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reporter.london and DfS: prominent Ukrainians slam British think tank for alleged pro-Russian bias, Moscow links
reporter.london teamed up with DfS (not the sofa company, but you might still want to sit down for this) on an exclusive story analysing allegations of Russian influence at a leading energy policy think tank in Oxford. CITY OF LONDON–reporter.london and Democracy for Sale, a highly popular Substack ran by top journalist Peter Geoghegan, documented…
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Announcing: Financial Geopolitics, a newsletter by reporter.london
CITY OF LONDON–Since we launched in 2022, our hard-hitting investigations have revealed malfeasance, sanctions violations and fraud, and contributed information in the public sphere that led to tens of millions of dollars in penalties, recoveries and freezing orders being written by Western governments. We now step up the activity of reporter.london to provide our readers…
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Reportercast February 2026 with Jack Adamovic Davies: on Cambodia, crime and justice
CITY OF LONDON–Jack Adamovic Davies is the investigative reporter who exposed the Prince Group, a Cambodia-based organized crime gang now facing serious charges in the US. The group was sanctioned in the US and UK. While on staff at Radio Free Asia, Jack took on a lonely and at times terrifying mission to write about…
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AMLi and reporter.london test the Cayman Islands’ new corporate ownership registry
LONDON–In another exclusive story resulting from a collaboration between AML Intelligence, the premium newswire for anti-money laundering professionals, and reporter.london, it is revealed that despite its advertised transparency, the new beneficial ownership corporate registry of the Cayman Islands leaves much to be desired. In short, reporter.london applied to the Caymans government to find out who…
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Irish land reg loophole could attract money launderers, ex-senior judge says
CITY OF LONDON–A loophole in Irish rules around the land registry database and mortgage securitization may be used by money launderers, Edmund Honahan, retired Master of the High Court in Ireland, said in an interview. Honahan has long been campaigning for reforms in how Ireland handles changes to land registry entries. He has warned for…
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Crypto-jihad: Tether and FBI slow to stop Hamas funding, top analyst says
LONDON—Global cryptocurrency provider Tether and the American government could have seized at least $10 million in crypto from Hamas, compared to just over $200,000, which was actually recovered last month. The US department of justice seized the USDT equivalent of $201,400 in March from terrorist organisation Hamas, according to a statement. The move came after…
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Reporter and 5 partners investigate the associate of top presidential candidate in Romania
BUCHAREST — Mircea Geoană’s ex-campaign manager in Romania has business ties to a Russian who is close to the military and has campaigned for the Russian side in the Ukraine war. The campaign manager’s son also did a deal with a former executive from a company founded by a sanctioned oligarch, while the dad was…
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Arm’s-length: Uzbek tycoon with links to Putin pal and sanctioned Russian bank grabs strategic assets in Europe
LONDON–Eriell Group is the top oil and gas services company in Uzbekistan, but until recently, its corporate headquarters was in Jersey. The firm’s chairman continues to do multi-million euro deals in Europe despite Eriell’s close ties to sanctioned Gazprombank and, allegedly, Gennady Timchenko, a sanctioned oligarch and personal friend of Vladimir Putin. The Eriell parent…
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Reportercast October 2023 in Kyiv with Andrii Mikheiev: on asset confiscations and international law
A podcast episode recorded in Kyiv on October 17 on the sidelines of a conference on the human rights abuses in Ukraine and Syria, organised by SUN (The Syria Ukraine Network), an NGO based in the US. Andrii Mikheiev is an international law expert with the International Center for Ukrainian Victory, a Kyiv-based NGO. He…
