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Leaked Documents Provide Fresh Evidence About the Source of Payment to Journalist’s Assassin

Prosecutors in the case of a murdered journalist in Croatia suspected a 780,000-euro payment to one of the assassins was payment for the hit,...

11 Dec 2023
Dragana Peco (OCCRP/KRIK), Vesna Radojevic (KRIK), and Atanas Tchobanov (BIRD)
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OCCRP and the Gabo Foundation Launch Groundbreaking Project That Unites Investigative Journalism and Fiction Filmmaking

First Summit in Cartagena, Colombia Introduces “Floodlight: Fiction in the Public Interest” OCCRP Co-Founders Drew Sullivan (left) and Paul Radu with Associated Press investigative journalist Martha Mendoza. Credit: ...
7 Dec 2023
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How Lax Oversight and War Thwarted Efforts to Hold Yemen’s Oil Polluters to Account

In 2014, Yemeni lawmakers received a report on widespread environmental violations in the country’s oil sector. The report was shelved after civil war broke out, and efforts ...
6 Dec 2023
Ahmed al-Waseai, Rana Sabbagh (OCCRP), Selma Mhaoud (OCCRP), Abdulwahed Alobaly, Motea Bamzahem, and Zaher Binashikhbubkr

Businessman Who Bought Dominica Passport and Funded U.K. Tories Now Under Investigation in India

Gursamarjit Singh made millions in marketing and real estate. In Dominica, he purchased a passport. In the U.K., he bought into the political elite. Now he is ...
1 Dec 2023
Will Jordan and Anand Mangnale

Insights and Trends in Global Crime and Corruption — OCCRP Founders Discuss 2023 and the Year Ahead

OCCRP Co-Founders Drew Sullivan and Paul Radu will speak with Editor in Chief Miranda Patrucic about new trends in the world of dark money, influence peddling, and ...
30 Nov 2023
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The Man That Got Away: Iranian Fugitive Named in Canadian Espionage Case

In April 2017, Canadian authorities charged currency exchange operator Farzam Mehdizadeh for his alleged role in a global network that laundered funds for criminals and Islamist militants, ...
29 Nov 2023
Jared Ferrie (OCCRP), Lara Dihmis (OCCRP), Mahtab Divsalar (Zamaneh Media)

Sanctioned Businessman Denied Financial Ties to Kremlin-Linked Oligarch Roman Abramovich — But Leaked Documents Say Otherwise

In a first-of-its-kind legal challenge to overturn his sanctioning in the U.K., businessman Eugene Shvidler argued he did not financially benefit from his relationship with Kremlin-linked oligarch ...
28 Nov 2023
Tom Stocks (OCCRP) and Simon Lock (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism)

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Leaked Documents Provide Fresh Evidence About the Source of Payment to Journalist’s Assassin

Prosecutors in the case of a murdered journalist in Croatia suspected a 780,000-euro payment to one of the assassins was payment for the hit, but never established who sent the money. Leaked records reveal the name of the owner of the company behind the payment, and his business connections to the convicted killer.

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Sanctioned Businessman Denied Financial Ties to Kremlin-Linked Oligarch Roman Abramovich — But Leaked Documents Say Otherwise

In a first-of-its-kind legal challenge to overturn his sanctioning in the U.K., businessman Eugene Shvidler argued he did not financially benefit from his relationship with Kremlin-linked oligarch Roman Abramovich. But leaked files show Shvidler received hundreds of millions of dollars in loans from the former Chelsea FC owner via offshore companies.

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Dangerous Judicial Ruling Against OCCRP Member Center in North Macedonia Erodes Protection for Independent Media

November 10, 2023 - A civil court in Skopje, North Macedonia has ruled against OCCRP member center Investigative Reporting Lab (IRL) and its editor in chief, Saska Cvetkovska, in a defamation case brought by businessman Kocho Angjushev. The court ordered IRL and Cvetkovska to pay €1 in damages, as well as both sides' legal costs.

IRL Editor-in-Chief Saska Cvetkovska gives a statementIRL Editor-in-Chief Saska Cvetkovska (center) gives a statement in front of the court after the ruling. She is accompanied by representatives of press freedom media organizations and the Association of Journalists of Macedonia. Photo: Аssociation of Journalists of Macedonia.

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