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The complete collection. Each report includes its source publications and the date of the record.

R85
Senegal / Türkiye

Karpowership in Senegal’s off-budget accounts: CFA13 billion in two entries

Investigation ongoing31 October 2026Public office & procurement
R84
Ghana / Türkiye / United States / United Kingdom

$5,000 each on a Türkiye trip: Berko’s bribery verdict in Aksa’s Ghana deal

Investigation ongoing31 October 2026Public office & procurement
R83
Special Investigation · Uganda / Burundi / British Virgin Islands / Türkiye

SICPA’s Africa file 2: The two partners behind Veritas

Investigation ongoing30 October 2026Public office & procurement
E82
Editorial assessment · Türkiye

The law does not bow to big names

Completed29 October 2026Public office & procurement
R81
Türkiye / Russia / Croatia / Montenegro

The $593.7 million question in the Zeren case: where did the oil revenues go?

Investigation ongoing30 October 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R80
Türkiye

Pasifik Holding: TRY 39.7 billion on the books, TRY 6.3 billion on the market

Investigation ongoing29 October 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R79
Türkiye / Switzerland

SICPA playing games with the transfer? The “1 December” calculation in the EUR 120.6 million dispute

Investigation ongoing28 October 2026Public office & procurement
R78
Türkiye / Switzerland / United Kingdom

Century City: CHF 300,000 in capital, at least TRY 1.3 billion in Turkish share purchases

Investigation ongoing27 October 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R77
Türkiye

Zapsu and Balsu: were the shares sold to funds bought back?

Investigation ongoing27 October 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R76
Türkiye / International

From embargo to world markets: the rise of Türkiye’s defence industry

Completed26 October 2026Public office & procurement
R75
Special Investigation · Türkiye / East Africa / British Virgin Islands

SICPA’s Africa file opens: Four countries, millions of dollars in bribes and presidential-level access

Investigation ongoing25 October 2026Public office & procurement
R72
Kenya

Kenya’s KSh104.8bn health-tech deal: audit red flags and the accountability test

Investigation ongoing6 October 2026Public office & procurement
R74
Somalia / United States

From Mogadishu to Minnesota: the alleged kickback network in a $250m food-aid fraud

Investigation ongoing21 August 2026Public office & procurement
R73
Uganda / Japan / United Kingdom

Uganda’s $14.7m debt-payment fraud case heads towards trial

Investigation ongoing12 October 2026Public office & procurement
REPORT
Special Investigation · Azerbaijan · Türkiye · United Kingdom · United Arab Emirates

One Country, Two Families

Investigation ongoing24 October 2026Public office & procurement
REPORT
United Kingdom · France · Spain · Portugal

UK court freezes about £50 million in unexplained-wealth investigation

Investigation ongoing23 October 2026Customs, VAT & sanctions
REPORT
United States · Netherlands · Bahamas · Cambodia

Zheng Zhao extradited to US in case tracing more than $36.9 million through bank accounts and crypto

Investigation ongoing23 October 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R69
United States · Los Angeles

US charges 15 in Los Angeles healthcare cases involving about $2 billion in claims

Investigation ongoing22 October 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R71
Slovakia · European Union

EPPO investigates alleged customs and VAT losses exceeding €234 million in Slovakia

Investigation ongoing22 October 2026Customs, VAT & sanctions
R70
20 African countries · United States

Serengeti III: Interpol reports over $105 million recovered in cybercrime crackdown

Investigation ongoing22 October 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R68
Special Investigation · Special investigation | Turkey · Ankara–Istanbul

Two Major Investigations, One Test of the Law: Erdoğan’s Resolve, Gürlek’s Determination

Investigation ongoing22 October 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R67
The SICPA dossier, Part 2: Payment-stop messages said to date from September 2019, consultancy invoices from 2015–2019, and an account of a conversation said to have taken place in 2020.

The adviser written off: Messages attributed to Amon describe a break with Cuneyd Zapsu

Investigation ongoing21 October 2026Public office & procurement
R66
Investigation · SICPA file · 19 October 2026

Why did SICPA hire Cuneyd Zapsu?

Investigation ongoing19 October 2026Public office & procurement
R65
SKM Group's replies of 19 October 2026, statements from the Sarıgül side and the investigation's status when the bulletin was prepared.

