Zack Kopplin
Investigative Reporter, U.S.
Based in Washington, D.C., Zack Kopplin is an investigative journalist who joined OCCRP in 2025. He specializes in tracing illicit finance and systemic corruption by blending open-source research with a focus on acquiring records from secretive jurisdictions such as Dubai, Dominica, and Delaware.
Zack has been instrumental in several high-profile cross-border investigations, including the exposure of the Barzani family's secret luxury real estate holdings and the Passports of the Caribbean project, which revealed how international criminals exploited citizenship-by-investment programs. His work in the Middle East and Central Asia has exposed a secret weapons factory in Iraqi Kurdistan and a hidden mineral processing plant owned by the brother of the former Afghan president.
Previously, he was the lead international investigator for the Government Accountability Project, where he worked with defense-sector whistleblowers to expose military contracting fraud. He speaks functional Portuguese.