Bangladesh, March 1 -- A Russian company with a controversial history of selling grain from occupied Ukrainian territories has recently exported over 20,000 tons of wheat to Egypt, according to documents obtained by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). The shipment, which was originally destined for Syria, was rerouted and unloaded in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria last month, raising concerns over whether the grain originated from illegally seized Ukrainian farmlands. The transaction underscores the complexities of global wheat trade and the difficulties in tracking agricultural exports from conflict zones.

The shipment in question was exported by Pallada LLC, a Russian company previously accused of dealin...