DJC Accountants is a business services firm based in Cyprus that offers accounting, business registration, bank account and office management and other services. According to the ICIJ, DJC Accountants was founded in 2006 and is owned by Cypriots Andreas Kyriakou and Christoforos Djamalis, both licensed accountants and auditors.

Research

אשת המסתורין: התפקיד שמילאה בת הזוג בהקמת אימפריית הסייבר השנויה במחלוקת (Shomrim)

• The spy, the lawyer and their global surveillance empire (ICIJ)
• In Cyprus, a cyber-surveillance conglomerate benefits from legal opacity and tax optimization (Le Monde)
• Cyprus, a high-tech hub for the porn industry (Le Monde)
• Secrecy brokers: Cyprus Confidential firms (ICIJ)
• What is Cyprus Confidential? The leaks that reveal Russians’ way into Europe (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism)

Embargo

During an initial embargo, the data was shared with Papertrail Media, The ICIJ and the OCCRP. The collaboration called Cyprus Confidential involved more than 270 journalists at 68 media outlets. The journalists analyzed leaks from six accounting and financial services firms in Cyprus, to cover the enablers working on behalf of Russians sanctioned by Western countries or Ukraine after the 2014 annexation of Crimea.

Using these six leaks, the project also identified other Russian customers of the firms, who have been subject to sanctions after February 2022. DDoSecrets contributed three leaks to the project: Kallias & Associates, DJC Accountants, and Merit.

Limited Distribution

Due to widespread presence of PII such as identification documents, the data is only being made available to journalists and researchers. (How to Request Access)