How Afghanistan’s President Helped His Brother and a U.S. Contractor Secure a Lucrative Mineral Processing Permit
With the figurative stroke of a pen, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani put his sibling into the chromite business with a...
U.S. Agency for International Development
TI: Stimulus Packages Must Include Anti-Corruption Measures
Stimulus packages must include anti-corruption measures if they are to be successful, Transparency International warned the...
The Chávez Man and His Millions
Hacking Through Venezuela’s Thick Foreign Exchange Jungle
Over the past 15 years, Venezuela’s complex currency controls have paved the way for fraud schemes involving billions of...
Californian Found Guilty of Stealing Millions from Government
A federal jury found the former owner of a marble mining company in Afghanistan guilty of defrauding a US. government agency...
The Azerbaijani Laundromat
Baku’s Man in America
A quarter-million dollars from the Azerbaijani Laundromat went to a US energy consultant of Azerbaijani origin who, for...
Corruption is Destroying Cambodia’s Forests
Cambodia’s rich wildlife is dying at a rate faster than anywhere else in the world largely due to the army’s participation...
Spooks and Spin: Information War in the Balkans
How Macedonia’s Scandal-plagued Nationalists Lobbied America’s Right and Pulled Them Into an Anti-Soros Crusade
Until late last year, a mention of Macedonia in the halls of power in Washington, DC, would most likely elicit only...
Russia Hits Back at OCCRP Macedonia Spying Report
Russia’s government and state media have hit back at a report by OCCRP and partners on Sunday that showed Macedonia’s...
U.S. Cuts Ties With a Dozen Aid Suppliers to Syria Found to be Corrupt
The U.S. governmentsaidFridayithas suspended its business ties with 12 delivery and supply companies and affiliates based in...
Bosnia: NGO, Government Representatives Convene for Whistleblowing Conference
By Ana Baric Civil society and government representatives are gathering in Sarajevo May 29-30 for a whistleblowing...
Ukraine: Free Press Under Assault
On March 1, 30 masked gunmen in military fatigues broke into the Crimean Center for Investigative Journalism in Simferopol,...
Is Corruption Holding Afghanistan Together?
US Army Captain Brittany Ray spent a year in Afghanistan embedded with hundreds of Afghan Uniformed Police (AUP). After...