Thread by @OCCRP

NEW: Dubai has long been known as a playground for the rich. Now a new data leak shows that the emirate’s real estate has drawn another clientele: sanctioned politicians, criminals, and dodgy officials from Russia and the EU. This is #DubaiUncovered 1/5
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@C4ADS obtained data on Dubai real estate and shared it with OCCRP and 20+ partners. We investigated and found among the owners:
– 100+ members of Russia’s political elite
– dozens of Europeans implicated in financial crime
– officials accused of mishandling public funds
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@C4ADS They include:
– Ruslan Baisarov, a Russian businessman close to Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen leader under Western sanctions for grievous rights abuses
– Alexander Borodai, a sanctioned Russian lawmaker known for his role during Russia’s 2014 invasion of Ukraine
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@C4ADS – Daniel Kinahan, an Irish boxing promoter accused of leading a criminal group recently sanctioned by the US;
– Francesco Giordano and Larisa Hangiu, an Italian-Romanian couple accused of evading taxes, laundering the proceeds, and stashing the cash in multiple hiding spots
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@C4ADS Read our new investigation, #DubaiUncovered, to find out more about these people, their properties in Dubai, and many others like them. This investigation was coordinated by Norwegian financial media outlet @e24.
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