Alleged Italian Mobsters Grew Powerful in Toronto. Experts Say Canadian Law Can’t Stop Them.
A fugitive in Italy, Angelo Figliomeni lives free in Canada, where a major organized crime case against him fell apart.
...A fugitive in Italy, Angelo Figliomeni lives free in Canada, where a major organized crime case against him fell apart.
...A membership list for the extremist, anti-government Oath Keeper group included names of Chicago police officers. Some are still on the beat, despite a promise by the city’s mayor to remove any members of the group from the force.
Read more: Chicago Police Officers Appeared on Membership List of Extremist Oath Keepers Group
Spain’s major soccer league signed a sponsorship contract with Iranian telecom company MTN Irancell. But getting money out of the sanctioned country isn’t easy. Here’s how a “citizenship-by-investment” program made it possible.
The imprisonment of a prominent Fijian businessman on drug charges is just one sign of the Pacific island country’s increasing role as an international trafficking hub.
Read more: Fall of a Fijian Trafficker Exposes Previous Government’s Blind Eye to Meth
A man was stabbed to death in Malta in an alleged dispute over prostitution ring proceeds. Reporters have uncovered the criminal histories and assets of the previously unknown gang behind the fight.
Read more: Deadly Brawl Over Maltese Prostitution Ring Traced to Romania’s Criminal Underworld
This week, OCCRP, the Government Accountability Project, and 15 other media partners published “Dominica: Passports of the Caribbean,” an investigative project about politicians and other powerful people who purchased Dominica citizenship, which grants holders visa-free travel to the European Union.
Dominica passports — secured for as little as $100,000 — have been acquired by nearly a dozen people who then fled their home countries over criminal charges and convictions.
Thousands of names appear to have not been listed in public records of who has purchased Dominica’s valuable passport.
Read more: Implausible Budget Numbers, Undisclosed Names Raise Red Flags about Dominica’s...
A collaborative investigation into Dominica's citizenship-by-investment program reveals how it works — and who has taken advantage to acquire the island's valuable passports.
An Afghan official accused of human rights abuses, a Libyan colonel who served under Gaddafi, and Saddam Hussein’s top nuclear scientist are among those who bought citizenship from the tiny Caribbean country.
Read more: Investigation Reveals Thousands Who Bought ‘Golden Passports’ From Dominica
Two years after saying he would prefer Jordanians not hold any other nationalities, former Prime Minister Samir Rifai paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for himself and his family to become citizens of the Caribbean country of Dominica.
Read more: After Publicly Opposing Dual Citizenship, Jordan’s Former PM Obtained a Dominica Passport
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