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 19 2025
Lebanese investigating judge Tarek Bitar is expected to travel to Bulgaria on Wednesday. Igor Grechushkin is a Russian-Cypriot ship operator linked to the 2020 Beirut port explosion. Bulgarian authorities have been “very cooperative,” and questioning will proceed regardless of the status of the extradition request, a source said. GrechUSHkin’s lawyer, Ekaterina Dimitrova, said the Bulgarian …
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 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 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
Nastya, now 17, and her daughter, Melek, were recently moved into a Ukrainian mother-and-child center. They will receive housing, food and basic support, activists who have followed the case say. Nastya’s experience was a central case in an investigation published last week byand its partnersand Investigace.cz. The report detailed how hundreds of children were taken …
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 …