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News Open Call for Fellowships at Media Resilience Lab

A two-year media development programme supporting independent journalism in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russia, and other Eastern Partnership countries through funding, training, and cross-border collaboration.

22 May 2026 Read Article

News Lukashenko’s “wallet” transferred money through a New Zealand banking system, which made it difficult to trace

Journalists discovered “tobacco king” Aliaksei Aleksin’s name in the leaked files of financial services provider Worldclear.

11 May 2026 Read Article

News "I'm always doing fine": A Less Than Candid Conversation With Alexander Shackutin

The businessman talked about his wife, his detention and new plants after the confiscation of Amkodor — and we fact-checked his claims.

07 April 2026 Read Article

News Ukraine could have imposed sanctions against Lukashenko earlier, but the head of the Presidential Office was against it, a BIC source says

Zelenskyy signed the sanctions decree less than three months after Yermak’s resignation.

18 February 2026 Read Article

News “They’re trying to get you to hand over information”. Ukrainian draft evaders are being interrogated in Belarus

Plainclothes officers are interested in the movement of military equipment, and the impact of Russian air strikes.

14 January 2026 Read Article

News Stop Nitrogen: BIC investigations have led to halting the smuggling of Belarusian fertilisers into the European Union

Over the past 30 months, Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland have all imposed sanctions.

30 October 2025 Read Article

News Belarusian Investigative Centre wins a prestigious Free Media Award

In 2025, six editorial teams and journalists were recognised for their work.

10 September 2025 Read Article

News A company linked to one of Putin’s cronies is transferring goods from occupied Ukrainian territories to enterprises in Belarus

Some of the purchasers are Belarusian industrial giants

01 July 2025 Read Article

News BIC discovers Polish ad agency with Belarusian sanctioned banks among its clients

The company’s client list features Belbet, an online lottery operated by the state.

04 June 2025 Read Article

News Zelensky approves sanctions against four companies named in BIC investigation into supplying equipment to Russian military-industrial complex

The sanctions target companies from the Izovac group, whose former clients include tech giants like Apple, Tesla, and Samsung.

11 May 2025 Read Article

News Financier who exposed money laundering scheme at Minsk's H Casino murdered in the Netherlands

How a money laundering scheme operates at a Minsk casino – and why Belarusian security forces are ignoring it – is revealed in the BIC investigation.

02 May 2025 Read Article

News US sanctions owners of Zafar bulk carrier for transporting stolen Ukrainian grain to Yemen

The BIC uncovered the ship’s involvement in similar shipments to Iran in June 2024.

03 April 2025 Read Article

News BIC investigation leads to EU sanctions against Belorusskiye Loterei

The restrictions also apply to the company that developed the software for the state-run online lottery Belbet.

27 March 2025 Read Article

News The EU has imposed sanctions on the Belarusian company Integral following an investigation by the BIC

We examined the circuit boards installed in Russian missiles and discovered that not all the electronics are of Russian origin.

24 February 2025 Read Article

News The German corporation has terminated its contract with the company that supplied chemicals to Integral

The microchips produced at Integral are used in Russian missiles.

21 February 2025 Read Article

News How did sanctioned goods get to Integral? German companies responded to the BIC inquiry

We have received letters from Wacker Chemie AG, the Faulhaber Group and the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control.

11 February 2025 Read Article