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Research index

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R67
United States

How the FBI purge ended a probe involving Graham and Clyburn

Investigation ongoing20 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
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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
R40
Switzerland / Türkiye

The Swiss Giant and the “Nationalised” Tax Stamp: Where Does SICPA Stand in Türkiye’s Shadow Play?

Investigation ongoing1 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