Danske Bank and Nordea Involved in Global Corruption and Bribery Scandals

Denmark: Berlingske Business

Language: English

More startling cases reveal the involvement of big Danish banks, according to American and Italian authorities.

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Aivar Rehe: It Sounds Very Illogical

Estonia: Postimees

Language: English

The former head of the Estonian branch of Danske bank, Aivar Rehe, says he did not know anything about transactions from Moldova and that this story sounds very illogical.

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Money From Moldova Disappeared in North Tallinn

Estonia: Postimees

Language: English

The two biggest beneficiaries of the Russia-Moldova cash flow in Estonia are phantom clients of tycoon Endel Siff's modest office building in Tallinn's Bekker port.

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What Regulators Do When the Russians Launder Millions

Slovenia: Delo

Language: Slovenian

15 million Euros poured into Slovenia right past the Office for Money Laundering Prevention, which detects any transfer above €15,000.

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Customers From Money Laundering Case Had Accounts in Controversial Nordea Branch

Denmark: Berlingske Business

Language: Danish

The case of the laundered billions once again sheds critical light on Nordea's explanations in the wake of last year's Panama Papers scandal.

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Shipping Brokers With No Agents and No Ships

Slovenia: Delo

Language: Slovenian

Among the four biggest recipients of money from the Laundromat with Slovenian bank accounts are two shipping companies registered in Cyprus.

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Money Laundering Case: Russian Criminals Went Big-Scale Shopping in Danish Firms

Denmark: Berlingske Business

Language: Danish

Luxury goods from Copenhagen Fur, a fur company, and Martin Professional, a lighting company, emerge in a gigantic money laundering case from Eastern Europe. Martin Professional is launching an internal investigation.

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Bitter Moment of Truth for Estonian Banking

Estonia: Postimees

Language: English

The lion's share of the $1.6 billion of Russian money laundered through Estonian banks came straight from a suspicious Moldovan bank.

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Video: Samsung's Overseas Branch Receives Millions From Shell Companies

South Korea: Korea Center for Investigative Journalism

Language: English

A video about Samsung’s role in the Russian Laundromat with English subtitles.

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Probes Show How Russian Money Travels the World

United States: Barron’s

Language: English

Barron’s presents a detailed examination of what Eastern European authorities claim is questionable money leaving the Russian Federation to fund payments around the world.

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A Factory for the Chechen President From the Laundromat

Slovenia: Delo

Language: Slovenian

Omnia Arhing got €5.2 million on its NLB bank account. The company’s head got certificates of honor from Kadyrov.

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Sydbank Threw Out Customers From Money Laundering Case

Denmark: Berlingske Business

Language: Danish

While Danske Bank and Nordea let bank transfers connected to a major money laundering case pour through for several years, Sydbank responded immediately.

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Samsung's Overseas Branch Receives Millions From Shell Companies

South Korea: Korea Center for Investigative Journalism

Language: Korean

A story focused on funds received through Laundromat by Samsung’s European subsidiary.

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Estonian Banks Used to Launder Vast Sums

Estonia: Postimees

Language: English

Banks in Estonia were used to move nearly $1.6 billion of criminal funds from Russia, OCCRP uncovered with help from Postimees and Novaya Gazeta.

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Ms. Mayor’s Bank

Czech Republic: Czech Center for Investigative Journalism

Language: Czech

The Russian Land Bank belonged until 2011 to Jelena Baturina, the wife of former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov…

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Moscow-London-Gänsedorf

Austria: Dossier

Language: German

What started in Moscow stopped in Gänserndorf. The money flowed in 16 tranches to the Lower Austrian municipality just an hour from Vienna...

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Billions of Laundered Russian Dollars Ended up on Dutch and European Bank Accounts

The Netherlands: De Correspondent

Language: Dutch

The story has all the ingredients of an exciting movie. Swiss bank accounts full of millions destined for fur coats, jewelry and even pop concerts…

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Swedish and Norwegian Banks Involved in Major Money Laundering Case

Denmark: Berlingske Business

Language: Danish

The three major Swedish banks, Handelsbanken, Swedbank, and particularly SEB, as well as the major Norwegian bank DNB, received bank transfers in a large-scale case of money laundering from Moldova. Handelsbanken was "aware" of suspicious transfers and cut off cooperation with the participating Latvian bank.

