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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

A Fishy Business: Shifting Profits Out of Africa

An Icelandic company at the centre of a Namibian bribery scandal may have avoided paying ...

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 ...

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As a Slovenian Tycoon’s Empire Crumbled, His Bank Accounts Swelled

Taxpayers were forced to shoulder some of the burden of salvaging Darko Horvat’s business empire after it collapsed under more than $340 million in debt. Horvat, who stepped away from his businesses in 2009, has faded from the public scene — but he didn’t leave a poor man.

How an Irrepressible Serbian Arms Dealer Found a Conduit to Saudi Arabia through Qatar

He allegedly used a network of secretive trust funds, investigated for money laundering and masking payments for public officials.

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)

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As a Slovenian Tycoon’s Empire Crumbled, His Bank Accounts Swelled

UK to Return Thousands of Looted Artifacts to Iraq

Research Shows Big Tech Avoided $2.8 Billion in Tax to Developing Countries

Greece’s Top Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Faces Removal

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

How an Irrepressible Serbian Arms Dealer Found a Conduit to Saudi Arabia through Qatar

How Semlex and Gunvor Armed the Ivorian Civil War

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

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