Awards for Sale
Three years after I investigated bogus international awards sold for thousands of euros, I got invited to pick up mine -- for a small fee of just €4,750.
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OCCRP Condemns the Murder of Maltese Reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) strongly condemns the murder of Maltese investigative reporter and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia.
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The Spy Who Overthrew Macedonia’s Government
For long-serving spy Gjorgi Lazarevski, a 2010 raid on one of Macedonia’s few remaining independent TV stations was the last straw.
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Felling Namibia’s Ancient Giants
Ancient hardwood trees in Namibia’s Caprivi State Forest are being poached by a controversial Chinese businessman who’s exploiting legal loopholes the government won’t close.
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Letter: When UNESCO’s Director General Broke Her Silence
Khadija Ismayilova is an investigative journalist with Radio Free Europe and OCCRP. She responds to UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova’s letter to the Guardian about UNESCO’s relationship with ...
Fighting Large-scale Mining With Bows and Arrows
As companies jostle for the chance to rip wealth from the Orinoco region, the natives tribes who have lived there for generations say they will not allow their ...
Documents Show Arms Network Skirted EU Embargoes
The documents obtained by OCCRP from Techimpex, a Ukrainian arms firm, show more than a profitable weapons laundering scheme. (See main story: Arms-Washing)
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OCCRP Condemns the Murder of Maltese Reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) strongly condemns the murder of Maltese investigative reporter and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia.
...
The Spy Who Overthrew Macedonia’s Government
For long-serving spy Gjorgi Lazarevski, a 2010 raid on one of Macedonia’s few remaining independent TV stations was the last straw.
...
Felling Namibia’s Ancient Giants
Ancient hardwood trees in Namibia’s Caprivi State Forest are being poached by a controversial Chinese businessman who’s exploiting legal loopholes the government won’t close.
...
Letter: When UNESCO’s Director General Broke Her Silence
Khadija Ismayilova is an investigative journalist with Radio Free Europe and OCCRP. She responds to UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova’s letter to the Guardian about...
Fighting Large-scale Mining With Bows and Arrows
As companies jostle for the chance to rip wealth from the Orinoco region, the natives tribes who have lived there for generations say they will...
Notorious Laundromats Used in Iran’s Anti-Sanction ‘Economic Jihad’
The word jihad, usually defined as a struggle against the enemies of Islam, took on a new meaning six years ago when Iran’s supreme leader...
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Awards for Sale
Three years after I investigated bogus international awards sold for thousands of euros, I got invited to pick up mine -- for a small fee of just €4,750.
A screenshot of the Otherways web site.
OCCRP Condemns the Murder of Maltese Reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) strongly condemns the murder of Maltese investigative reporter and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Photo credit: daphnecaruanagalizia.com
Read more: OCCRP Condemns the Murder of Maltese Reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia
The Spy Who Overthrew Macedonia’s Government
For long-serving spy Gjorgi Lazarevski, a 2010 raid on one of Macedonia’s few remaining independent TV stations was the last straw.
Gjorgi Lazarevski, a former Macedonian intelligence officer who helped expose a massive wiretapping scheme that brought down the government. (Credit: Nova TV)
Felling Namibia’s Ancient Giants
Ancient hardwood trees in Namibia’s Caprivi State Forest are being poached by a controversial Chinese businessman who’s exploiting legal loopholes the government won’t close.
Felled trees in the Caprivi State Forest. (Credit: John Grobler)
Letter: When UNESCO’s Director General Broke Her Silence
Khadija Ismayilova is an investigative journalist with Radio Free Europe and OCCRP. She responds to UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova’s letter to the Guardian about UNESCO’s relationship with her country’s repressive government. Ismayilova spent 18 months in an Azerbaijani jail for her reporting about the ruling Aliyev family of Azerbaijan.
Khadija Ismayilova (Photo by Aziz Karimov)
Read more: Letter: When UNESCO’s Director General Broke Her Silence
Fighting Large-scale Mining With Bows and Arrows
As companies jostle for the chance to rip wealth from the Orinoco region, the natives tribes who have lived there for generations say they will not allow their heritage to be destroyed - even if they have only bows and arrows to defend it.
Photo by: William Urdaneta
Notorious Laundromats Used in Iran’s Anti-Sanction ‘Economic Jihad’
The word jihad, usually defined as a struggle against the enemies of Islam, took on a new meaning six years ago when Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei declared 2011 the “year of economic jihad.”
Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran. (Credit: www.leader.ir)
Read more: Notorious Laundromats Used in Iran’s Anti-Sanction ‘Economic Jihad’
Documents Show Arms Network Skirted EU Embargoes
The documents obtained by OCCRP from Techimpex, a Ukrainian arms firm, show more than a profitable weapons laundering scheme. (See main story: Arms-Washing)
A warehouse outside of Kiev belonging to S-Profit that is leased by Techimpex. (Credit: Graham Stack)
Documentary Explores Dodgy Financial Ties of Trump Associate
A documentary made in collaboration with OCCRP on the Central Asian money links of a former associate of US President Donald Trump aired on Wednesday after surviving a last-minute legal challenge.
Felix Sater. (Photo credit: Zembla, Dutch Public Television)
Read more: Documentary Explores Dodgy Financial Ties of Trump Associate
Arms-Washing: Ukraine Network Moves Embargoed European Arms to Africa and the Middle East
In 2015 and 2016, Ukrinmash, a Ukrainian state arms exporter, signed deals with customers in Uganda and Burundi to sell 59 amphibious armored patrol vehicles.
A Techimpex production facility in the Kiev region as pictured in the company's catalogue. (Credit: Techimpex)
Read more: Arms-Washing: Ukraine Network Moves Embargoed European Arms to Africa and the Middle East
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