Fergus Shiel

1 month ago | icij.org | Fergus Shiel

A leading boxing “fixer” says international crime boss Daniel Kinahan secretly struck a multi-million dollar deal with global fight promoter Top Rank to be its exclusive consultant outside of the U.S.Former Top Rank agent William (Billy) Keane claims in a lawsuit filed in California that the “under the table” deal was struck after Kinahan had helped him to get world champion Tyson Fury to agree to a rematch fight with Deontay Wilder.

Dec 17, 2024 | icij.org | Fergus Shiel

A former Australian political leader’s son convicted of supplying narcotics and prescription drugs helped an offshore company to operate in several jurisdictions and to establish a bank account in Cyprus. Mark Chikarovski sold huge quantities of cocaine and other drugs on the dark web under the alias “AusCokeKing” in exchange for cryptocurrency. Chikarovski, from Sydney, is the son of former New South Wales Liberal Party leader Kerry Chikarovski.

Aug 26, 2024 | icij.org | Fergus Shiel

A U.S. court has sentenced a British Virgin Islands leader, who pledged to clean up the Caribbean archipelago’s reputation as a tax haven, to more than a decade in prison for cocaine trafficking and money laundering conspiracies. Earlier this year, the former BVI premier and finance minister, Andrew Alturo Fahie, was convicted at trial of agreeing to facilitate the safe passage of thousands of kilograms of Colombian cocaine through BVI ports en route to Miami.

Aug 20, 2024 | icij.org | Fergus Shiel |Marcos García Rey |Jelena Cosic

An international cartel leader accused of deluging countries in Europe and beyond with cocaine and amphetamines set up a company in Dubai to employ key members of his organization, including three men accused of drug trafficking, money laundering and attempting to overthrow the Bosnian state, records leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists reveal.

Aug 14, 2024 | icij.org | Fergus Shiel

A U.S. court has sentenced a British Virgin Islands leader, who pledged to clean up the Caribbean archipelago‘s reputation as a tax haven, to more than a decade in prison for cocaine trafficking and money laundering conspiracies. Earlier this year, the former BVI premier and finance minister, Andrew Alturo Fahie, was convicted at trial of agreeing to facilitate the safe passage of thousands of kilograms of Colombian cocaine through BVI ports en route to Miami.