Uncovering Corruption and Its Impact Across the Caucasus

Armenian consumers are facing a growing wave of financial fraud schemes, officials warn, underscoring a broader climate of vulnerability in the country’s financial and governance systems. In a recent press…

Recent statistics from Armenian law enforcement, anti-corruption bodies and financial authorities reveal that fraud and corruption remain persistent and costly challenges for Armenia’s public sector and financial system, signaling deeper…

The long-running investigation into Azerbaijan’s efforts to buy political influence in Europe reached a landmark conclusion this week. Axel Fischer, a former member of the German Bundestag and the Parliamentary…

The 2025 year-end Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) update published by Gibson Dunn reinforces a central reality of today’s compliance and enforcement environment:anti-corruption enforcement has become more individual, more cross-border,…

Throughout 2025, Azerbaijan experienced an unusually dense sequence of arrests, detentions, and court proceedings involving senior officials, municipal executives, regulatory officers, and top managers of state-linked enterprises. The cases, spread…

Following his arrest and criminal conviction, one might have expected Ramin Isayev to confront the consequences of his actions with humility, accountability, or even silence. Instead, he has chosen a…