Rare Elephants’ Survival Roulette on Kenya-Tanzania Border
Roaming in his natural habitat, Gilgil crossed from Kenya into Tanzania, and paid for it with his life.
A herd of super-tusker elephants. (Photo: Aew,...
Roaming in his natural habitat, Gilgil crossed from Kenya into Tanzania, and paid for it with his life.
A herd of super-tusker elephants. (Photo: Aew,...
Boris and Arkady Rotenberg were two of the most prominent Russian oligarchs to be sanctioned after the Kremlin’s 2014 annexation of Crimea. Never-before-seen insider documents now offer unprecedented insight into how they shielded their fortune — and who helped them do it.
Read more: Leaked Emails Reveal How Putin’s Friends Dodged Sanctions With Help of Western Enablers
Queen Elizabeth II’s cousin, Prince Michael, distanced himself from earlier ties to the Putin regime in the wake of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. But leaked emails and corporate records show he co-owns a company with two Russian businessmen who helped billionaire oligarch and Putin ally Boris Rotenberg dodge Western sanctions.
Read more: U.K. Royal’s Russian Allies Helped Putin Crony Rotenberg Dodge Western Sanctions
A holiday property in an exclusive skiing destination was frequented by Vladimir Putin’s eldest daughter, locals say. New documents suggest the house was purchased using a loan financed by Arkady Rotenberg, a sanctioned billionaire and childhood friend of the Russian president.
Drug barons from Serbia, Brazil, Peru, and Mexico plotted a would-be escape from a maximum security prison using heavy weapons and a helicopter, a secret Peruvian police report shows.
Read more: How Bosses from Four Cocaine Cartels Planned a Wild Prison Break
Authorities in Sierra Leone claim that measures to keep better track of fishing vessels have stopped industrial trawlers from intruding into waters reserved for artisanal fishermen. But video recordings and fishermen’s testimonies suggest their efforts are still falling short.
Rza and Seymur Talibov, sons of the longtime ruler of Azerbaijan’s isolated Nakhchivan region, transferred ownership of properties worth tens of millions of dollars after their father resigned under pressure from Baku, property records show.
Read more: Amid Political Purge, Sons of Longtime Azerbaijan Autocrat Talibov Offloaded Assets
On June 5, 2022, British journalist Dom Phillips and his Brazilian guide Bruno Pereira disappeared in Brazil’s Javari Valley, in the Amazon. Reporters investigated the illegal fishing gangs thought to be behind their deaths.
Read more: The Last Investigation of the Journalist Who Wanted to Save the Amazon
Latvian investigators suspect the owner of “Clean World,” a well-known cleaning business that stretches across Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, of using the notorious bank to launder tens of millions of euros. Reporters looked into Eduard Apsit and his business.
New documents uncovered by reporters show that Andrew and Tristan Tate were involved in a profit-sharing agreement with a casino company whose owners are now under investigation for creating a violent organized crime group.
Read more: Andrew Tate Partnered in Casinos with Alleged Romanian Organized Crime Figures
Two alleged smuggling schemes run through the Brazilian border town of Pacaraima give a glimpse into the murky world of Venezuela’s illegal gold trade.
Read more: How Venezuelan Gold is Trafficked Through Brazil’s Borderlands to the US
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