Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

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 ...

New Husband of Putin's Ex-Wife Buys Posh Villa in South of

When Lyudmila Putin, 59, divorced Russian President Vladimir Putin and married the director of a Russian non-profit organization, she might ...

Death in a Smugglers’ Paradise

How two unlikely business partners — a beloved Maltese footballer and a Libyan militia chief— enlisted help from a man ...

Features

‘You Don’t Kill a Story by Killing a Journalist’

Three years ago today, Corinne Vella received a call that would forever change her family, her life, and even her ...

OPINION: Governments Have Failed to Learn from the Cambridge Analytica Scandal

Companies spun off from Cambridge Analytica’s parent firm continue to offer similar services with little oversight.

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Corruption and Poverty Made West Africa Hot Spot for Piracy

It was 7:40 a.m. when the chief officer of the MV Duke called Captain Ripusad Prasad in his ...

From Our Member Centers

The Players and the Paperwork: Romania’s Trade in Black...

Undercover reporters from OCCRP and RISE Romania found a trade run by dealers with ties ...

The Spoils of Russia’s Trash Reforms Go to the...

Russia’s trash reforms were meant to close old landfills and introduce new waste management technologies ...

Fraud Factory Firms Traced to Penniless Proxies

Companies used to hawk get-rich-quick investment schemes from a Kyiv call center were registered in ...

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How Semlex and Gunvor Armed the Ivorian Civil War

As Ivory Coast descended into a violent political crisis, Semlex and Gunvor tried to help its pariah regime buy weapons in violation of a U.N. arms embargo.

Europe's COVID-19 Spending Spree Unmasked

OCCRP and media partners from across Europe collected over 20 billion euros’ worth of COVID-19 contracts and tenders. Explore our data interactive to learn more about what we found, from pricey masks to a hydroxychloroquine boom.

Mr. HispanoPreneur™: The Man Behind Honduras’ $47-Million Coronavirus Disaster

How a self-professed business guru charged $16 million to supply mobile hospitals for COVID-19 patients, then delivered useless equipment — months late.

‘You Don’t Kill a Story by Killing a Journalist’

Three years ago today, Corinne Vella received a call that would forever change her family, her life, and even her homeland, the small Mediterranean island of Malta.

How a Syrian Ambassador’s Friend Made a Million Selling Him an Embassy

The Art Deco-style mansion at 47 Paris Street in Bucharest was never going to be cheap. It measures over a thousand square meters, sits in a prime neighborhood favored by diplomats, and was built by legendary Romanian engineer Emil Prager in 1933.

Syrian Cover

OCCRP Co-Founder Drew Sullivan Tells Parliamentarians at OSCE Event that Journalists Covering Corruption Need Stronger Laws and Protection

In a web dialog hosted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), OCCRP Co-Founder Drew Sullivan presented recommendations that would ensure stronger transparency and accountability so investigative journalists can do their jobs exposing corruption without fear of reprisals.

Tycoon with Close Ties to Belarus Dictator Used Time Travel to Evade Sanctions

A wealthy businessman dodged international sanctions with help from company service providers, including Mossack Fonseca.

OPINION: Governments Have Failed to Learn from the Cambridge Analytica Scandal

Companies spun off from Cambridge Analytica’s parent firm continue to offer similar services with little oversight.

Cambridge Analytical Protest A 2018 protest in London over the Cambridge Analytica data scandal. (Credit: Jwslubbock/CC-by-SA 4.0)

The Matraimov Kingdom

How a family of public officials in Kyrgyzstan amassed vast riches — and is now converting them into influence.

The FinCEN Files

In a series of articles presented this week, the FinCEN Files crack open the usually secretive world of international bank regulation to show how the system works, and how it fails.

Intro

Slideshow

How Semlex and Gunvor Armed the Ivorian Civil War

Opioid Giant’s $8 Billion Settlement May Miss Wealth Stashed Offshore

Indian Authorities Shutter a Kashmir Newspaper Office

U.S. Charges 10 in $50 Million Russian iPhone Smuggling Ring

OCCRP Co-Founder Drew Sullivan Tells Parliamentarians at OSCE Event that Journalists Covering Corruption Need Stronger Laws and Protection

Europe's COVID-19 Spending Spree Unmasked

Mr. HispanoPreneur™: The Man Behind Honduras’ $47-Million Coronavirus Disaster

‘You Don’t Kill a Story by Killing a Journalist’

How a Syrian Ambassador’s Friend Made a Million Selling Him an Embassy

OCCRP Co-Founder Drew Sullivan Tells Parliamentarians at OSCE Event that Journalists Covering Corruption Need Stronger Laws and Protection

Tycoon with Close Ties to Belarus Dictator Used Time Travel to Evade Sanctions

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