranian banker has acquired properties around Europe, including a...
Podcast: White Collars, Dirty Hands
Investigation
Episode 4: Carmelo, Carmelo...
As Venezuela's stolen oil money is being “cleaned abroad,” back home tens of thousands of protesters opposing corruption,...
Investigation
From Wagner to GRU, Russian Military Men Are Manning Moscow’s Shadow Fleet
Cargo ships transporting sanctioned Russian oil through the Baltic Sea are routinely setting sail with two extra crew on...
Scoop
Belarusian Businessman Claims Former Cyprus President’s Family Held Firms For Him
Belarusian businessman Yury Chyzh claims he was behind the nominally-owned Cypriot companies that continued to operate while...
Investigation
Conflict-Tainted Venezuelan Gold Entered World Market Through Caribbean Island, Documents Indicate
The Caribbean island of Curaçao has no natural gold deposits. So why did dozens of tons of gold refined at a prestigious...
Dear Compatriots
Scoop
Sanctioned Russian Propaganda Body Funded EU-Based Analyst’s Presentation to Global Security Conference
An EU-based researcher has been secretly applying for money from a sanctioned Russian state organization to produce and...
Project
Dear Compatriots
Under the banner of legal aid for fellow Russians in trouble abroad, a state-backed foundation in the center of Moscow has for years advanced the Kremlin’s agenda across the world.
Impact following our reporting:
Dear Compatriots
Sanctioned Russian Propaganda Body Funded EU-Based Analyst’s Presentation to Global Security Conference
An EU-based researcher has been secretly applying for money from a sanctioned Russian state organization to produce and...
Dear Compatriots
Russian State-Backed Foundation Paid Allies in the EU Despite Sanctions
Pravfond, a Russian legal-aid foundation for “compatriots” abroad, has continued to fund people and organizations across the...
Dear Compatriots
Russian Foundation, Aimed at Helping ‘Compatriots’ Abroad, Supports Spies, Criminals, and Propagandists
For over a decade, ‘Pravfond’ has been providing legal aid to Russians across the world. Internal emails obtained by...
Project
Scam Empire
An unprecedented leak of nearly two terabytes of data from two major scam operations — thousands of hours of phone calls, screen recordings, spreadsheets, and other files — enabled journalists to enter the world of scammers and even to watch them at work.
Impact following our reporting:
Exposed Tbilisi Call Center Scammers Delete Social Media Accounts
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Mar 5, 2025
Georgia Launches Criminal Probe Into Scam Call Center Exposed by Journalists
News
Mar 7, 2025
From Rumors to Ugly Reality: Georgians Stunned by Scam Call Center’s Cruelty
News
Mar 14, 2025
Georgia Freezes Assets of Top Scammers in Massive Call Center Fraud
News
Mar 13, 2025
Scam Empire
These 81 Investment Platforms Were Part of a Scam Network. Here’s What We Learned About Them.
They looked like different brokers competing for your investment. Underneath, they shared the same staff, the same...
Scam Empire
Despite Criminal Probe, Georgian Call-Center Scammers Are Back At Work
Last month, more than 30 media outlets reported on a global scam operation based in Tbilisi, prompting Georgian authorities...
Scam Empire
Huge Ecosystem of Unregulated Payment Providers Helps Scammers Collect Victims’ Money
Leaked documents reveal how scam call centers drew on a secret industry of service providers that used shell companies,...
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Podcast: White Collars, Dirty Hands
Episode 5: Ciao Carmelo
Back in Miami, journalist Laura Weffer observes the ruins of a criminal empire and reflects on the intersection of global...
Podcast: White Collars, Dirty Hands
Episode 4: Carmelo, Carmelo...
As Venezuela's stolen oil money is being “cleaned abroad,” back home tens of thousands of protesters opposing corruption,...
Conflict-Tainted Venezuelan Gold Entered World Market Through Caribbean Island, Documents Indicate
The Caribbean island of Curaçao has no natural gold deposits. So why did dozens of tons of gold refined at a prestigious...
Podcast: White Collars, Dirty Hands
Episode 2: Carmelo, Where Are You?
With reporting from Miami to Madrid, Venezuelan journalist Laura Weffer unpacks the mechanics of the corrupt loan schemes...
Podcast: White Collars, Dirty Hands
Episode 1: Hola, Carmelo
Exiled Venezuelan journalist Laura Weffer travels to Florida to look for Carmelo Urdaneta, a former oil ministry official...
Podcast: White Collars, Dirty Hands
Behind Closed Doors: Secret Tape Reveals Plans To Launder Venezuela’s Oil Money
An undercover recording from 2017 reveals the financial maneuvers of shadow bankers called upon to launder millions of...
Venezuela News
Netherlands Refused All Involvement in US Operations Against Venezuela: Minister
News
Jan 9, 2026
Netherlands to Limit Joint Anti-Drug Operations with US After Venezuela Attack
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Jan 7, 2026
From Lima to Buenos Aires to Madrid, Millions of Phones Buzzed the Night Maduro Fell
News
Jan 4, 2026
Leaked Emails Reveal ‘Air Bridge’ of Drug Flights from Venezuela to Belize
News
Sep 30, 2025
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