Dec 18 2025
Italian and Romanian authorities freeze assets worth more than 40 million euros. The assets are linked to an Italian suspect, the EU judicial cooperation agency says. The suspect may have ties to the Santapaola-Ercolano family and the Cappello Bonaccorsi clan. Authorities allege he used assets registered in his own name and those of relatives, including …
Dec 18 2025
Rosen Zhelyazkov announced his decision to step down just before parliament was scheduled to hold a no-confidence vote. His unpopular government has already survived five such votes andof corruption since coming to power at the beginning of 2025. The latest wave of protests that triggered his ouster began in November following the announcement of his …
Dec 17 2025
Nepal’s anti-graft body has filed corruption charges against Binesh Munakarmi. He is the head of the Pokhara Regional International Airport Project. The CIAA accuses him of abusing his position and amassing illegal wealth. It also accuses his wife, Purna Keshari Gosai, of holding illicit assets in her name on behalf of a family member. The …
Dec 16 2025
Hong Kong court convicts Jimmy Lai on national security charges that could send him to prison for life. Lai, 78, the founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, was found guilty of two counts of conspiring to collude with foreign forces. The court will sentence him at a later date, and he has the right …
Dec 16 2025
Greek authorities prepare further arrests in a major European Union farm subsidy fraud case. 15 suspects were arrested in Crete this week. Investigators have seized 33 million euros ($34.7 million) in illegally obtained subsidies. The arrests follow an October crackdown in which authorities arrested 37 members of an organized criminal group accused of defrauding the …
Dec 14 2025
12 journalists, including staff at OCCRP’s member center Meydan TV, have gone on trial in Azerbaijan. Six of the defendants are staff members of the outlet: Ramin Jabrayilzada (Deko), Aynur Ganbarova (Elgunash), Khayala Aghayeva, Aytac Ahmadova (Tapdig), Natig Javadli and Aysel Umudova. All six were arrested in December 2024 amid searches of some of their …
Dec 13 2025
Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) paid tens of millions of hryvnias in bail for five suspects in “Operation Midas” Investigators want to know whether any of the money came from the same “back office’ that allegedly laundered kickbacks and other illicit proceeds. Operation Midas is a 15-month-long probe into an alleged kickback network at state-owned …
Dec 13 2025
Slovenia’s non-profit investigative outlet Oštro is facing a wave of legal and administrative attacks from public officials. Officials accuse the newsroom of violating personal data rules in what press groups describe as an effort to obstruct its reporting. The pressure began in October, when the municipality of Ljutomer filed both a criminal complaint and a …
Dec 12 2025
Bosnian, German and regional police arrested three suspects and seized millions of euros in assets this week. The operation targeted a transnational criminal network involved in multi-tonne cocaine shipments from Colombia to Europe. The suspects were identified as high-value targets residing in Germany and believed to be key figures in the cartel. More than 500 …
Dec 12 2025
OCCRP spoke with a dozen of the Nepalis rescued in recent months. Myanmar’s military authorities have ed, ed and ed some cyber-scam compounds along the Myanmar-Thailand border. “I was not paid my salary. In one punishment, I was hung up by my arms for 18 hours and locked in a cell for three days. When …