Investigations

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We investigate corruption, uncover fake news and analyze the news agenda. The BIC is a member of the global network of investigative journalists.

Our journalists are the recipients of the national award “Free Word” from the Association of Journalists of Belarus in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. At "Free Word" 2021 BIC’s team also received first place for Analytics

BIC is a member of the OCCRP (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project)

We are also members of GIJN (Global Investigative Journalism Network)

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Investigations 07 June 2023

Undercover of security forces. Who could make millions of dollars on the migration crisis at the EU border, which claimed dozens of lives

A new migration crisis is brewing on the border between Belarus and the EU. This time, it is endorsed by Russia.

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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.

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Investigations A corrupt knight. Empire of Lukashenko-linked entrepreneur Zaytsev uses priest as business owners

The Belarusian entrepreneur is the first member of the Order of St Gregory the Great in the history of Belarus.

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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.

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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 April 2023 Read Article

Investigations Sergei Teterin's new monopoly forces Belarusians to overpay for European chocolate

A source from the food industry in Belarus claims that it is Teterin’s company BelGlobalGarant that is actually involved in chocolate smuggling.

06 March 2023 Read Article

Investigations Leaked: Kremlin set to subjugate Belarus

BIC head Stanislau Ivashkevich believes that chances are high that the document is authoritative.

21 February 2023 Read Article

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 February 2023 Read Article

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 February 2023 Read Article

Investigations Lukashenka's sanctioned «wallet» Shakutsin continues business in the EU in spite of sanctions

As a rough estimate, it cost Belarusian taxpayers $100 million to run the business of the Shakutsin family.

27 January 2023 Read Article

Investigations Bypassing the sanctions. Belarusian wood enters the EU under sham papers

According to the BIC’s estimates, the indirect re-export of Belarusian wood to the EU through Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan brought some 30 million euros to its organisers

20 December 2022 Read Article

Investigations Dmitry Lukashenko's family is involved in a scam of almost $ 200 million

Anna is the only one from the Lukashenko family who has never been sanctioned. However, her inner circle includes people who are subject to international restrictions.

29 November 2022 Read Article

Investigations Dolce vita: how an Italian businessman found a gold mine in Belarus

There is another group of "shadow diplomats", which is connected with the official Minsk

18 November 2022 Read Article

Investigations Shadow consuls: why Belarusian businessmen became volunteer diplomats

Belarus is among the top 20 countries with the largest number of current and former honorary consuls who have been embroiled in scandals or criminal cases

14 November 2022 Read Article

Investigations How a secret Lithuanian partner helped Chyzh make billions in a solvent scheme

Businessman Yury Chyzh and his Lithuanian partner Vitold Tomaševskij pumped billions of dollars out of Belarus

31 October 2022 Read Article

Investigations United Arab Emirates and Cyprus: top destinations for Lukashenka’s construction money

The Belarusian Investigative Center has studied the Karić businesses’ financial reports, revealing significant money transfers across the border. Between 2008 and 2020, the Karics syphoned off over €170m to Cyprus as dividends

11 October 2022 Read Article