"The U.K. government said the sanctions were coordinated in part with Washington."

UK sanctions 22 people in first use of anti-corruption tool politico.eu/article/uk-san…
Stories from 2011 & 2012.

"The system is built on hundreds, maybe thousands, of ever-morphing phantom companies. They exist on paper only and appear to be run by scores of common people, who are, in fact, simply proxies."

The Proxy Platform - OCCRP
reportingproject.net/proxy/en/
October 31, 2011

"The tactics...the Moldovan fraudsters, the offshore registration agents who feign ignorance, and the organized criminals & corrupt politicians who launder their money."

[These tactics mostly continued.]

Death of a Lawyer
reportingproject.net/proxy/en/death…
August 12, 2012

"Magnitsky, accused of the largest tax scam in Russian state history despite being the whistleblower who reported it, knew who pulled off the theft but not who the powerful people behind them were."

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Following the Magnitsky Money
reportingproject.net/proxy/en/follo…
June 7, 2013

"Now OCCRP reporters have found new evidence that the fraud Magnitsky uncovered was part of a larger money laundering operation..."

[Spoiler - It was, in fact, part of a larger operation.]

The Moldovan House of Fraud
occrp.org/en/16-other/ot…
June 9, 2013

"...a Moldovan ghost company was used to transfer funds stolen from the Russian tax authority to an int'l real estate company named Prevezon. Shortly after, Prevezon bought luxury NY apartments near Wall Street."

The Wall Street Connection
occrp.org/en/28-ccwatch/…
Stories from 2014 & 2015.

"It’s a complex system for laundering more than $20 billion in Russian money stolen from the government by corrupt politicians or earned through organized crime activity."

The Russian Laundromat - OCCRP
reportingproject.net/the-russian-la…
Manafort worked with closely with these folks also.

"The story 👆 was a cooperative effort of OCCRP, Novaya Gazeta and Barron's. It was reported by Mihai Munteanu (OCCRP), *Roman Anin* (OCCRP/Novaya Gazeta) and Bill Alpert (Barron's). It was coordinated by Paul Radu (OCCRP)."

A few weeks ago:

Prevezon Holdings: The Black Money Collector - OCCRP
occrp.org/en/the-fincen-…

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