Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Witness protection, a challenge for small countries

Israel’s dozen major crime families have become more brazen in recent years as they fight over the usual industries – ...

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 ...

Gabon’s First Family Stashed Cash in DC Property

Gabon's ruling Bongo family and their inner circle have bought at least seven properties worth over US$4.2 million in and ...

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New EU Prosecutor’s Office Takes Aim at 50-Billion-Euro-a-Year ‘Carousel Fraud’ Schemes

OCCRP spoke with the head of the new European Public Prosecutor’s Office about the challenges in fighting the widespread — ...

African Economies Haunted by Oil-Backed Loans as Traders Call in Debts

Controversial deals that offered quick cash in exchange for future oil production are eating up government budgets.

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‘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 ...

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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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New EU Prosecutor’s Office Takes Aim at 50-Billion-Euro-a-Year ‘Carousel Fraud’ Schemes

OCCRP spoke with the head of the new European Public Prosecutor’s Office about the challenges in fighting the widespread — but often-ignored — criminal scheme.

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Flight of the Monarch: US Gov't Contracted Airline Once Owned by Russian Criminals

U.S. authorities awarded Monarch Air Group over 100 contracts, including transporting protected witnesses and fuel for the military.

African Economies Haunted by Oil-Backed Loans as Traders Call in Debts

Controversial deals that offered quick cash in exchange for future oil production are eating up government budgets.

South Sudan's former Minister of Petroleum, Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, visits the Al-Nar oil fields north of Bentiu, South Sudan, in April 2019. (Credit: Jok Solomun/Reuters)

'I Already Knew Who Was Behind Her': A Mysterious Woman, a Top Russian Official, and Contracts Worth Millions

A mysterious woman negotiates state contracts for a major security company and owns firms that do lucrative business with the help of Russia’s Interior Ministry. Sources say she was once the romantic partner of Viktor Zolotov, Putin’s former top bodyguard and now the head of Russia’s National Guard.

Gabon’s First Family Stashed Cash in DC Property

Gabon's ruling Bongo family and their inner circle have bought at least seven properties worth over US$4.2 million in and near the U.S. capital, a destination whose real estate has long attracted African dictators.

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Prevezon Holdings: The Black Money Collector

A small Russian-owned real estate investment company based in Cyprus leaves an unusually large footprint in stories about global crime and politics.

'His Murder Is Necessary': Man Who Exposed Kyrgyz Smuggling Scheme Was Hunted by Contract Killers

A money launderer told journalists what he knew about a secretive smuggling empire and a senior Kyrygz official who enabled it. Now, leaked documents shed light on his shocking murder.

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New EU Prosecutor’s Office Takes Aim at 50-Billion-Euro-a-Year ‘Carousel Fraud’ Schemes

Trying to Curb Corruption, Saudi Arabia Arrests 226 Suspects

Peru Orders a Retrial for Top Member of US-Serbian Drug Gang

Nigeria Arrests Three Cybercrime Suspects

The Year Ahead in Global Crime and Corruption: OCCRP Co-Founders Drew Sullivan and Paul Radu To Discuss the ‘Criminal Services Industry’ in Live Webinar

Flight of the Monarch: US Gov't Contracted Airline Once Owned by Russian Criminals

African Economies Haunted by Oil-Backed Loans as Traders Call in Debts

The Year Ahead in Global Crime and Corruption: OCCRP Co-Founders Drew Sullivan and Paul Radu To Discuss the ‘Criminal Services Industry’ in Live Webinar

'I Already Knew Who Was Behind Her': A Mysterious Woman, a Top Russian Official, and Contracts Worth Millions

Gabon’s First Family Stashed Cash in DC Property

Prevezon Holdings: The Black Money Collector

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