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 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
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 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 …