KYIV, Sept 30 - A joint journalistic investigation of the Canadian television CBC, Radio Canada and Latvia's Neka Personiga (Nothing personal) has revealed the connection between the activities of the Russian intelligence agencies and the massive laundering of Russian money through shell companies in other countries, the website of the Crimean Reintegration Association reported.

The investigation was related to the sinking of the Ukrainian fishing vessel Ivan Golubets in 2019 off the coast of Mauritania. The ship belonged to the Ukrainian state-owned company Service, but was leased to the Canadian offshore company Evial Business, associated with the Latvian company Oceanic Fisheries NB. Ivan Golubets flew under the Georgian flag and was included in the lists of ships of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. The insurer of the vessel was Russia's Ingosstrakh, and the insurance policy entered into force five hours before the fire on board.