Graham Stack

1 month ago | occrp.org | Graham Stack

It was April 2022, and executives from top Russian defense companies had gathered in Moscow to discuss their diminishing stockpile of microchips, which are critical for operating missiles and other weapons. Demand was higher than ever. Russia had launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine just six weeks before the meeting, deploying weapons that relied on microchips, even as sanctions were squeezing the supply.

Oct 23, 2024 | occrp.org | Kyriakos Pieridis |Andreas Cosma |Graham Stack

He was jailed in the U.K. for immigration fraud in a scandal that brought down a cabinet minister. He then absconded from prison, and resurfaced in Cyprus where he was later convicted for selling fake visas. None of that has stopped Christakis “Chris” Christodoulides from building a bustling immigration law practice in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia. In fact, he recently announced plans to expand to two more cities.

May 14, 2024 | occrp.org | Kevin Hall |Graham Stack |Axel Gordh Humlesjö

Tweet this Share this on Facebook DONATE So-called CryptoQueen Ruja Ignatova and her security adviser, Frank Schneider, liquidated Dubai assets despite being charged in the U.S. for their alleged roles in a $4bn fraud. The whereabouts of both is unknown. Leaked Dubai property data reveals Ignatova’s Dubai penthouse apartment was sold in late 2019, two years after her OneCoin cryptocurrency fraud collapsed leading to U.S. charges against her.

Nov 14, 2023 | occrp.org | Pete Jones |Graham Stack |Tom Keatinge

Tweet this Share this on Facebook DONATE Leaked documents show staff at PwC Cyprus hurried to restructure companies belonging to Russian oligarchs as the prospect of sanctions loomed. Now Cyprus says it is investigating one case in which PwC staff appeared to work on the transfer of an oligarch’s assets in the days after he was sanctioned by the EU.

Jun 19, 2023 | occrp.org | Tom Stocks |Will Jordan |Graham Stack