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OCCRP says a forensic report found some companies handling the funds were owned or controlled by Ferrexpo’s then-CEO.
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Radio Azattyq reports that state-owned entities took 5% stakes in each venture founded by 23-year-old Nurassyl Medeu.
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OCCRP says Portugal’s football federation described its Changan sponsorship deal as having gone through a “tight” compliance process.
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OCCRP reports a network is accused of illegally importing and burying 35,000 tonnes of hazardous European waste.
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OCCRP reports Megafon received about $12 million from a construction company owned by a friend of Orbán.
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The BBC says the document falsification was also meant to evade tax.
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AFP reports French supermarket chains said the incident forced them to throw away spoiled food.
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OCCRP says the listings particularly target suppliers of components for ballistic missiles deployed against Ukraine.
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OCCRP reports that two former government officials accused in the case denied wrongdoing in comments to the outlet.
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OCCRP reports that prosecutors in Katowice allege the pair took part in a cross-border VAT fraud and money-laundering scheme involving more than €100 million in allegedly fraudulent invoices.
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OCCRP reports that an operation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office targeted a network suspected of selling more than one million used phones as new. Two of those arrested were alleged ringleaders.
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OCCRP, citing its media partner Le Monde, reports that the request stems from corruption and influence-peddling allegations tied to Dati’s alleged lobbying for Renault-Nissan between 2009 and 2013.
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The Economist reports that the EU is considering the move. Its article frames the issue as Ireland helping supply Russia’s war machine.
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OCCRP reports that hopeful parents and pregnant surrogates were thrown into chaos, while the agency’s opaque ownership and operations raised questions about who was responsible.
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OCCRP, citing a forensic report shared with it, says tens of millions of dollars Ferrexpo donated to a Ukrainian charity were not used for their intended purpose.
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OCCRP reports that U.S. prosecutors allege the company hid those ties while selling digital forensic tools to American government agencies, including the Secret Service.
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OCCRP reports that Vanuatu’s citizenship commission pushed back against reports it had cancelled Tate’s passport, citing a lack of criminal convictions.
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OCCRP reports that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office arrested another suspect in its “Escape Room” probe spanning six EU countries. Prosecutors estimate at least $79 million in losses in the Netherlands and Belgium.
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Reuters reports that President Ilham Aliyev pardoned a French national jailed for espionage, a day after the EU lifted sanctions on the Russian billionaire.
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The Straits Times, citing diplomats, reported a conditional agreement by EU envoys to lift the sanctions on the Russia-linked billionaires. Its later September 21 coverage said talks were continuing.
