Report: With Piracy Receded, Illegal Fishing Returns to Somalian Waters
Once the most pirate-infested region on the planet, the waters off the coast of Somalia are now home to a...
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Government of Burkina Faso Sued After OCCRP Investigation
A grassroots organization in Burkina Faso filed a complaint against the government Tuesday, citing an OCCRP...
People Smugglers in Syria Take to TikTok
Fearing conscription by the Assad regime? Want to start a new life in Europe? Surf online a bit, and you’ll find...
China Tobacco Goes Global
China’s State Tobacco Company is Massive at Home. Now it’s Ready to Take Over the World
China Tobacco is using advertising, investment, and social projects to influence governments and consumers around...
China Tobacco Goes Global
Huge Quantities of Chinese Cigarettes Smuggled Into Ukraine
China Tobacco’s factory in Europe is selling hundreds of millions of cigarettes to companies in Ukraine under...
China Tobacco Goes Global
Illicit Chinese Cigarettes, an Italian Warehouse, and a Mysterious Libyan “Friend”
An Italian group smuggling Chinese cigarettes mentioned a Libyan who helped them. Here's how reporters followed...
China Tobacco Goes Global
Illegal Chinese Cigarettes Flooding Latin America Flow Through Panama
China Tobacco’s factory in Panama was shut down by authorities after its cigarettes kept making their way onto the...
China Tobacco Goes Global
A Fake Shipping Container Leads to Chinese Cigarettes — and Italy's Camorra Crime Group
A bust of 17 tons of illicit cigarettes in Italy led back to China Tobacco’s European factory — where an executive...
Tobacco Giant Offers Grants to Stop Illegal Trade, Experts are Skeptical
Philip Morris International opened its third round of funding to NGOs that work to combat illegal trade around the...
Court Annuls Verdict in Serbian Drug Lord’s Cocaine Smuggling Case
Citing procedural errors, Serbia's Supreme Court of Cassation annulled on Tuesday the final ruling against Serbian...
U.S. Returns $3.8 Million Worth of Looted Artifacts to Cambodia
U.S. authorities repatriated 27 looted antiquities to Cambodia, most of which were confiscated from a Manhattan...
‘Dark Fleets’ Descend on Argentine Waters, Dodge Public Tracking
So-called “dark fleets” - thousands of ships that switch off their tracking beacons in order to remain invisible...