Investigation

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.

OCCRP and CIReN
20.03.2026
Slain Iranian official’s son invested in Cyprus company under assumed name 
Investigation

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.

Christodoulos Mavroudis, Kyriakos Pieridis, Mohammad Bassiki, Elina Stamatiou and Alina Tsogoeva
30.12.2025
Surviving a Shipwreck, Drowning in the System
Investigation

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.

Christodoulos Mavroudis
2.10.2025
Doctors Disciplined in One European Country Are Free To Practice in Another–Including in Cyprus
Investigation

An investigation into leaked data exposes scam call centers whose employees convinced thousands of people to make “investments” on fake trading platforms. A call center in Cyprus was part of an operation based in Israel that appears to have targeted 26,810 individuals around the world.

Andreas Cosma, Christodoulos Mavroudis, Kyriakos Pieridis and Begoña P. Ramírez (InfoLibre)
5.03.2025
Scam Empire: Cyprus Served as a Hub in Alleged Fraud Ring