SKM responds: promised €1 billion either did not exist or had a questionable source, group claims

Investigation ongoing19 October 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R64
United States / Democratic Republic of the Congo / Türkiye

Congo link in the White House donation feud

Investigation ongoing18 October 2026Public office & procurement
E63
Editorial assessment · Türkiye / Germany / Italy / Switzerland

The Scales Are Not Balanced: A Prosecutor's Decision, a Munich Letter and a Missing Suspect on One Side; an Undocumented Accusation on the Other

Investigation ongoing18 October 2026Money laundering & financial systems
REPORT
Special Investigation · Türkiye / Germany

The Sarıgül Dossier: An €80 Million Agreement, a €1 Billion Promise

Investigation ongoing16 October 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R62
Special Investigation · France / European Union / Singapore / Türkiye

28 Countries, 278 People, One Document: The Real Test of the Fund Investigation

Completed14 October 2026Public office & procurement
R60
United States · International banking

Bank of America faces $1.21bn in AML and sanctions penalties

Investigation ongoing13 October 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R61
Ghana · Nigeria · United Kingdom · United States

West Africa scam crackdown brings 28 arrests and a search for recoverable funds

Investigation ongoing13 October 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R58
US · Venezuela · Colombia · Türkiye

Pulido enters U.S. custody as Venezuela contract cases trace cross-border payments

Investigation ongoing12 October 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R59
Nigeria

SERAP sues Nigeria’s central bank over $6.23m payment and ₦1.63trn in loan balances

Investigation ongoing12 October 2026Public office & procurement
R57
Türkiye

Istanbul prosecutors seek securities freeze for 85 people in fund investigation

Investigation ongoing12 October 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R56
international scope

Erdoğan’s “The world is bigger than five” call: Who will hold the powerful to account?

CompletedOctober 2026Public office & procurement
R55
Türkiye / Switzerland

SICPA case: Türkiye’s Court of Cassation puts a contractual penalty claim exceeding €100 million back in focus

Investigation ongoing8 October 2026Public office & procurement
R49
Türkiye

ODINE “Major Heist” Allegation: 21 People Referred to Prosecutors, Billion-Lira Transactions and Unanswered Questions

Investigation ongoing9 October 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R51
The Ledgers Africa · Angola · Switzerland

Trafigura’s Angola case: the payments behind the oil contracts

Completed9 December 2025Public office & procurement
R50
Germany · Austria · Poland · Spain · Switzerland · Cuba

Money in the Account, No Payments: How a Sanctions Chain Locked Cohiba’s European Route

Investigation ongoing9 October 2026Customs, VAT & sanctions
R52
The Ledgers Africa · Guinea · Switzerland

Simandou’s price: the Guinea mining rights behind Steinmetz’s bribery conviction

Completed4 April 2025Public office & procurement
R47
United States

OCC imposes $350 million AML penalty on American Express National Bank

Completed8 October 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R53
The Ledgers Africa · Mozambique · United Kingdom

Mozambique’s hidden debt: Privinvest loses its appeal, but recovery is another battle

Completed13 May 2026Public office & procurement
R48
India

Indian investigators report loan irregularities in Angamaly co-operative probe

Investigation ongoing8 October 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R54
The Ledgers Africa · Ghana · South Africa

Accra’s railway that never arrived: the $2 million SkyTrain payment on trial

Completed5 October 2026Public office & procurement
R46
Nigeria

Nigeria’s Phantom Council: The State Says It Does Not Exist. Its Records Say Otherwise.

Investigation ongoing9 October 2026Public office & procurement
R45
Türkiye · Switzerland · United States · GeorgiaNEW EVIDENCE RECEIVED

From Draft to Invoice: SICPA’s 2014 Tender ‘Success Fee’ Did Not Stay on Paper

Investigation ongoing6 October 2026Public office & procurement
R44
Türkiye · United States · South Korea · Japan · Hungary

What Is Happening at Maltepe University?

Investigation ongoing6 October 2026Public office & procurement
R43
Türkiye · France

Twice the Price Amid a Collapse: Who Bought Barem Shares, From Whom, and Why?

