Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Secret Operations: The Peruvian Charged with Laundering Massive Amounts of Drug Money

6 Jul 2022

Miguel Gutiérrez (El Comercio), Ivan Ruiz (Infobae), Guillermo Draper (Búsqueda), Cecilia Anesi (IrpiMedia), Milagros Salazar (Convoca), Gonzalo Torrico (Convoca), Daniela Castro (OCCRP), Nathan Jaccard (OCCRP), and Romina Colman (OCCRP)

A ‘Bloody’ Trade: Inside the Murky Supply Chain Bringing Syrian Phosphates Into Europe

European countries have recently resumed imports of phosphate — a key ingredient in fertilizer — from Syria. The trade enriches sanctioned oligarchs, war profiteers, and the Syrian ...

30 Jun 2022

Mohammad Bassiki (SIRAJ), Oleg Oganov (Mykolaiv Center for Investigative Reporting), Charlotte Alfred (Lighthouse Reports), Bashar Deeb (Lighthouse Reports), Lara Dihmis (OCCRP), Jovana Tomić (CINS), Nikolay Marchenko (Bivol), Lorenzo Bagnoli (IRPI), and

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 ...

Reporting from Exile: A Webinar with Russian Journalist Roman Anin

Russian journalist Roman Anin, the editor in chief of Important Stories (IStories), will participate in a live webinar on July ...

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 ...

Features

Despite Denials, Abramovich Companies Have Supplied Materials for Russian Military

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s Evraz group of companies supplied Russia’s National Guard and provided steel and explosives products to weapons ...

Russian Tankers Delivering Oil to EU Ports Despite Sanctions

A Russian state-backed shipping company sanctioned by the U.S. and EU in February continues to deliver crude oil to European ...

Ukrainian Refugees Recall Ordeal of ‘Forced’ Deportations to Russia

Countless Ukrainians have ended up in Russia since the invasion. Moscow says they went voluntarily. Ukrainian officials, and many refugees ...

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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Korean Doomsday Sect Gets Rich in Fiji With Government Help

Grace Road Church believes a nuclear-tinged Judgment Day is rapidly approaching — and that Fiji is the post-apocalyptic promised land from which they’ll feed humanity. But despite repeated accusations of abuses, including ritual beatings and forcing members to perform unpaid labor, they’ve received a warm welcome from the Fijian government.

Panama Papers Whistleblower Speaks Out: “Shell Companies are Putin’s Best Friend”

The anonymous whistleblower behind the bombshell leak known as the Panama Papers has emerged anew to warn how offshore companies are enabling Russia’s war machine.

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Despite Denials, Abramovich Companies Have Supplied Materials for Russian Military

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s Evraz group of companies supplied Russia’s National Guard and provided steel and explosives products to weapons manufacturers that supply the Russian military, contrary to the company’s denials of doing business with the country’s armed forces.

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How Illegal Land Grabs in Brazil’s Amazon Feed the Global Beef Industry

Land grabs and deforestation have devastated Brazil’s northern Pará state. But slaughterhouses, including some owned by top meat processors JBS and Marfrig, still buy from suppliers who source from ranches on stolen land.

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Signs of Political Motivation Permeate Case Against Kyrgyz Investigative Journalist

Kyrgyz authorities allege Bolot Temirov is a drug user and used falsified identification documents. But case files obtained by reporters suggest a high-level effort led by the GKNB security agency to silence him.

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Secret Operations: The Peruvian Charged with Laundering Massive Amounts of Drug Money

For decades, Carlos Sein Atachahua allegedly led a global money laundering empire. Police say his gang’s drugs, sent with logos depicting ancient Peruvian symbols, reached Italy’s ‘Ndrangheta and other criminal groups, while corrupted money-exchange houses around the world were allegedly used to launder profits.

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A ‘Bloody’ Trade: Inside the Murky Supply Chain Bringing Syrian Phosphates Into Europe

European countries have recently resumed imports of phosphate — a key ingredient in fertilizer — from Syria. The trade enriches sanctioned oligarchs, war profiteers, and the Syrian government, but has continued thanks to legal loopholes.

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Smoke and Mirrors: How the “Father” of Iraq’s Cigarette Smugglers Built An Empire

Iraqi tycoon Nizar Hanna Nasri sits atop an empire spanning pharmaceuticals, liquor imports, and some of Erbil’s most spectacular real estate developments. But his success was built on a far less visible foundation: A globe-spanning trade in black-market cigarettes.

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“A Capitalist to the Heart”: An Iraqi Tobacco Tycoon Thrived in the Chaos of Sanctions and War

Iraqi tycoon Waheb Tabra worked with Saddam Hussein's son in the 1990s before making a fortune smuggling cigarettes. Since the U.S. invasion, he has become a symbol of Iraq’s political corruption while dealing with everyone from top politicians to the Islamic State.

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Reporting from Exile: A Webinar with Russian Journalist Roman Anin

Russian journalist Roman Anin, the editor in chief of Important Stories (IStories), will participate in a live webinar on July 19 to share insights and answer questions about his experience investigating Russia from exile.

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Korean Doomsday Sect Gets Rich in Fiji With Government Help

UK Establishes New Unit to Combat Kleptocrats & Money Laundering

Brazil Arrests Airport Gang that Hid Cocaine in Airliners Bulk Cargo

Madagascar: Four Illegal Gold Mines Suspended

Reporting from Exile: A Webinar with Russian Journalist Roman Anin

Panama Papers Whistleblower Speaks Out: “Shell Companies are Putin’s Best Friend”

Despite Denials, Abramovich Companies Have Supplied Materials for Russian Military

How Illegal Land Grabs in Brazil’s Amazon Feed the Global Beef Industry

Signs of Political Motivation Permeate Case Against Kyrgyz Investigative Journalist

Secret Operations: The Peruvian Charged with Laundering Massive Amounts of Drug Money

A ‘Bloody’ Trade: Inside the Murky Supply Chain Bringing Syrian Phosphates Into Europe

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