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 ...

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 ...

Features

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 ...

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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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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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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Luxury London Residence of Azerbaijan Official’s Son Purchased With Mysterious Payment to Shell Company

After a Turkish conglomerate won a major contract to build a dam in Azerbaijan, a mysterious $3 million was sent to an offshore firm — which then bought the luxurious London flat where an Azeri official’s son was living.

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Hunter Biden Partner Secured Millions for Fund from Businessman with Reputed Organized Crime Ties

Hunter Biden’s longtime business partner, Devon Archer, secured nearly $3 million for a technology investment fund from a Syrian-Ukrainian businessman accused of ties to organized crime. The fund was later shut down after Archer was arrested.

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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.

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

Italian Customs Seize China-made Counterfeit Bearings

UN: Terrorists, Criminals Spread Conspiracies About COVID-19

Opioid Manufacturer Purdue Pleads Guilty to Felony Offences

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

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

Luxury London Residence of Azerbaijan Official’s Son Purchased With Mysterious Payment to Shell Company

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