Arzu and Leyla Aliyeva (/Malta Today)
A journalistic investigation has revealed that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s children used a network of offshore companies as cover for multimillion-dollar investments.
GeoProMining company’s Sotk gold mine, Armenia (Photolur /Ampop)
Mining is one of the most important sectors of the Armenian economy; it has the largest share of exports constituting more than half the total value. On 9 March 2017, Armenia became a candidate country for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). Candidacy means the country must undertake a series of reforms within a set timeframe to comply with standards of transparency and accountability.
The Georgian Co-Investment Fund’s rendition of planned Sololaki Hotel overlooking Tbilisi.
Since its announcement by billionaire then–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, the Georgian Co-Investment Fund has began to reshape Georgia’s capital. OC Media set out to unmask the backers of the project, but with the money channelled via murky offshores, this proved to be somewhat impossible.