Investigation ongoing5 October 2026Public office & procurement
E42
Editorial assessment · Türkiye · Portugal · Switzerland

A Proactive State: Justice Before the Money Disappears

Completed3 October 2026Public office & procurement
R41
Germany · Qatar · France

Munich prosecutors examine consultancy commissions in KNDS's 2013 Qatar tank deal

Investigation ongoing1 October 2026Public office & procurement
R39
Switzerland / Türkiye / United States

Payments, a rival and a success fee: SICPA’s fight to retain Türkiye’s tax-stamp contract

Investigation ongoing1 October 2026Public office & procurement
R38
Belgium / Democratic Republic of the Congo / United Arab Emirates

The Black Box of the $185 Passport: Semlex to Stand Trial in Belgium

Investigation ongoing28 September 2026Public office & procurement
E37
Editorial assessment · Switzerland / United Kingdom

The Accountability Test for Those Selling Transparency: Roger Zini, Philippe Amon and the N-Soft–SICPA Dispute

Investigation ongoing24 September 2026Public office & procurement
E36
Editorial assessment · Portugal / Türkiye

Ricardo Salgado’s Lesson: The Robbery Happens While Everyone Is Profiting, Not When the Collapse Comes

Investigation ongoing22 September 2026EU enforcement & oversight
E35
Editorial assessment · Türkiye

Akın Gürlek: A firm stand against the perception of impunity

Completed21 September 2026Public office & procurement
R34
Türkiye / Switzerland

SICPA SA (CH) and Türkiye’s Tax-Stamp Tender: Bribery Allegations in a Complaint Filed in Switzerland

Investigation ongoing16 September 2026Public office & procurement
R08
Germany

Damaged US cars at the centre of Germany’s €90 million fraud case

Investigation ongoing14 September 2026Customs, VAT & sanctions
R23
Spain (international scope)

Spain arrests 21 in inquiry into ‘Dubai Bank’ money-transfer network

Completed8 September 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R09
Czechia, Germany, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia

AirPods trade used in alleged €20 million VAT carousel

Completed26 August 2026Customs, VAT & sanctions
R30
Ukraine

Ukraine’s ‘Forrest Gump’ case follows alleged bail funding through Sense Bank

Completed19–20 August 2026Public office & procurement
R10
Italy

Milan clothing imports examined in €33.4 million VAT probe

Completed10 August 2026Customs, VAT & sanctions
R11
Brazil, Germany, Belgium

Extra invoices raise questions over collagen imports’ customs value

Completed5 August 2026Customs, VAT & sanctions
R19
Switzerland

Swiss court fines Lombard Odier in Karimova-linked laundering case

Completed29 July 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R31
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnian motorway funding halted as investigators examine consultancy tender

Completed20–21 July 2026Corridor Vc / Bosnia & Herzegovina
R12
Poland

Russian plywood allegedly entered Poland under Kazakh origin declarations

Completed17 July 2026Customs, VAT & sanctions
R26
Greece

Four sitting MPs among 22 indicted in Greek farm-payments case

Completed16 July 2026Public office & procurement
R13
Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia

Greek electronics VAT probe reaches property and digital assets

Completed14 July 2026Customs, VAT & sanctions
R32
Bosnia and Herzegovina · Contractor: Cengiz (Türkiye)

Golubinja tunnel: how a rejected claim became a reported €27 million payment

Completed14 July 2026Corridor Vc / Bosnia & Herzegovina
R03
Hungary

Hungary’s EPPO entry opens scrutiny of spending dating back to 2021

Completed10 July 2026EU enforcement & oversight
R14
Italy

Italian fuel warehouse suspected of selling 188 million litres without paying tax

Completed1 July 2026Customs, VAT & sanctions
R22
Georgia, Poland, Ukraine, US

AudiA6 operation targets a service allegedly used to launder ransomware proceeds

Completed10–12 June 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R25
Belgium, France

Cash couriers and a Brussels business feature in €8 million seizure

CompletedOperation 6 June 2026, announced 10 June 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R06
EU-wide

Rising defence budgets prompt OLAF warning over procurement fraud

Completed3 June 2026EU enforcement & oversight
R17
Belgium (Wise Europe)

Wise faces Belgian inquiry after requests over €500 million in transactions

Completed1 June 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R29
Portugal

