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Cleaning reputations. How businessman involved of laundering tens of millions of euros received help from Belarus democratic forces in exchange for donations
Investigations Cleaning reputations. How businessman involved of laundering tens of millions of euros received help from Belarus democratic forces in exchange for donations

With this publication, BIC launches a debate on the limits of cooperation between civil society organizations and businessmen whose activities are being questioned by European law enforcement agencies and others.

30/06 Read Article
Dirty play in a clean market. How Belarusian cleaners earned tens of millions of euros in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine and why they are being tried in Latvia
Investigations Dirty play in a clean market. How Belarusian cleaners earned tens of millions of euros in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine and why they are being tried in Latvia

A Latvian court is investigating a major financial scandal with a Belarusian link. The primary defendant in the case is businessman Eduard Apsit.

28/05 Read Article
Oil mystery. Lukashenko's $1.5 billion debt to Venezuela
Investigations Oil mystery. Lukashenko's $1.5 billion debt to Venezuela

We have a copy of a document dated September 2015 which was prepared for a session with the Belarusian Prime Minister. It indicates the Belarusian authorities did not intend to send the money to Venezuela.

12/04 Read Article
An Asian route to Europe. Belarus never stopped selling sanctioned plywood and pellets to the EU
Investigations An Asian route to Europe. Belarus never stopped selling sanctioned plywood and pellets to the EU

We found out how Belarusian timber floods EU markets via Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

03/04 Read Article
How Belarusian fertilizer company get banned nitrogen into Europe through straw companies
Investigations How Belarusian fertilizer company get banned nitrogen into Europe through straw companies

Belarusian authorities are directly involved: one of the straw companies has been set up by the Hrodna District Executive Committee.

20/02 Read Article
Politician, fraudster, and businessman from Belarus kept money in Swiss bank
Investigations Politician, fraudster, and businessman from Belarus kept money in Swiss bank

One of the subjects of this investigation is a former member of parliament whose reported income was several times lower than the amount of money in his Swiss account. The second one is a businessman who has been jailed twice in different countries. The third one is a businessman close to the...

14/02 Read Article
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