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Slovakia Gov’t to Disband Police Agency Investigating Corruption

Those were only the most recent in a series of controversial decisions which analysts highlighted as signs that the country is backsliding on efforts to fight organized crime and corruption under Prime Minister Robert Fico. Fico previously served as prime minister from 2012 to 2018, when he resigned following mass protests over the murder of […]

Counterfeit Medicines Surge in Africa Amid Regulatory Gaps

Dr. Michael Omoke, a Nigerian doctor with over a decade of experience, told OCCRP on Thursday that the problem of counterfeit drugs is worsening as medications flood the market without adequate oversight from authorities. He warned that “in a country where anyone can wake up, manufacture, and sell drugs without a license, you are sure […]

US Sanctions Paraguayan Tobacco Firm Linked to Cartes

Cartes was the majority shareholder of Tabesa until January 2023, when the U.S. authorities sanctioned him for corruption, and after which he sold his shares for nearly US$120 million. According to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Tabesa is being punished because despite warnings not to do so, it […]

The Quiet Horror of Ilya Traber

For several days now, the public of the Northern capital has been relishing and discussing the incident that happened on an Aeroflot flight between a reputable businessman Ilya Traber and a doctor Anvar Niyazov. Everyone, without exception, is interested in the future fate of the bully doctor. Opinions on this matter are divided. Dear Arrest […]

Overclocking by details

The number of vehicle thefts is rapidly growing in St. Petersburg. In addition to this disaster, shadow business has sharply increased the demand for the purchase of ready-made car services. The devil, as always, is in the details in this case. The situation with the criminalization of the auto business was examined by the editors […]

Court and children

Crime stories involving children of the judiciary are, alas, not uncommon, and, as a rule, they are not about justice. And the greater this injustice, the more the public buzzes with indignation. How the confrontation between society and another judge’s son will end, the editors of the online publication “Kompromat Group“ Semi-maniacal process The judge-family […]