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Raja Salameh

 ﺳﻼﻣﺔ رﺟﺎ Raja Salameh is the brother of Riad Salameh, governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon for 30 years, from 1993 to 2023. After enjoying great renown for several years, and being considered as the “Magician” of finance, Riad Salameh started to be associated with the country’s bankruptcy due to his numerous financial manipulations. …

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Riad Salameh

 ﺳﻼﻣﺔ رﯾﺎض Riad Salameh was the head of the Central Bank of Lebanon from 1993 to 2023. After enjoying great renown for several years, and being considered as the “Magician” of finance, he started to be associated with the country’s bankruptcy due to his numerous financial manipulations. The Pandora Papers and later investigations revealed the …

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Marianne Hoayek

 ﺣﻮﯾﻚ ﻣﺎرﯾﺎن Considered Riad Salameh’s right-hand woman, Marianne Hoayek is accused of having participated in the large scheme of money laundering and embezzlement supposedly orchestrated by Riad Salameh when at the head of the Central Bank of Lebanon. He and his associates allegedly diverted USD 300 million through a complex network of shell companies to …

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Anna Kosakova

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 …

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Ilan Shor

IIan Şor Ilan Shor is the Chairman of the Şor Party in Moldova, a populist opposition party, and is suspected of being one of the main beneficiaries of the 2014 Moldovan Bank Fraud Scandal. Shor was accused of bribery to secure his position as chair of the Banca de Economii in 2014 and fled Moldova …

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Vladimir Plahotniuc

Former Moldovan government official, who supposedly engaged in state capture by exerting control over and manipulating key sectors of Moldova’s government, including the law enforcement, electoral, and judicial sectors. Plahotniuc is suspected to be one of the main beneficiaries of the Billion Dollar Bank Theft of 2014. [1] [2] Plahotniuc and his close family have …

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Zvonko Veselinovic

Zvonko Veselinović ; звонко веселинович Zvonko Veselinovic is the leader of the Zvonko Veselinovic Organized Crime Group (OCG). The Veselinovic OCG is suspected to be engaged in a largescale bribery scheme with Kosovar and Serbian security officials who facilitate the group’s illicit trafficking of goods, money, narcotics, and weapons between Kosovo and Serbia. It is …

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Milan Radojcic

Milan Radoičić; Милан Радоичић; Milan Radoiçiq Radojcic is an alleged member of the Zvonko Veselinovic Organized Crime Group (OCG). This group is believed to be engaged in bribery schemes with Kosovar and Serbian security officials who facilitate the group’s illicit trafficking of goods, money, narcotics, and weapons between Kosovo and Serbia. The OCG group has …

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Alvaro Pulido Vargas

Alvaro Enrique Pulido Vargas and Alex Nain Saab Morán are both accused of exploiting two of Venezuela’s public programmes which were set up to supply poor Venezuelans with affordable foodstuffs and housing. They are alleged to have benefitted from improperly awarded contracts, where promised goods were delivered at highly inflated prices. Pulido Vargas is wanted …

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Alex Saab

Alex Nain Saab Morán and Alvaro Enrique Pulido Vargas are both accused of exploiting two of Venezuela’s public programmes which were set up to supply poor Venezuelans with affordable foodstuffs and housing. They are alleged to have benefitted from improperly awarded contracts, where promised goods were delivered at highly inflated prices. Alex Saab was extradited …

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