Without cyberfraud laws, police in tiny Southeast Asian country are struggling to combat a surge in scam center operations. View of Dili in Timor-Leste. Foreign scammers arrested in Timor-Leste are returning to their illicit activities after being convicted in local…
Cypriot officials faced questioning from parliamentarians following an investigation by OCCRP and partners, which found that corporate services firms backdated documents to help companies tied to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich transfer billions offshore. The Cypriot Parliament this week discussed recent…
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced on Monday the arrest of nine people in Nigeria as part of an international operation targeting cybercrime scam centers. According to a... FBI Cybercrime Operation Nets Nine Arrests in Nigeria The U.S. Federal Bureau of…
An investigation into the abduction and murder of a Chinese cyber scam boss uncovers his shadow identities and how he was operating across borders without consequence. A Chinese cyber scam boss who was kidnapped and murdered in Sri Lanka’s capital…
Leaked records show the major Indonesian nickel miner Harita Group approved hundreds of thousands of dollars in “incentives” for community leaders, flights for politicians, and financial support for military projects between 2013 and 2023. When senior mining executive Stevi Thomas was convicted…
Brendon Luo was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury in June. He still owns a mansion in California worth an estimated $5 million. Brendon Luo was sanctioned in June by the U.S. Treasury Department, which alleged he was an investor in a cyber-scam compound…
As romance scams incur record losses, the law requires apps to notify users if someone they’ve been talking to is banned for fraud. A new U.S. law signed by President Donald Trump Tuesday will require online dating services to notify…
How kinship and regional ties shape Arabic-speaking criminal networks in Germany, their transnational connections and responses to organized crime. Arabic-speaking criminal networks in Germany This report maps two interconnected fields of transnational crime linking Germany to the Middle East: long-established…
A Decisive Test for Police Reform Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) A Decisive Test for Police Reform As competing visions for policing in England and Wales take shape, the ability to confront serious and organized crime must remain…
Environmental crime has become one of the fastest-growing forms of organized crime worldwide. Illegal mining and logging, wildlife trafficking, illegal fishing, and waste dumping generate enormous profits while causing lasting damage to ecosystems, livelihoods and social cohesion. In many regions,…
Investigations of organized crime and corruption from InSight Crime, OCCRP, the Global Initiative, ICIJ and Balkan Insight.
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