Portuguese inquiry examines municipal awards to party-linked companies

Completed28 May 2026Public office & procurement
R18
Belgium

ING’s €1.6 million settlement leaves a reporting timeline in focus

Completed5 May 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R04
Slovakia

European Parliament calls for Slovakia’s EU payments to be suspended

Completed29 April 2026EU enforcement & oversight
R15
Greece

Piraeus customs case examines how imports passed inspections

CompletedInvestigation opened June 2025; detailed reporting 27 April 2026Customs, VAT & sanctions
R28
Spain

Spain’s former transport minister faces trial over pandemic mask contracts

CompletedTrial opened 8 April 2026Public office & procurement
R27
Greece

False land claims, delayed payments: Greek farm-subsidy probe reaches cabinet

Completed3 April 2026Public office & procurement
R16
Italy, France, Poland, Switzerland, UK

Genoa tobacco probe uncovers false origin declarations and concealed cargo

Completed24 March 2026Customs, VAT & sanctions
R20
Switzerland

Swiss appeals court confirms Credit Suisse acquittal

Completed4 March 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R01
EU-wide

EU fraud files put VAT and customs losses at €45 billion

Completed2 March 2026EU enforcement & oversight
R02
EU-wide

Prosecutors trace suspected fraud in the EU’s pandemic recovery fund

CompletedMarch 2026EU enforcement & oversight
R07
Europe

Europe’s corruption perceptions score slips over a decade

Completed10 February 2026EU enforcement & oversight
R24
France, Romania

French and Romanian probe follows company funds into property

Completed10 February 2026Money laundering & financial systems
R05
EU-wide

How AMLA plans to select the financial groups it will supervise

CompletedAnnounced 18 December 2025; methodology tested with national supervisors through 2026EU enforcement & oversight
R21
Germany

Late suspicious-transaction reports lead to BaFin penalty for J.P. Morgan SE

Completed6 November 2025Money laundering & financial systems

Latest investigations

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Public office & procurement

Karpowership in Senegal’s off-budget accounts: CFA13 billion in two entries

R85 · Senegal / TürkiyeInvestigation ongoing31 October 2026
Public office & procurement

$5,000 each on a Türkiye trip: Berko’s bribery verdict in Aksa’s Ghana deal

R84 · Ghana / Türkiye / United States / United KingdomInvestigation ongoing31 October 2026
Public office & procurement

SICPA’s Africa file 2: The two partners behind Veritas

Special InvestigationR83 · Uganda / Burundi / British Virgin Islands / TürkiyeInvestigation ongoing30 October 2026
Public office & procurement

The law does not bow to big names

Editorial assessmentE82 · TürkiyeCompleted29 October 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

The $593.7 million question in the Zeren case: where did the oil revenues go?

R81 · Türkiye / Russia / Croatia / MontenegroInvestigation ongoing30 October 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

Pasifik Holding: TRY 39.7 billion on the books, TRY 6.3 billion on the market

R80 · TürkiyeInvestigation ongoing29 October 2026
Public office & procurement

SICPA playing games with the transfer? The “1 December” calculation in the EUR 120.6 million dispute

R79 · Türkiye / SwitzerlandInvestigation ongoing28 October 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

Century City: CHF 300,000 in capital, at least TRY 1.3 billion in Turkish share purchases

R78 · Türkiye / Switzerland / United KingdomInvestigation ongoing27 October 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

Zapsu and Balsu: were the shares sold to funds bought back?

R77 · TürkiyeInvestigation ongoing27 October 2026
Public office & procurement

From embargo to world markets: the rise of Türkiye’s defence industry

R76 · Türkiye / InternationalCompleted26 October 2026
Public office & procurement

SICPA’s Africa file opens: Four countries, millions of dollars in bribes and presidential-level access

Special InvestigationR75 · Türkiye / East Africa / British Virgin IslandsInvestigation ongoing25 October 2026
Public office & procurement

Kenya’s KSh104.8bn health-tech deal: audit red flags and the accountability test

R72 · KenyaInvestigation ongoing6 October 2026
Public office & procurement

From Mogadishu to Minnesota: the alleged kickback network in a $250m food-aid fraud

R74 · Somalia / United StatesInvestigation ongoing21 August 2026
Public office & procurement

