Tag Archives: money laundering

High streets and low roads

Posted on June 9, 2020 by Matei

Two stories which in hindsight are the highlights of my past six months at POLITICO: Money laundering on the high street looks at how cash transfer and foreign exchange shops in London have become a haven for drugs money and … Continue reading →

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Lootin’ with Putin: my (small) contribution to a special report in Private Eye

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Matei

It was a privilege to make a small contribution to this six-page special report in Private Eye magazine, exposing the UK firms without which the malignant post-Soviet oligarchy would have been unable to gain the power it has today. Featured … Continue reading →

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Deutsche Bank’s ‘undocumented’ deal with rogue bank to keep dirty money flowing

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Matei

After the S&P Global Market Intelligence news service published my three-part series into rogue Cypriot bank FBME’s activities, we received more confidential documents from sources keen to expose the depth of the abuses that took place at this firm. And … Continue reading →

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FBME Cyprus: the global criminal’s bank of choice

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Matei

S&P Global Market Intelligence, the financial newswire where I work as a reporter, recently published my investigative series into FBME, the now closed rogue Cypriot bank linked to the Russian mafia, Syrian war crimes, fraud, money laundering, corrupt offshore finance … Continue reading →

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