Pacific Gambit: Inside the Chinese Communist Party and Triad Push into Palau
The tiny Pacific nation of Palau is a key hotspot in the growing rivalry between China and the West. Organized criminals...
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Hundreds of Members of Extremist Group Oath Keepers Worked for U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Leaked Roster Shows
Current and former Secret Service, border control, customs, and Coast Guard employees all signed up as members of the...
Syria’s Newest Mobile Operator Has A Hidden Link to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
Syria’s licensing of a third mobile operator, Wafa Telecom, looked like another effort by authorities to seize control of...
Operation Dó-Ré-Mi: The Brazilian Bow Makers Under Investigation For Dealing in Endangered Wood
Prosecutors, police, and government officials are investigating dozens of the country’s top makers of high-end musical bows,...
How a Crew of Romanian Criminals Conquered the World of ATM Skimming
Mexican Prosecutor Who Led Investigations Into Violent Crimes of Romanian Gang is Accused of Being on Their Payroll
A former member of the Riviera Maya gang was stabbed in Mexico by his onetime comrades. The Mexican prosecutor who led the...
Fake ‘Rothschild’ Was Chased by Russian Organized Crime When She Took Pictures With Trump at Mar-a-Lago
While Inna Yashchyshyn visited Mar-a-Lago and schmoozed with former President Trump and his inner circle, she was being...
Eastern Europe’s Biggest Wood Processor Demanded Free Timber From Suppliers For Years
For more than a decade, HS Timber Group required its Romanian timber suppliers to deliver extra wood for free without...
Rwanda Fed False Intelligence to U.S. and Interpol As It Pursued Political Dissidents Abroad
Rwandan dissidents have claimed that President Paul Kagame has used dirty tactics to go after his critics abroad. Now, a...
Documents Reveal Wagner’s Golden Ties to Sudanese Military Companies
Wagner, the Russian mercenary company owned by the infamous businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, secured and maintained its...
Inside South Africa’s Brutal Lion Bone Trade
In the world’s only commercial lion-farming industry, centered in South Africa’s Free State, animals are reared in terrible...
Notorious Nigerien Weapons Broker Lands Secret Arms Deal in Senegal
A contract seen by OCCRP shows how Aboubakar Hima, who allegedly skimmed millions from $240 million in corrupt arms deals in...
Oliver Stone Documentary About Kazakhstan’s Former Leader Nazarbayev Was Funded by a Nazarbayev Foundation
The documentary was panned for its hagiographic take on Kazakhstan’s longtime dictator. As it turns out, a foundation...