Uganda’s $14.7m debt-payment fraud case heads towards trial

R73 · Uganda / Japan / United KingdomInvestigation ongoing12 October 2026
Public office & procurement

One Country, Two Families

Special InvestigationREPORT · Azerbaijan · Türkiye · United Kingdom · United Arab EmiratesInvestigation ongoing24 October 2026
Customs, VAT & sanctions

UK court freezes about £50 million in unexplained-wealth investigation

REPORT · United Kingdom · France · Spain · PortugalInvestigation ongoing23 October 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

Zheng Zhao extradited to US in case tracing more than $36.9 million through bank accounts and crypto

REPORT · United States · Netherlands · Bahamas · CambodiaInvestigation ongoing23 October 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

US charges 15 in Los Angeles healthcare cases involving about $2 billion in claims

R69 · United States · Los AngelesInvestigation ongoing22 October 2026
Customs, VAT & sanctions

EPPO investigates alleged customs and VAT losses exceeding €234 million in Slovakia

R71 · Slovakia · European UnionInvestigation ongoing22 October 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

Serengeti III: Interpol reports over $105 million recovered in cybercrime crackdown

R70 · 20 African countries · United StatesInvestigation ongoing22 October 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

Two Major Investigations, One Test of the Law: Erdoğan’s Resolve, Gürlek’s Determination

Special InvestigationR68 · Special investigation | Turkey · Ankara–IstanbulInvestigation ongoing22 October 2026
Public office & procurement

The adviser written off: Messages attributed to Amon describe a break with Cuneyd Zapsu

R67 · The SICPA dossier, Part 2: Payment-stop messages said to date from September 2019, consultancy invoices from 2015–2019, and an account of a conversation said to have taken place in 2020.Investigation ongoing21 October 2026
Public office & procurement

Why did SICPA hire Cuneyd Zapsu?

R66 · Investigation · SICPA file · 19 October 2026Investigation ongoing19 October 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

SKM responds: promised €1 billion either did not exist or had a questionable source, group claims

R65 · SKM Group's replies of 19 October 2026, statements from the Sarıgül side and the investigation's status when the bulletin was prepared.Investigation ongoing19 October 2026
Public office & procurement

Congo link in the White House donation feud

R64 · United States / Democratic Republic of the Congo / TürkiyeInvestigation ongoing18 October 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

The Scales Are Not Balanced: A Prosecutor's Decision, a Munich Letter and a Missing Suspect on One Side; an Undocumented Accusation on the Other

Editorial assessmentE63 · Türkiye / Germany / Italy / SwitzerlandInvestigation ongoing18 October 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

The Sarıgül Dossier: An €80 Million Agreement, a €1 Billion Promise

Special InvestigationREPORT · Türkiye / GermanyInvestigation ongoing16 October 2026
Public office & procurement

28 Countries, 278 People, One Document: The Real Test of the Fund Investigation

Special InvestigationR62 · France / European Union / Singapore / TürkiyeCompleted14 October 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

Bank of America faces $1.21bn in AML and sanctions penalties

R60 · United States · International bankingInvestigation ongoing13 October 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

West Africa scam crackdown brings 28 arrests and a search for recoverable funds

R61 · Ghana · Nigeria · United Kingdom · United StatesInvestigation ongoing13 October 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

Pulido enters U.S. custody as Venezuela contract cases trace cross-border payments

R58 · US · Venezuela · Colombia · TürkiyeInvestigation ongoing12 October 2026
Public office & procurement

SERAP sues Nigeria’s central bank over $6.23m payment and ₦1.63trn in loan balances

R59 · NigeriaInvestigation ongoing12 October 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

Istanbul prosecutors seek securities freeze for 85 people in fund investigation

R57 · TürkiyeInvestigation ongoing12 October 2026
Public office & procurement

Erdoğan’s “The world is bigger than five” call: Who will hold the powerful to account?

