Russian Laundering Machine

Nomirex Trading Ltd. is part of an international money laundering platform used by several major criminals. Nomirex had bank account in Riga’s Trasta Komercbank in Latvia.

Nomirex Trading Ltd. is part of an international money laundering platform used by several major criminals. Nomirex had bank account in Riga’s Trasta Komercbank in Latvia.

In 2008, a Romanian who felt cheated by three Moldovan businessmen filed a civil case in an obscure courthouse in the capital of the tiny Republic of Moldova, in effect asking the authorities for help against a phantom offshore company…

While governments and citizens of Eastern Europe were struggling with the recent financial crisis and trying to borrow money from international financial institutions, billions of euros circulated in the region in an illegal, parallel system that enriched organized crime figures…

The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) looked at more than 500 pages of transactions at Tormex’s Baltic International Bank account. OCCRP reporters tracked down scores of companies to understand exactly who was sending or receiving money from Tormex.…
The project was done by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project — a consortium of investigative centers, journalists and media organizations throughout the Balkans and Eastern Europe. Click on the picture below to view Proxy WEB Reporters: Mihai Munteanu-OCCRP…