Aubrey Belford

Mar 19, 2025 | occrp.org | Aubrey Belford

A pair of China-born scammers convicted of bribing officials via a fake United Nations agency have had their Marshall Islands passports revoked while outside the country, potentially leaving them stranded in permanent limbo abroad. Cary Yan and Gina Zhou spent over a week stuck in the transit area of Manila’s international airport earlier this month after authorities in Palau — and then in the Philippines — refused them entry.

Mar 17, 2025 | occrp.org | Aubrey Belford

A French-Polish man whose rise through the world of international arms dealing was previously exposed by OCCRP has been indicted in the United States over an alleged fraud and extortion scheme, court documents show. Pierre Konrad Dadak, 48, was indicted by a grand jury in New York’s Southern District for an alleged scheme in 2021 and 2022 that saw him impersonate an unnamed luxury goods retailer, tricking customers to send him money into a bank account that he opened using a stolen identity.

Mar 5, 2025 | occrp.org | bernadette Carreon |Aubrey Belford

A pair of Chinese scammers who served short sentences in the United States for conspiring to bribe Marshall Islands officials have been stranded for nearly a week in the terminal of Manila’s international airport after both Palau and the Philippines denied them entry because of their criminal backgrounds.

Feb 17, 2025 | lrt.lt | Jared Savage |Aubrey Belford |Nathan Jaccard |Daniela Castro

ŠČ JS AB NJ DC Šarūnas Černiauskas, Jared Savage, Aubrey Belford, Nathan Jaccard, Daniela Castro, Siena.lt, NZ Herald, OCCRP 2025.02.17 08:00 A recent US sanctions notice has put the spotlight on an alleged narcotics ring from the small Baltic country, which purportedly includes a previously-convicted trafficker dubbed a “global kingpin” of the trade. The story was originally published by Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).

Feb 12, 2025 | nzherald.co.nz | Jared Savage |Daniela Castro |Nathan Jaccard |Aubrey Belford

Rokas Karpavicius, once convicted of importing drugs into New Zealand, is now alleged by US authorities to be running a global cocaine empire with fellow Lithuanians. Image / James O'Brien of OCCRPKEY POINTS:A leaked memo from the Colombian prosecutor’s office reveals an international police operation targeting a drug trafficking ring allegedly spearheaded by Rokas Karpis, who was previously sentenced in New Zealand for drug offences, and another Lithuanian named Virginijus Labutis.