R56 · international scopeCompletedOctober 2026
Public office & procurement

SICPA case: Türkiye’s Court of Cassation puts a contractual penalty claim exceeding €100 million back in focus

R55 · Türkiye / SwitzerlandInvestigation ongoing8 October 2026
Public office & procurement

Accra’s railway that never arrived: the $2 million SkyTrain payment on trial

R54 · Ghana · South AfricaCompleted5 October 2026
Public office & procurement

Mozambique’s hidden debt: Privinvest loses its appeal, but recovery is another battle

R53 · Mozambique · United KingdomCompleted13 May 2026
Public office & procurement

Simandou’s price: the Guinea mining rights behind Steinmetz’s bribery conviction

R52 · Guinea · SwitzerlandCompleted4 April 2025
Public office & procurement

Trafigura’s Angola case: the payments behind the oil contracts

R51 · Angola · SwitzerlandCompleted9 December 2025
Money laundering & financial systems

ODINE “Major Heist” Allegation: 21 People Referred to Prosecutors, Billion-Lira Transactions and Unanswered Questions

R49 · TürkiyeInvestigation ongoing9 October 2026
Customs, VAT & sanctions

Money in the Account, No Payments: How a Sanctions Chain Locked Cohiba’s European Route

R50 · Germany · Austria · Poland · Spain · Switzerland · CubaInvestigation ongoing9 October 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

OCC imposes $350 million AML penalty on American Express National Bank

R47 · United StatesCompleted8 October 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

Indian investigators report loan irregularities in Angamaly co-operative probe

R48 · IndiaInvestigation ongoing8 October 2026
Public office & procurement

Nigeria’s Phantom Council: The State Says It Does Not Exist. Its Records Say Otherwise.

R46 · NigeriaInvestigation ongoing9 October 2026
Public office & procurement

From Draft to Invoice: SICPA’s 2014 Tender ‘Success Fee’ Did Not Stay on Paper

NEW EVIDENCE RECEIVEDR45 · Türkiye · Switzerland · United States · GeorgiaInvestigation ongoing6 October 2026
Public office & procurement

What Is Happening at Maltepe University?

R44 · Türkiye · United States · South Korea · Japan · HungaryInvestigation ongoing6 October 2026
Public office & procurement

Twice the Price Amid a Collapse: Who Bought Barem Shares, From Whom, and Why?

R43 · Türkiye · FranceInvestigation ongoing5 October 2026
Public office & procurement

A Proactive State: Justice Before the Money Disappears

Editorial assessmentE42 · Türkiye · Portugal · SwitzerlandCompleted3 October 2026
Public office & procurement

Munich prosecutors examine consultancy commissions in KNDS's 2013 Qatar tank deal

R41 · Germany · Qatar · FranceInvestigation ongoing1 October 2026
Public office & procurement

Payments, a rival and a success fee: SICPA’s fight to retain Türkiye’s tax-stamp contract

R39 · Switzerland / Türkiye / United StatesInvestigation ongoing1 October 2026
Public office & procurement

The Black Box of the $185 Passport: Semlex to Stand Trial in Belgium

R38 · Belgium / Democratic Republic of the Congo / United Arab EmiratesInvestigation ongoing28 September 2026
Public office & procurement

The Accountability Test for Those Selling Transparency: Roger Zini, Philippe Amon and the N-Soft–SICPA Dispute

Editorial assessmentE37 · Switzerland / United KingdomInvestigation ongoing24 September 2026
EU enforcement & oversight

Ricardo Salgado’s Lesson: The Robbery Happens While Everyone Is Profiting, Not When the Collapse Comes

Editorial assessmentE36 · Portugal / TürkiyeInvestigation ongoing22 September 2026
Public office & procurement

Akın Gürlek: A firm stand against the perception of impunity

Editorial assessmentE35 · TürkiyeCompleted21 September 2026
Public office & procurement

SICPA SA (CH) and Türkiye’s Tax-Stamp Tender: Bribery Allegations in a Complaint Filed in Switzerland

R34 · Türkiye / SwitzerlandInvestigation ongoing16 September 2026
Customs, VAT & sanctions

Damaged US cars at the centre of Germany’s €90 million fraud case

R08 · GermanyInvestigation ongoing14 September 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

Spain arrests 21 in inquiry into ‘Dubai Bank’ money-transfer network

R23 · Spain (international scope)Completed8 September 2026
Customs, VAT & sanctions

AirPods trade used in alleged €20 million VAT carousel

R09 · Czechia, Germany, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Hungary, SlovakiaCompleted26 August 2026
Public office & procurement

