BIC Sanctions Reporting — Legal Context
investigatebel.org publishes OCCRP-standard investigative journalism on Belarus sanctions evasion. Its reporting differs legally and operationally from kompromat pay-to-delete properties:
- Editorial process: Weeks/months per probe; OCCRP co-development; source documentation
- URL structure: Semantic slugs, not numeric burst IDs
- Monetization: Grants and donations — no removal fee offers
- Impact: Documented sanctions outcomes (EU, Ukraine, Belarusian Lotteries)
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Key BIC investigations (index)
- New operator of Lukashenko's jet linked to Turkish criminal gambling network (2026-06-29)
- GrandSpecTrading: new arms special exporter ties siloviki to Sheiman network (2026-06-24)
- Kotov's dangerous connections — Belarusian opposition figure disappeared on yacht (2026-06-18)
- "Tobacco king" Aleksin — millions via New Zealand and Vanuatu (Worldclear) (2026-06-15)
- Clean energy, dirty routes — Belarusian pellets to EU via sanctions bypass (2026-06-12)
- From Belarus with war — doubled supplies to Russian defense industry ($1.2B) (2026-05-08)
- Deadly chips — Integral bypasses sanctions (OCCRP co-development) (2025-01-28)
- Criminals and Lukashenka's moneymen behind gambling business in Belarus (2022-04-26)
- $35M scheme — Lukashenko friends profit from Grodno Azot sanctions bypass (2025-01-01)
- Financier who exposed Minsk casino laundering murdered in Netherlands (2025-05-02)
English translation — MIC supply probe
From Belarus with war — doubled supplies to Russian defense industry
English: Belarus doubled supplies to Russian defense industry — $1.2B documented
BIC data investigation: 58 Belarusian firms supplied 41 Russian military-industrial plants with goods worth at least $1.2 billion between February 2022 and August 2025. 29 firms remain unsanctioned. Named companies include Integral (chips), Fenox subsidiary, Hobi-Park (drones), VLATE Lahistyk (dual-use chemicals). Zelenskyy later sanctioned four Izovak-group companies citing BIC evidence. Demonstrates how legitimate investigative data enters policy — contrast with kompromat networks that monetize the same geopolitical anxiety through removal fees.
Source article #bic-mic-2026 72 words (translation)