Dmytro Abakumov has been identified as one of Kamlesh Pattni‘s many business allies. Pattni and his team are accused of having exported gold and diamonds from Southern Africa, inflated the cash they brought back to claim extra government rewards, and paid bribes to protect their activities. Abakumov supposedly acted as a courier on behalf of …
Denis Gorbunenko is a UK-based banker and investor, who allegedly acted as a fixer for Dmitry Firtash to enable corrupt schemes and facilitate the transfer of the suspected proceeds of corruption, while holding a position at Rodovid Bank. [1] Information
Dmitry Firtash’s wife, Lada Pavlovna Firtash has been sanctioned by the UK for allegedly profiting from the suspected corrupt activities of her husband. In particular, she is believed to own properties bought through illicit funds – such as the old Brompton subway house, which the couple acquired in 2024 for £53 million. [1] Dmitry Firtash, a …
Дмитро́ Васи́льович Фі́рташ Dmitry Firtash, a prominent Ukrainian oligarch, has been embroiled in multiple legal controversies over the years. In 2013, he was indicted by a U.S. federal grand jury on charges of bribery, racketeering, and money laundering, stemming from an alleged scheme to pay $18.5 million in bribes to Indian officials for titanium mining …
Анна Косокова Anna Kosakova is the former partner and associate of Riad Salameh. She had already been indicted in 2022 for criminal conspiracy, money laundering and aggravated tax fraud following a complaint lodged in France in June 2021 by a group of victims of the Lebanese banks and the NGO Sherpa. She allegedly directly benefited …
Олександр Григорович Якименко Oleksandr Yakymenko, the former Head of the Security Service of Ukraine, is wanted on suspicion of committing various crimes in the country. He has been sanctioned by Canada and also the European Union but currently remains only on the Canadian list. [1] Information
Андрій Володимирович Портнов Portnov is alleged to have cultivated extensive connections to Ukraine’s judicial and law enforcement apparatus through bribery. He has been accused of using his influence as the former Deputy Head of the presidential administration under former President Yunukovych to buy access and decisions in Ukraine’s courts and undermine reform efforts. It is …
Алексей Николаевич Шешеня In December 2007, an organised criminal group was involved in serious corruption through the misappropriation of the equivalent of $230m of Russian state property via a complex scheme involving a fraudulent tax rebate. Sheshenya is alleged to have participated in the fraud through involvement in court processes based on fraudulent claims for …
Zakharchenko was ousted from the office at the same time as Viktor Yanukovych, both facing charges of using violence against protesters in the February 2014 Euromaidan riots, which led to several deaths of protestors. He was last seen in Russia in April 2014 during a joint press conference with Viktor Yanukovych and former prosecutor-general Viktor …
Сергій Віталійович Курченко Dubbed as the ‘billionaire from nowhere, ‘wizard of gas’, or ‘Yanukovych’s wallet’, young entrepreneur Kurchenko managed to acquire a fortune in a very short amount of time in the gas business. Kurchenko was the head of “The VETEK Group of Companies”, which later included the UMH group and which controlled 50 Ukrainian …
