Source: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
2022: Yevgeny Prigozhin , Russian Federation
2021: Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, President of Belarus
Runners Up: Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, Former President of Afghanistan, Bashar Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Türkiye, Sebastian Kurz, Chancellor of Austria
2020: Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil