A Russian state-backed shipping company sanctioned by the U.S. and EU in February continues to deliver crude oil to European ports, analysis of company records and live ship tracking shows. Experts say the company disguised its ownership of the vessels by basing subsidiaries in Cyprus and the United Arab Emirates and sailing under Liberian flags.
(Photo: Olaf Schuelke / Alamy Stock Photo)
Countless Ukrainians have ended up in Russia since the invasion. Moscow says they went voluntarily. Ukrainian officials, and many refugees themselves, say they were forced against their will.
A refugee from eastern Ukraine who unwillingly found herself in Russia with her two sons. They later made a risky escape to Europe. (Photo: Jaanus Lensment / Ekspress Meedia)
A U.S. court has asked Lebanon’s judiciary to serve legal papers against two top Lebanese politicians seeking to compel their response to accusations they orchestrated the kidnap and torture of a Lebanese-American couple.
For eight years, Chinese property developer Chen Runkai used hundreds of wire transfers to move tens of millions of dollars into accounts at Canadian banks –– a technique experts say is a hallmark of money laundering.
Chen and his daughter both own mansions on this street in Vancouver’s Point Grey neighborhood. (Photo: Darryl Dyck for the Toronto Star/OCCRP)
During his more than 20 years in power, Russian President Vladimir Putin has kept his family a closely guarded secret. Relatively little is known about his two adult daughters, who do not bear his surname.
Igor Zelensky in 2016 (Photo: dpa picture alliance / Alamy Stock Photo)