OCCRP

Anti-corruption authorities arrested five more suspects connected to an alleged criminal network accused of illegally importing and burying 35,000 tonnes of hazardous European waste, sparking massive protests and political turmoil.

The Portuguese Football Federations said its sponsorship deal with China’s Changan Automobile went through a “tight” compliance process. Reporters found that the Russian military uses Changan trucks to launch drone strikes against Ukraine.

A new U.S. State Department report says Fiji has failed to adequately tackle human trafficking, including allegations involving the Grace Road Group. The country received a one-year waiver that spared it from an automatic downgrade to Tier 3.

The Hungarian political advertising agency Megafon received about $12 million from a construction company owned by a friend of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. After years promoting the government, the ad firm appears to have ceased activities since Orbán’s dramatic loss in April.

A trove of emails shows that Deloitte Cyprus helped firms beneficially owned by Roman Abramovich attempt to skirt tax and disclosure obligations by retroactively transferring assets to British Virgin Islands companies using backdated paperwork.