May 28 2026
Dragan Šolak, the former chairman of United Group, and Viktorija Boklag, its former CEO, initiated legal proceedings to halt the sale of the group’s media business. The two minority shareholders accused BC Partners of negotiating the sale behind closed doors, completely bypassing their contractual right to consent. According to their claim, negotiations are at an …
May 28 2026
The measures took effect immediately and include companies and individuals linked to Russia’s financial sector. The sanctions focus partly on the A7 network, which the U.K. described as a Kremlin-backed system designed to bypass Western sanctions. According to the British government, the network claimed to have moved more than $90 billion last year, an amount …
May 27 2026
The U.K. government has rolled back some of its restrictions on Russian energy. New licenses permit the import of certain refined oil products and the maritime transport of liquefied natural gas (LNG) This specific exemption is time-limited and will expire on January 1, 2027. British lawmakers are targeting Kyrgyzstan’s central bank and financial regulators for …
May 27 2026
The probe centers on an authorized consultant suspected of submitting false and inaccurate documents for 237 funding applications. While the total value of the requested funding amounted to approximately 5.7 million euros, the EPPO estimates the actual damage to the EU budget at roughly 3.5 million euros. The funding was requested from the European Agricultural …
May 26 2026
State and state-aligned actors have launched coordinated disinformation attacks targeting critics, Amnesty International said in a new report. The watchdog noted that Prabowo’s presidency deepens a repressive trajectory that first gathered pace under his predecessor, President Jokowi. According to the report, state officials routinely weaponize the ‘foreign agent’ trope to suppress dissent, discredit critics, and …
May 25 2026
The EU widened its sanctions regime against Iran to target individuals and entities involved in Tehran’s actions disrupting navigation in the Middle East, the European Council said on Friday. Under the new measures, EU citizens and businesses are prohibited from providing funds, financial assets, or economic resources to designated individuals or entities. The updated framework …
May 25 2026
Fatima Bio, the wife of Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio, has held onto a taxpayer-subsidized apartment in South London. Member of Parliament for Bermondsey and Old Southwark Neil Coyle said that he had asked Southwark Council to investigate the use of the property. Council homes in the United Kingdom are specifically designed to provide …
May 25 2026
Nomma Zarubina admitted to lying to the FBI in 2021 about her connections to Russia’s top domestic security and counterintelligence agency, FSB. She also admitted to deceiving immigration authorities about her role in a New York-area prostitution ring. A transcript of that hearing, made public on the court docket this week, has peeled back the …
Dec 19 2025
Reyl & Cie S.A. requested interrogations and searches at the offices and homes of three Swiss journalists who cooperated with OCCRP. The probe took place amid a wider investigation into alleged anti-money laundering weaknesses at the Geneva-headquartered private bank. There is no evidence it has filed a complaint against Reyl or taken other enforcement action. …
Dec 18 2025
The arrests follow a large-scale operation involving 80 coordinated raids across the country. Investigators seized smuggled cigarettes, weapons, luxury vehicles, and surveillance equipment. Last month, authorities identified more than 100 individuals believed to be involved in the broader network. The balloon smuggling activity caused Lithuania’s government toa state of emergency earlier in December, citing “national …