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.
A carousel fraudster is led away by authorities after a recent bust in Hungary. (Credit: Europol)
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)
Three years ago today, Corinne Vella received a call that would forever change her family, her life, and even her homeland, the small Mediterranean island of Malta.