Publications
Eels: Billion Dollar Babies — BBC Eye Investigation
A new investigation by BBC Eye into a sprawling illegal trade in glass eels. For this documentary Ilia Shumanov, managing partner at TriTrace Investigations, analysed the global supply chains behind the trade.
March 30, 2026
Russia-North Korea Joint Venture Through Military and Security Forces
An investigative report by the Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights (NKHR), prepared with the participation of Ilia Shumanov, managing partner of TriTrace Investigations.
March 26, 2026
UK’s most wanted money launderer hiding in Russia: new findings
Alexander Kuksov, a Russian national named on the UK’s “most wanted” list by the National Crime Agency (NCA) last month, is currently living in Moscow, according to TriTrace Investigations finding shared with Compliance Corylated.
March 20, 2026
Australia’s Vulnerabilities to Russian Dirty Money
A Transparency International report explores how, despite sanctions, Russian capital continues to flow into Australia. Ilya Shumanov's investigation revealed that Russian diamonds from sanctioned company Alrosa could be being sold in Australia.
February 25, 2026
Former Swiss intelligence officer targeted by new EU sanctions against Russia
The EU has sanctioned former Swiss colonel Jacques Baud for promoting conspiracy narratives and false claims about the war in Ukraine on Russian media. Comment by Ilya Shumanov, Managing Partner at TriTrace Investigations.
January 9, 2026
Golden Youth: How a wealthy Gen-Z Russian came to run a cash-to-crypto money laundering scheme from his Kensington flat
A podcast episode dives into the Golden Youth series on crypto-laundering by Russia’s elite. Ilia Shumanov and Rachel Wolcott discuss the case of Semen Kuksov, jailed in the UK in 2024 for laundering £12 million. He conversation explores modern methods of sanctions evasion and money laundering.
June 26, 2025
The privileged, privately educated Russian who ran a cash-to-crypto MLAAS for other wealthy Russians and drug traffickers
Semen Kuksov, son of Vladimir Kuksov, former chairman of AKROS was part of a multi-billion-pound Russian money laundering network working with drug traffickers, ransomware gangs and spies. The article was written in collaboration with Ilya Shumanov, Managing Partner at TriTrace Investigations.
June 24, 2025
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