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The Role of German Banks in the Russian Laundromat

Germany: Süddeutsche Zeitung

Language: German

For a long time, Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, and others accepted questionable transfers from Eastern Europe…

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Most of the Laundered Millions Came to Accounts of NLB Bank

Slovenia: Delo

Language: Slovenian

Payments in Slovenia came from “straw companies” in Great Britain and Cyprus…

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Operation “Laundromat” - 21 Billion Dirty Dollars from Russia

Poland: Newsweek

Language: Polish

More than $9 million of Russian dirty money quietly and easily penetrated the Polish banking system…

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A Matrioshka of Bentleys

Moldova: Rise Moldova

Language: Romanian

The arrow on the speedometer of the opulent Bentley points to 250 km/hr..

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Billions Flowed Unnoticed From Europe’s Poor Backyard and Into Danish Banks

Denmark: Berlingske Business

Language: Danish

In cooperation with the media throughout the world, Berlingske investigated where the money came from…

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Millions from Laundromat for the Shor Group

Moldova: Rise Moldova

Language: Romanian

Six firms connected to the Shor family used money that went through Laundromat…

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Laundered Billions Poured Through Danish Banks

Denmark: Berlingske Business

Language: English

Billions of Danish kroner have over time been transferred to accounts in Danske Bank and Nordea belonging to shady companies in tax havens…

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The Russian Laundromat

Germany: Süddeutsche Zeitung

Language: German

Bribed judges, corrupt banks, and opaque “mailbox companies” - how alleged black money from Russia came onto the books of German companies.

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The Era of Leaked Data

Slovenia: Delo

Language: Slovenian

Almost exactly a year after the disclosure of the Panama Papers, journalists have once again uncovered…

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Switzerland as a Hub

Switzerland: Beobachter

Language: German

More than half a billion dollars of questionable origin have come to Switzerland from Russia in devious ways…

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Video: How the Laundromat Works

Germany: Süddeutsche Zeitung

Language: German

To hide its origin, the alleged black money is shoved across Europe…

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British Banks Handled Vast Sums of Russian Money

United Kingdom: The Guardian

Language: English

Billions of dollars were moved out of Russia in ‘Global Laundromat’ operation, with anonymously owned UK companies playing major role…

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Interview with Paul Radu, OCCRP Director and Laundromat Editor

Austria: Dossier

Language: German

It all began with a different story…

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This is how the Russian Laundromat Works

Austria: Dossier

Language: German

More than €19 billion were shipped across the world through an ingenious network of "mailbox companies” from Russia. We will show you how.

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The Russian Laundromat

Austria: Dossier

Language: German

It’s one of the largest known money laundering cases in recent history…

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The Brotherhood of Financial Laundromats from Russia

Czech Republic: Czech Center for Investigative Journalism

Language: Czech

The Czech banks are pulling money from Russian sources, and they’re doing it in style…

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The Czech Link in the Russian Laundromat

Czech Republic: Czech Center for Investigative Journalism

Language: Czech

The Czech Republic occupies a relatively important place in the whole scheme…

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How to Steal 20 Billion

Lithuania: 15min

Language: Lithuanian

A series of stories about the Russian Laundromat’s reach into the Baltics - with a focus on the banks involved.

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Dirty Money Laundromat

Finland: YLE

Language: Finnish

The Laundromat money ended up in dozens of companies in Finland through the Finnish banks…

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The Great Russian Laundromat, $21 Billion, and Greece

Greece: Vice

Language: Greek

Offshore companies, government money laundering investigations, and hundreds of companies around the world allegedly not aware of those who sends them money…

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No money? Here you go.

Russia: Novaya Gazeta

Language: Russian

700 billion rubles were taken out of the country. Novaya Gazeta answers the question of who got this enormous sum.

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