Documents Show Arms Network Skirted EU Embargoes
The documents obtained by OCCRP from Techimpex, a Ukrainian arms firm, show more than a profitable weapons laundering...
All Investigations
Documentary Explores Dodgy Financial Ties of Trump Associate
A documentary made in collaboration with OCCRP on the Central Asian money links of a former associate of US President Donald...
Arms-Washing: Ukraine Network Moves Embargoed European Arms to Africa and the Middle East
In 2015 and 2016, Ukrinmash, a Ukrainian state arms exporter, signed deals with customers in Uganda and Burundi to sell 59...
Gold and Chaos in Orinoco
Mercury in the Air, in the Water, in the People
Using circular motions, Misael Reyes massages soft wet mud over a copper plate, causing it to flow -- and reveal its riches....
Gold and Chaos in Orinoco
Socialist Mining Brigades Face Crime and Falling Output
In 2011, as then-President Hugo Chavez nationalized the gold mining industry, the leftist leader claimed he had a new idea...
The Azerbaijani Laundromat
AvroMed May Have Received Millions Through Laundromat
The Azerbaijani Laundromat reveals payments in the same name as the largest pharmaceutical companies in the country.
Gold and Chaos in Orinoco
Gang Lords Rule the Orinoco Mining Arc
Crime loves a vacuum, and the tribal people of Venezuela’s Southern Bolivar region say years of neglect by the government...
Making a Killing
Pentagon Hired Questionable Contractors for Syria Arms Purchases
The Pentagon’s battle against the Islamic State relies on an Eastern European arms supply line operated, in part, by firms...
Making a Killing
Kurdish Militia in Syria Found With US-Bought Mortar Shells
President Obama promised not to arm Kurdish units fighting in the Syrian civil war. But new evidence shows that Serbian...
The Azerbaijani Laundromat
EU Parliament Demands Investigation into “Azerbaijani Laundromat” revelations
The European Parliament called for tighter anti-corruption measures on Wednesday and for an investigation into reports that...
The Azerbaijani Laundromat
The Left Pushes for Probe into Bribery within the Council of Europe
A group of parliamentarians in the Council of Europe is calling for an investigation into reports that Azerbaijan bribed EU...
Making a Killing
Revealed: The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2 Billion on Soviet-Style Arms for Syrian Rebels
The Pentagon is on the hunt for Soviet-style arms across Eastern Europe -- and it’s using questionable contractors and...