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Ownership of Chemicals that Exploded at Beirut Port Traces Back to Ukraine

A year after a massive shipment of ammonium nitrate exploded in Beirut, an OCCRP investigation has settled one of the biggest lingering questions: who actually owned the ...

14 Sep 2021

Aubrey Belford (OCCRP), Yanina Korniienko (OCCRP), Isobel Koshiw, Feras Hatoum (Al Jadeed), and Stelios Orphanides (OCCRP)

OCCRP Live Event: Journalists Reveal How They Tracked the Offshore Wealth

Rumors of Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salame’s offshore wealth have swirled around Beirut for years. In 2020, OCCRP and ...

OCCRP Expands Geographic Reach By Hiring Kevin G. Hall as First

OCCRP is expanding editorial operations into the U.S. and Canada and has named award-winning investigative journalist as its first ...

Cyprus Records Shed Light on Libya's Hidden Millions

Newly leaked records from Cyprus show how a Gaddafi-era procurement official who stole millions from his country's government used offshore ...

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Why Russian Journalists Are Being Branded ‘Foreign Agents’ — And Why It Matters

The last few months have been the most difficult for independent Russian journalists since the Soviet era. Here’s how the ...

Canadian Giant Brookfield’s Brazilian Projects Investigated for Environmental Violations

Authorities have opened multiple probes, including into Brookfield’s alleged part in floods that deluged the eastern city of Raul Soares.

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The Cost of Kenya’s ‘Budgeted Corruption’

Leaked data exposes loopholes in Kenya’s procurement process, enabling graft.

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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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Iraq’s Troubled School Building Lesson

Over a decade ago, Iraq’s Education Ministry launched an ambitious project to build 1,700 new schools. A billion dollars in public funds were spent, but few were ever completed. Now with a new plan to build 7,000 more, it's not clear the government has learned its lesson.

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Ownership of Chemicals that Exploded at Beirut Port Traces Back to Ukraine

A year after a massive shipment of ammonium nitrate exploded in Beirut, an OCCRP investigation has settled one of the biggest lingering questions: who actually owned the cargo. A trail of documents reveals a decades-old chemical-trading network controlled by Ukrainians, hidden behind a veil of proxies and shell firms.

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Russian Foreign Minister Has a Longtime Female Companion With Over $13 Million in Unexplained Assets

YouTube videos posted by the Russian Orthodox Church, Foreign Ministry sources, and multiple flight records helped reporters identify a longtime companion of Russia’s pugnacious foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov.

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How a Russian Mobile App Developer Recruited Phones into a Secret Ad-Watching Robot Army

A Russian mobile app publishing network appears to have infected millions of phones with malware that converts games into quiet money-making machines.

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Why Russian Journalists Are Being Branded ‘Foreign Agents’ — And Why It Matters

The last few months have been the most difficult for independent Russian journalists since the Soviet era. Here’s how the Putin regime is using ‘foreign agent’ designations to squeeze the life out of critical outlets that hold it to account.

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Contract Tobacco Farmers in Zimbabwe Say They Are ‘Drowning in Debt’

Growers say they often end up trapped in a painful debt cycle as they struggle to pay for expensive inputs they can ill afford, while a controversial currency system run by Zimbabwe’s central bank saps much of what is left of their income.

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Catalan Separatists Tailored Public Messaging to Avoid Antagonizing Russia: ‘You Have to Avoid Navalny For Sure’

Messages obtained by police from the confiscated phone of a senior Catalan official show that leaders of the Spanish region’s independence movement avoided commenting about some human rights issues to avoid spoiling their relationship with the Kremlin.

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OCCRP Live Event: Journalists Reveal How They Tracked the Offshore Wealth of Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salame

Rumors of Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salame’s offshore wealth have swirled around Beirut for years. In 2020, OCCRP and Daraj.com revealed almost $100 million in overseas assets that Salame owned through a network of companies.

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Canadian Giant Brookfield’s Brazilian Projects Investigated for Environmental Violations

Authorities have opened multiple probes, including into Brookfield’s alleged part in floods that deluged the eastern city of Raul Soares.

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OCCRP Expands Geographic Reach By Hiring Kevin G. Hall as First North America Editor

OCCRP is expanding editorial operations into the U.S. and Canada and has named award-winning investigative journalist Kevin G. Hall as its first North America editor. Hall will be based in Washington, D.C., and will lead OCCRP investigations in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. He will also work with more than 40 editors around the world on cross-border investigations and build collaborations and partnerships with key North American media outlets.

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Iraq’s Troubled School Building Lesson

Poaching in East Africa is Endangering the Survival of Cheetahs

Scammers Target People, Firms in UK; Ransomware Attacks in the US on the Rise

NGO: US Meat Markets Encourage Illegal Deforestation in the Amazon

OCCRP Live Event: Journalists Reveal How They Tracked the Offshore Wealth of Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salame

Ownership of Chemicals that Exploded at Beirut Port Traces Back to Ukraine

Russian Foreign Minister Has a Longtime Female Companion With Over $13 Million in Unexplained Assets

How a Russian Mobile App Developer Recruited Phones into a Secret Ad-Watching Robot Army

Why Russian Journalists Are Being Branded ‘Foreign Agents’ — And Why It Matters

Contract Tobacco Farmers in Zimbabwe Say They Are ‘Drowning in Debt’

Catalan Separatists Tailored Public Messaging to Avoid Antagonizing Russia: ‘You Have to Avoid Navalny For Sure’

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