May 22, 2025
Cyprus misses EU deadline as long-awaited sanctions unit stalls
A package of reforms meant to help the country clamp down on sanctions evasion has repeatedly faltered amid pushback from the legal industry.
A package of reforms meant to help the country clamp down on sanctions evasion has repeatedly faltered amid pushback from the legal industry.
Leaked documents suggest Roman Abramovich’s companies failed to pay tax on huge profits generated by offshore investments worth $6 billion, ICIJ media partners found.
Leaked documents show the accounting giant collaborated with the firm and its controversial founder for years — despite publicly downplaying the relationship.
The Cyprus Confidential investigation last year exposed how the island nation’s financial sector aided some of Russia’s wealthiest figures ahead of looming sanctions related to the Ukraine war.
As the United States clamped down on the Intellexa group for the second time this year, advocates criticized Europe’s lack of action against commercial spyware creators.
ICIJ’s Cyprus Confidential revealed that as sanctions loomed amid Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, a Cyprus financial services firm transferred millions from an account it managed for the Russian billionaire.
An ICIJ media partner found two of oligarch Roman Abramovich’s children held Lithuanian passports when his financial affairs were rapidly reorganized ahead of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The two countries are finalizing an agreement under which the U.S. Justice Department and FBI will assist Cyprus authorities in identifying and prosecuting sanctions evasion and other illicit finance operations “with a nexus to Cyprus."
A new analysis of transactions shows a link between Copper Technologies and Jonatan Zimenkov, who was later hit with U.S. sanctions over Russia’s Ukraine invasion.
The U.S. Treasury sanctioned the cyber-surveillance group and two of its key leaders, Tal Dilian and Sara Hamou, for proliferating spyware use around the world.
The new unit, slated to launch later this year, is the latest reform effort after Cyprus Confidential revealed the role of Cypriot firms in helping Putin allies avoid Western sanctions.
A new rule would close a loophole Treasury warns is exploited by bad actors using ill-gotten cash to anonymously buy residential properties.
Abdelbasit Hamza, whose European business ties were exposed in ICIJ’s Cyprus Confidential investigation, has been targeted by European authorities and has reportedly been arrested in Cairo.
The State Department highlighted the reward after reporting by ICIJ on Hamas financing in the wake of the group’s deadly October incursion into Israel, which Israel says killed 1,200 people.
From government probes to police raids and pop culture, the impact of ICIJ’s unflinching reporting reverberated around the world.
The Treasury Department is expected to announce its plan to address a loophole that experts warn enables criminals to stash dirty money in the United States.
Sudanese businessman Abdelbasit Hamza — whose company holdings feature in Cyprus Confidential documents — has been accused of being “a central figure in Hamas' investment portfolio.”
Cyprus Confidential documents show over $1.5 million in payments from a Bulgarian businessman to a convicted murderer.
The Register of Overseas Entities was meant to “root out corrupt oligarchs and elites” in the U.K. real estate market, but experts say it’s falling short.
An ICIJ partner found two of the oligarch's children were Lithuanian citizens at the time of offshore moves that may have safeguarded billions in assets from sanctions.
More than 270 journalists around the world collaborated on ICIJ’s latest investigation — here’s some of what they found in a trove of millions of leaked documents.
The U.S. has deployed a team of experts to aid Cypriot authorities' response to ICIJ's Cyprus Confidential investigation, which exposed a rogue financial system serving the Russian elite.
ICIJ found a Cyprus-based firm aided Alexey Mordashov’s bid to protect a $1.4 billion investment from EU sanctions. Now, authorities are accused of sitting on the same information.
During a debate called in response to ICIJ's latest investigation, one parliamentarian said it showed how the entire European bloc was turning into a “gangster’s paradise.”
With help from PwC Cyprus, Hushang Ansary set up shell companies and oversaw a series of transactions that authorities say drained a Curacao fund holding pensions for 30,000 people.