Tag: money laundering

• Death on the Costa del Sol: How the Double Life of a German Police Informant Ended in Tragedy

  December 23, 2025

  Investigative files shed new light on the dangerous dealings of a German police informant whose life was cut short by a brutal murder. https://www.occrp.org/en/feature/death-on-the-costa-del-sol-how-the-double-life-of-a-german-police-informant-ended-in-tragedy more ›

• How ICIJ traced Huione Group funds to major crypto exchanges

  November 27, 2025

  ICIJ’s trailblazing blockchain analysis has uncovered how cryptocurrency giants Binance and OKX are key conduits of illicit transactions. https://www.icij.org/investigations/coin-laundry/how-icij-traced-hundreds-of-millions-from-huione-group-to-major-crypto-exchanges/?utm_source=ICIJ&utm_campaign=9a992aae1c-2025.11.26+%7C+Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_992ecfdbb2-9a992aae1c-82589145&mc_cid=9a992aae1c&mc_eid=534827c347 more ›

• The Coin Laundry, a global cryptocurrency investigation

  November 27, 2025

  The Coin Laundry exposes how cryptocurrency companies have empowered a shadow economy that lavishly profits from crime. Led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, The Coin Laundry is a groundbreaking cross-border… more ›

• Abramovich’s hidden football deals during Chelsea’s time at the top

  July 12, 2025

  Offshore deals with key figures were not recorded in Chelsea’s accounts, despite potentially benefiting the club https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2023-11-15/roman-abramovichs-hidden-football-deals-during-chelseas-time-at-the-top?utm_source=tbij-uncovered.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=the-sportswashing-showdown-of-the-summer&_bhlid=63eeb1a265fa7e73571798bdd3f1967ef889ee7b more ›

• The ultra-violent cult that became a global mafia

  August 28, 2024

  BBCA two-year BBC investigation into Black Axe – a Nigerian student fraternity which evolved into a dreaded mafia-group – has unearthed new evidence of infiltration of politics, and a scamming… more ›

• Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in the Art and Antiquities Market

  April 9, 2023

  The market of art, antiquities and other cultural objects has attracted criminals, organised crime groups and terrorists to launder proceeds of crime and fund their activities. Criminals seek to exploit… more ›

• Confidential Clients

  September 27, 2020

  These are the people zipping money across the world thanks to the global banking system. https://www.icij.org/investigations/confidential-clients/ more ›

• The Invention of Money

  August 4, 2019

  When the Venetian merchant Marco Polo got to China, in the latter part of the thirteenth century, he saw many wonders—gunpowder and coal and eyeglasses and porcelain. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/08/05/the-invention-of-money more ›