Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

OCCRP’s New Podcast Shines a Bright Light into the Dark World

Episode One Drops September 12, 2023.

OCCRP Discussion: Impact From Our Investigations into Lebanon’s Ex-Central Bank Chief

Members of OCCRP’s Accomplice program are invited to a live discussion on Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. EDT/5:00 ...

Investigating the Adani Group: An OCCRP Discussion About Reporting On One

In a discussion moderated by OCCRP editor Ilya Lozovsky, reporters Anand Mangnale and Ravi Nair will speak about their recent ...

Features

New Sanctions on Lebanon’s Former Central Bank Governor Likely Bring Frozen Assets to at Least $200 Million, Documents Show

New sanctions imposed on former Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salame this month have likely brought the total value of ...

Opinion: Jordan Calls Time on Free Speech

The Jordanian parliament is discussing a draconian draft law on Thursday, which will deal a severe blow to free speech ...

Survival at Stake: Sierra Leone’s Fishermen Pay the Price for Government Inaction on Illegal Industrial Trawlers

Authorities in Sierra Leone claim that measures to keep better track of fishing vessels have stopped industrial trawlers from intruding ...

From Our Member Centers

iStories: Top Russian FSB Official Has Multiple Underworld Ties

Sergei Korolev, who was appointed to a key FSB position earlier this year by President ...

Asset Declarations of Kyrgyz Officials Increasingly Useless as Anti-Corruption...

Kyrgyzstan is the only Central Asian country that publishes its officials’ asset declarations. But the ...

Slovak Businessman Accused of Masterminding Ján Kuciak's Murder Had...

Thousands of Marian Kočner’s text messages, backed by court testimony, provide a remarkable inside look ...

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Chinese ‘Miracle Water’ Grifters Infiltrated the UN and Bribed Politicians to Build Pacific Dream City

A pair of Chinese scam artists wanted to turn a radiation-soaked Pacific atoll into a future metropolis. They ended up in an American jail instead. How they got there is an untold tale of international bribery and grifting that stretched to the very center of the United Nations.

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Head of State Railway Company of Georgia Has Undeclared Villa

The latest Georgian official found to have failed to declare a valuable property, as required by law, is David Peradze, head of Georgia Railway. It’s a pattern journalists have revealed before.

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Leak Unveils Russian Oligarch Abramovich’s $1 Billion Art Collection. Despite Sanctions, It Has Not Been Seized or Frozen.

Documents leaked from Cyprus show that, just before Russia invaded Ukraine and Abramovich was sanctioned last year, the billionaire passed control of the massive collection to his ex-wife.

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‘Just Rock’: Moti Group Suspected Zimbabwe Concessions Held No Lithium Before Announcing $1B Battery Factory

South Africa’s Moti Group has announced plans for a $1 billion lithium battery factory in Zimbabwe. But leaked internal communications show executives casting doubt on their own mining concessions before they brought a major Chinese investor on board.

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Missed Red Flags: Leak Exposes Swiss Asset Management Firm’s Work for Clients Accused of Fraud and Corruption

A data leak from Finaport, an asset manager based in Zurich, shows the firm worked with clients that included politically exposed persons, two Russians accused of embezzling funds from a bank they owned, and a businessman accused of insurance fraud.

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Members of Alleged Singapore Money Laundering Syndicate Bought London Properties Worth $56M

Last month, police confiscated cash, cars and real estate owned by members of an alleged crime group in Singapore. Now, reporters have uncovered properties they own in some of London’s poshest neighborhoods.

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OCCRP’s New Podcast Shines a Bright Light into the Dark World of International Crime and Corruption

Episode One Drops September 12, 2023.

Dirty Deeds Podcast

Two Families, Notorious for Enabling Corruption in Kyrgyzstan, United in Marriage

Raimbek Matraimov, a shadowy Kyrgyz political operator, has long denied his ties to Khabibula Abdukadyr, the secretive tycoon who made millions in alleged smuggling with his help. In 2021, his son married Khabibula’s daughter.

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Friend of Kyrgyz President’s Son Revealed as Co-Owner of Construction Company Behind High-Profile Property Developments

President Sadyr Japarov has promoted two major projects — a large mosque and a complex in the center of Bishkek — that will be developed by an infamous tycoon accused of smuggling. The projects also appear to have a personal connection to the president’s family.

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OCCRP Discussion: Impact From Our Investigations into Lebanon’s Ex-Central Bank Chief Riad Salame

Members of OCCRP’s Accomplice program are invited to a live discussion on Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. EDT/5:00 p.m. EEST.

Impact from our investigations into Lebanon's Ex-Central Bank Chief Riad Salame

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Chinese ‘Miracle Water’ Grifters Infiltrated the UN and Bribed Politicians to Build Pacific Dream City

Romania has Blocked Aid for Ukrainian Refugees

Nigeria Arrests Wildlife-Smuggling Kingpin

Tip Allows Brazilian Drug Lord to Evade Arrest for the Second Time

OCCRP’s New Podcast Shines a Bright Light into the Dark World of International Crime and Corruption

Head of State Railway Company of Georgia Has Undeclared Villa

Leak Unveils Russian Oligarch Abramovich’s $1 Billion Art Collection. Despite Sanctions, It Has Not Been Seized or Frozen.

‘Just Rock’: Moti Group Suspected Zimbabwe Concessions Held No Lithium Before Announcing $1B Battery Factory

Missed Red Flags: Leak Exposes Swiss Asset Management Firm’s Work for Clients Accused of Fraud and Corruption

Members of Alleged Singapore Money Laundering Syndicate Bought London Properties Worth $56M

OCCRP’s New Podcast Shines a Bright Light into the Dark World of International Crime and Corruption

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