A year-long investigation by Investigate Europe and media partners in 15 countries uncovers a vast network of black-market betting websites operating throughout the continent and beyond.
A string of criminal investigations – and an Interpol Red Notice – have trailed Turkish online betting magnate Fedlan Kılıçaslan as he expands his business across Europe. Now, reporters have found his Poland-registered company promoted gambling sites despite having no license to do so.
On weekends in a laboratory in Cyprus, long after the experiments themselves had ended, Dr. Andreas Ioannides sat alone analyzing brain data that, in his own words, revealed […]
The Agorà application used by the Cypriot member of the European Parliament, Fidias Panayiotou, and his Direct Democracy Cyprus party does not provide the required personal data protection measures, and publicly exposes almost 40,000 users’ personal information, according to an independent audit confirmed by CIReN.
The Paris Judicial Tribunal is holding the first hearing on criminal charges of aggravated money laundering against Russian businessman Dmitry Klyuev, the alleged ringleader of a massive tax fraud.
A Russian national was arrested last year in the northern part of Cyprus and extradited to Russia via Turkey on fraud charges
Abolfazl Shamkhani, the son of a political adviser to Iran’s slain Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, invested in an investment company in Cyprus with a Dominica passport obtained under an assumed name. Reporters also found millions in luxury Dubai real estate held by Abofazl and his older brother Hossein Shamkhani, a sanctioned oil magnate, under assumed names and Dominica passports.
Belarusian businessman Yury Chyzh claims that he was behind Cypriot companies while sanctioned by the European Union
Bassam and Raad survived more than 60 hours in freezing waters off Cape Greco in March, after a migrant boat from Lebanon sank – 19 others perished. Based on survivor accounts, interviews, official statements and tracking data, CIReN analysed the rescue response, and the aftermath.
An unprecedented international investigation exposes how doctors who have lost their medical licenses due to serious wrongdoing, including patient harm, can easily relocate and practice in different countries. In Cyprus, a doctor whose medical licenses were revoked in Sweden and Norway, is practicing at a Larnaca clinic. But reporters could only obtain limited data, including in Cyprus, identifying big gaps in information-sharing mechanisms.
