BIC is a member of the OCCRP (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project)
We are also members of GIJN (Global Investigative Journalism Network)
Court hearings over properties worth more than €2 million have been ongoing since 2023.
The BIC analyzed data on supplies from 58 Belarusian enterprises to 41 Russian military-industrial complex plants
The group includes developers of UAVs with companies based in the US and EU, companies that modernize military equipment, and a family-owned enterprise.
Both entities are owned by a businessman from Belarus.
...and how it is connected to Aleksandr Lukashenko’s personal tennis coach.
Lukashenko’s associate kept the profits, while the state was left with a loss-making holding company and a billion-ruble debt.
… and re-export Russian gasoline under the guise of solvents and diluents.
Despite tightened restrictions and the publication of investigations into the matter, the scheme remains in effect.
The BIC worked out how much it might cost to organise an escape.
We spoke to a Russian soldier who had fought in Ukraine and received treatment in Lepel upon his return from the war zone.
The seller explained how to circumvent the ban via Armenia.
The company also exports polyamide to Iran and to some Russian enterprises connected to Russia’s military industry.
The investigation focuses on a disinfection system that generates tens of thousands of rubles daily, even though it does not actually kill viruses or bacteria.
$1.12 billion — that’s how much his company received over the previous two years from contracts with Russian military organizations.
The BIC has revealed the entire chain of prohibited shipments from China to Belarus via Russia.