Ukraine’s ‘Forrest Gump’ case follows alleged bail funding through Sense Bank

R30 · UkraineCompleted19–20 August 2026
Customs, VAT & sanctions

Milan clothing imports examined in €33.4 million VAT probe

R10 · ItalyCompleted10 August 2026
Customs, VAT & sanctions

Extra invoices raise questions over collagen imports’ customs value

R11 · Brazil, Germany, BelgiumCompleted5 August 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

Swiss court fines Lombard Odier in Karimova-linked laundering case

R19 · SwitzerlandCompleted29 July 2026
Corridor Vc / Bosnia & Herzegovina

Bosnian motorway funding halted as investigators examine consultancy tender

R31 · Bosnia and HerzegovinaCompleted20–21 July 2026
Customs, VAT & sanctions

Russian plywood allegedly entered Poland under Kazakh origin declarations

R12 · PolandCompleted17 July 2026
Public office & procurement

Four sitting MPs among 22 indicted in Greek farm-payments case

R26 · GreeceCompleted16 July 2026
Customs, VAT & sanctions

Greek electronics VAT probe reaches property and digital assets

R13 · Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus, CzechiaCompleted14 July 2026
Corridor Vc / Bosnia & Herzegovina

Golubinja tunnel: how a rejected claim became a reported €27 million payment

R32 · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Contractor: Cengiz (Türkiye)Completed14 July 2026
EU enforcement & oversight

Hungary’s EPPO entry opens scrutiny of spending dating back to 2021

R03 · HungaryCompleted10 July 2026
Customs, VAT & sanctions

Italian fuel warehouse suspected of selling 188 million litres without paying tax

R14 · ItalyCompleted1 July 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

AudiA6 operation targets a service allegedly used to launder ransomware proceeds

R22 · Georgia, Poland, Ukraine, USCompleted10–12 June 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

Cash couriers and a Brussels business feature in €8 million seizure

R25 · Belgium, FranceCompletedOperation 6 June 2026, announced 10 June 2026
EU enforcement & oversight

Rising defence budgets prompt OLAF warning over procurement fraud

R06 · EU-wideCompleted3 June 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

Wise faces Belgian inquiry after requests over €500 million in transactions

R17 · Belgium (Wise Europe)Completed1 June 2026
Public office & procurement

Portuguese inquiry examines municipal awards to party-linked companies

R29 · PortugalCompleted28 May 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

ING’s €1.6 million settlement leaves a reporting timeline in focus

R18 · BelgiumCompleted5 May 2026
EU enforcement & oversight

European Parliament calls for Slovakia’s EU payments to be suspended

R04 · SlovakiaCompleted29 April 2026
Customs, VAT & sanctions

Piraeus customs case examines how imports passed inspections

R15 · GreeceCompletedInvestigation opened June 2025; detailed reporting 27 April 2026
Public office & procurement

Spain’s former transport minister faces trial over pandemic mask contracts

R28 · SpainCompletedTrial opened 8 April 2026
Public office & procurement

False land claims, delayed payments: Greek farm-subsidy probe reaches cabinet

R27 · GreeceCompleted3 April 2026
Customs, VAT & sanctions

Genoa tobacco probe uncovers false origin declarations and concealed cargo

R16 · Italy, France, Poland, Switzerland, UKCompleted24 March 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

Swiss appeals court confirms Credit Suisse acquittal

R20 · SwitzerlandCompleted4 March 2026
EU enforcement & oversight

EU fraud files put VAT and customs losses at €45 billion

R01 · EU-wideCompleted2 March 2026
EU enforcement & oversight

Prosecutors trace suspected fraud in the EU’s pandemic recovery fund

R02 · EU-wideCompletedMarch 2026
EU enforcement & oversight

Europe’s corruption perceptions score slips over a decade

R07 · EuropeCompleted10 February 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

French and Romanian probe follows company funds into property

R24 · France, RomaniaCompleted10 February 2026
EU enforcement & oversight

How AMLA plans to select the financial groups it will supervise

R05 · EU-wideCompletedAnnounced 18 December 2025; methodology tested with national supervisors through 2026
Money laundering & financial systems

Late suspicious-transaction reports lead to BaFin penalty for J.P. Morgan SE

R21 · GermanyCompleted6 November 2025
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