DIY: The New Amphetamine Trade

By Mujtaba Ali

Last summer, when UK police raided an industrial building in the picturesque market town of Newton-le-Willows, about 20 ...

OCCRP Statement on Cyprus Government Response to Recent Investigation

The Cypriot government responded on Saturday to an from Aug. 14. Government Spokesman Prodromos Prodromou the report ...

Operative for “Putin’s Chef” Shares Secrets, Vanishes — Then Reappears and

Yevgeny Prigozhin ran the infamous St. Petersburg “troll farm” and other pro-Putin media operations. One of his operatives came clean ...

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Mining, Murder, and Impunity

A Mexican activist’s family has been looking for answers for a decade, even in Canadian courts. A memorial to Mariano Abarca Roblero. 2010. (Credit: ...

Fake Cigarette Ring Exposes Jordan’s Corruption Woes

A high-profile trial against businessmen, a former minister, and two dozen accomplices shines a spotlight on illicit cigarette production, widespread smuggling, and the ...

Western Promises

Eastern European women dreaming of a better life in the Netherlands are being forced into prostitution in The Hague, the seat of international ...

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The Rich and Powerful Cash In From Ukraine’s Green

Ukrainian politicians and their friends stand to reap a windfall from solar and wind energy ...

Questions Linger After Indictment in Slovak Journalist’s Murder

A wealthy Slovak businessman is accused of ordering the murder of a Slovak journalist and ...

Cement's Dirty Business

In “Cement’s Dirty Business,” OCCRP journalists travel across Europe to show how Romania’s $750 million ...

Inside a Ukrainian Troll Farm

Fake Facebook accounts ran rampant during this year’s elections in Ukraine. Ahead of the parliamentary polls, Slidstvo.info sent a reporter undercover to see how a professional troll farm operates.

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Down the Guptas' Financial Rabbit Hole

The controversial Gupta family is known for making millions from the South African government — including $41 million from Eskom, the state energy company. Here’s where the money went.

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Mining, Murder, and Impunity

A Mexican activist’s family has been looking for answers for a decade, even in Canadian courts. A memorial to Mariano Abarca Roblero. 2010. (Credit: Dawn Paley)

Fake Cigarette Ring Exposes Jordan’s Corruption Woes

A high-profile trial against businessmen, a former minister, and two dozen accomplices shines a spotlight on illicit cigarette production, widespread smuggling, and the government’s struggle to hold its officials accountable.

(Credit: Edin Pasovic)

South Africa’s Public Protector Flagged by HSBC in Connection to Guptas

Busisiwe Mkhwebane, who heads the country’s top anti-corruption body, was flagged by global banking giant HSBC as having financial links to the infamous Gupta family.

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For American Amusement Park, Russian Money Was the Wildest Ride of All

Russian businessmen used a network of shell companies to buy a South Carolina theme park before leaving it bankrupt.

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Gambling on Crime

A Dutch investment fund acquired a popular gambling brand despite its long-standing ties to Italy’s criminal underworld.

Meet the Florida Duo Helping Giuliani Investigate for Trump in Ukraine

Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor now working as U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, has taken the search for damaging information on Trump’s rivals all the way to Ukraine. Two Soviet-born Americans with colorful histories are his guides.

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Senegal’s Offshore Oil Reserves a Pricey Pawn in Covert Deal

Mining magnate Frank Timis appears to have earned hundreds of millions of dollars by muscling into a deal for a West African oil and gas deposit and reselling it at a huge profit to one of the world’s largest oil producers.

Western Promises

Eastern European women dreaming of a better life in the Netherlands are being forced into prostitution in The Hague, the seat of international justice. To protect victims’ identities, OCCRP has assigned them pseudonyms throughout this article.

(Credit: Edin Pasovic)

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Inside a Ukrainian Troll Farm

Lawyer in Major Dutch Organized Crime Case Shot Death

Serbians Believe Small Gifts for Doctors Aren’t Bribery

European Officials Bust Illegal Pay-TV Ring

OCCRP Statement on Cyprus Government Response to Recent Investigation

Down the Guptas' Financial Rabbit Hole

Mining, Murder, and Impunity

Fake Cigarette Ring Exposes Jordan’s Corruption Woes

OCCRP Statement on Cyprus Government Response to Recent Investigation

South Africa’s Public Protector Flagged by HSBC in Connection to Guptas

For American Amusement Park, Russian Money Was the Wildest Ride of All

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