Leaked documents show a long-term professional relationship between a Moscow-based law firm co-founded by a Russian politician and Nicos Chr. Anastasiades & Partners, the law firm founded by former Cypriot president Nicos Anastasiades.
Philippine authorities have charged Huang Zhiyang with human trafficking, sued him for alleged money laundering, and frozen his accounts. But they were unaware of funds he holds in Cyprus.
Sammy Wilson is under investigation for failing to declare his interest in northern Cyprus before asking a question about the breakaway territory in Parliament.
A history of immigration fraud didn’t catch up with the lawyer for over a decade
When an apparent fraudster impersonated a famous football agent and asked FC Barcelona for 1 million euros, sources say the club attempted to send the money. Though the payment was eventually blocked, experts worry the incident is a sign that football remains vulnerable to corruption despite repeated calls for stronger oversight.
Financial sponsors behind the Freedom and Fairness lobby group trip include Turkish Cypriot hoteliers
For years the absence of transparency in media ownership in the Republic of Cyprus has held the country’s global media pluralism ranking much lower than would be expected of a European Union member state and, more importantly, has tainted the integrity of the journalism produced.
Two companies that Russian state banker Andrei Kostin allegedly used to control a pair of megayachts were transferred to secretive Cyprus investment funds on the eve of the Ukraine invasion, making it impossible to see who owned them, financial records show.
The Cypriot company hired to move sanctioned Belarusian potash through a Russian port has links to a former public official in Lukashenko’s government.
Last December, two former Afghan MPs – who are also Cypriot citizens – were sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for “their extensive role in transnational corruption.” U.S. […]
From the 37th floor of Dubai’s tallest skyscraper, the wife of an alleged Bosnian cartel member posted video after video on TikTok of the couple’s sleek rental apartment, […]
Cyprus is fourth among EU states when it comes to private donations per capita to political parties. And more than half of these private donations come from companies. […]
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