The Organized Crime and Corruption Research Center (OCCRP) named the person of the year in the field of organized crime and corruption - Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko.

This is stated on the OCCRP website.

It is reported that a jury of six journalists and anti-corruption experts has no problem named the " For the first time, the "

The center notes that over the past year, Lukashenka:.

Directed flows of public funds to oligarchs close to his family;

He ordered to intercept and land in Minsk a Ryanair passenger plane with Belarusian opposition leader Roman Protasevich on board in violation of international air law;

He provoked the migration crisis, sending thousands of refugees to the border of Belarus with the European Union;

Spreading misinformation about coronavirus and treatment methods.

Deposed Afghan President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, Syrian dictator Bashar Hafez Assad, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz were also finalists for the Corruption of the Year 2021 award..

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro became the Man of the Year in Organized Crime and Corruption in 2020. Other candidates included US President Donald Trump, Turkish President Erdogan, and Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky..