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Designed for Impact: The Next Evolution of OCCRP’s Website

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Hungarian Media Tycoon’s Firm Formed Dubai Subsidiary While Under Investigation at Home

Power and Influence Hungary

Murder For Hire: Details Emerge About Alleged Cross-Border Plot to Kill Twin Brothers in Cyprus

A Danish undercover officer posing as a hitman led police into an alleged murder-for-hire network, as money, weapons and suspected contract killers converged in Cyprus

Organized Crime Cyprus

10 hours ago

Turkey Detains 24 in Belgium-Linked Drug Trafficking Probe

Organized Crime

1 day ago

Philippine Ex-Speaker Arrested in $118M Plunder Case

Corruption

1 day ago

Spanish Police Dismantle 'Dubai Bank' Narco-Network, Arrest 21

Organized Crime Spain

1 day ago

Former Swiss Banker Handed Suspended Two-Year Sentence for Corruption

Corruption Switzerland

2 days ago

Ecuador Convicts 15 People, 5 Companies in $398 Million Drug Money Case

Organized Crime Ecuador

2 days ago

Ecstasy Bust in Malaysia Leaves Alleged Syndicate Boss Dead

Organized Crime Malaysia

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2 days ago

Police Tapes Show Malta Businessman Acquitted of Journalist's Murder Said He Initially Approved the Plot

Power and Influence Malta

5 days ago

Lack of Oversight Fuels Power Sector Corruption, Iraqi Lawmaker Says

Corruption Iraq

6 days ago

Bosnian Police Intercept 96 Migrants, Identify Two Suspected Smugglers

Organized Crime Bosnia

1 week ago

The Daphne Project

Businessman Acquitted of Commissioning Murder of Maltese Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

Power and Influence Malta

1 week ago

Ukraine Presidential Chief Responds to Alleged Laundering Role

Money Laundering Ukraine

1 week ago

Dutch Police Arrest 34 Following Drug-related Shootout

Organized Crime Netherlands

1 week ago

Ukraine Busts Crypto Fraud Network Targeting EU Victims

Organized Crime Ukraine

1 week ago

Spain Arrests Germany’s Most Wanted Drug Trafficker

Organized Crime Spain

1 week ago

Uganda Arrests 16 in Alleged $4M Fake Gold Scam

Organized Crime Uganda

1 week ago

Australia Probes Western Union Over Possible Money Laundering Risks

Money Laundering Australia

1 week ago

South Africa Arrests Suspect in $37M Hospital Corruption Case

Corruption South Africa

1 week ago

Alleged Narco-Terrorist Moves to Toss U.S. Indictment on Jurisdictional Grounds

Organized Crime United States

1 week ago

Slovak Police Foil Possible Napalm Attack on Factory Producing Drones for Ukraine

Organized Crime Slovakia

1 week ago

Singapore Police Probe 231 Suspected Scam Mules

Organized Crime Singapore

1 week ago

Malaysia’s Ex-Prime Minister Charged Over Failure to Declare Assets

Money Laundering Malaysia

1 week ago

OCCRP Denounces Police Search of Solomon Islands Reporter

Freedom and Repression Solomon Islands

2 weeks ago

‘I Had No Involvement. Zero.’: Accused Mastermind Denies Killing Maltese Journalist

Power and Influence Malta

2 weeks ago

Armenian Court Orders Son of Ex-President Held in Sweeping Graft Probe

Corruption Armenia

2 weeks ago

Armenia Detains Ex-President Kocharyan in Corruption Probe

Corruption Armenia

2 weeks ago

Kazakhstan’s Election Brings a New Parliament — and More Pressure on Journalists

Freedom and Repression Kazakhstan

Organized Crime

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1 week ago

The Daphne Project

Q&A: What Has Emerged From the Trial of a Businessman Charged in the Murder of a Maltese Journalist?

Power and Influence Malta

4 weeks ago

Albania's Cheerful 'AI Minister' Is the Product of a Government Agency Under Investigation for Massive Corruption

Corruption Albania

The Alleged Mastermind of a $2 Billion U.S. Telemedicine Scam Is Enjoying the Luxury Life in Russia

Brian Sutton, accused of masterminding one of the largest fraud schemes to ever be unraveled in the United States, is living freely in Russia. Among his acquisitions there is a fleet of luxury cars, an elite villa near Moscow, and a stake in an MMA club tied to a member of the Russian parliament.

Organized Crime

2 weeks ago

Europol Warns of Violent Shift in European Museum Heists

Organized Crime Europe

2 weeks ago

Philippines Arrests South Korean Woman Over Alleged $3.9B Online Gambling Operation

Organized Crime Philippines

2 weeks ago

French Authorities Investigate Widespread Government Data Breaches

Organized Crime France

3 weeks ago

US Charges Eight More Iranians in Global Hacking Case

Organized Crime

3 weeks ago

Indonesia Seizes Record 2.6 Tons of Meth in Major Bust, 10 Arrested

Organized Crime Indonesia

3 weeks ago

Fiji Hands Over a Man Suspected of Ponzi-style Crypto Investment Schemes to US

Organized Crime Fiji

Corruption

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2 weeks ago

A Kidney Transplant, Ignored Advice, and a President’s Surprise Pick to Run a $160 Billion Pacific Island Mine

Environment Papua New Guinea

2 months ago

OpenLux

Son of Late Gabonese Leader Bought Sprawling Real Estate Portfolio While in Public Office

Corruption Gabon

From Tehran to Texas: How a Convicted Iranian Pyramid Scheme Ringleader Built a New Life in the U.S.

Mazyar Mahan, convicted in absentia in Iran in connection with a $25 million pyramid scheme that defrauded hundreds of people, obtained U.S. citizenship and went on to teach film at a Texas university.

Corruption United States

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Liberia Charges Ex-Vice President in Transnational Drug Probe

Corruption Liberia

3 weeks ago

Interrogation Tapes Reveal Journalist Murder Suspect Pointing to Highest Levels of Maltese Power

Corruption Malta

3 weeks ago

Iraqi Electricity Official Arrested With Millions in Cash as Anti-Graft Campaign Expands

Corruption Iraq

3 weeks ago

Tapes Hidden in an Ice Cream Box Lay Bare a Maltese Journalist’s Assassination

Corruption Malta

4 weeks ago

Dutch Court Hears Case against Whistleblower’s Murder Suspect

Organized Crime Netherlands

4 weeks ago

Iraq PM’s Anti-Corruption Campaign Rumbles On

Corruption Iraq

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Scam Empire

Scam call centers have been a scourge for years, conning ordinary people around the world out of hundreds of billions of dollars. It took a months-long collaborative effort by dozens of media partners to scour through this trove of evidence. The result is an unprecedented look into the heart of one of the world’s darkest industries.

8 months ago

These 81 Investment Platforms Were Part of a Scam Network. Here’s What We Learned About Them.

Organized Crime

1 year ago

Despite Criminal Probe, Georgian Call-Center Scammers Are Back At Work

Georgia

1 year ago

Huge Ecosystem of Unregulated Payment Providers Helps Scammers Collect Victims’ Money

Money Laundering Georgia

1 year ago

Scam Operations Relied on Third-Party Marketing Companies for Steady Stream of Potential Victims

Enablers Georgia

1 year ago

Celebrities Voice Anger And Frustration Over Online Scam Ads That Target Fans

Enablers

1 year ago

Diamonds, Dior and Dubai Vacations: The Luxurious Lives of Georgia's Call-Center Scammers

Organized Crime Georgia

Impact following our reporting

1 year ago

Exposed Tbilisi Call Center Scammers Delete Social Media Accounts

Georgia

1 year ago

Georgia Launches Criminal Probe Into Scam Call Center Exposed by Journalists

Georgia

1 year ago

From Rumors to Ugly Reality: Georgians Stunned by Scam Call Center’s Cruelty

Georgia

1 year ago

Georgia Freezes Assets of Top Scammers in Massive Call Center Fraud

Georgia

Sanctions

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6 months ago

Made in the EU, Dropped on Kyiv: How European Parts Are Enabling Russia’s Winter Drone War

Sanctions Europe

3 weeks ago

FAQ: What to Know About Ireland’s Probe Into Our Reporting on Its Alumina Exports to Russia

Sanctions Europe

Pentagon Fuel Subcontractor Owned by Alleged Front for U.S.-Blacklisted Brothers

A man alleged by a U.S. Treasury official to have acted as a front for U.S.-sanctioned Lebanese brothers was the owner of a subcontractor on a 2022 fuel supply contract awarded by the Pentagon.

Sanctions United States

1 month ago

EU Sanctions Target Prince Group and its Chairman Chen Zhi Over Alleged Cyber-Scams, Forced Labor

Sanctions Europe

1 month ago

US Sanctions Family of Iranian Tycoon in Crackdown on Alleged IRGC Crypto Network

Sanctions United States

1 month ago

EU Targets Georgian Oil Refinery Over Russian Crude Processing

Sanctions Georgia

1 month ago

Irish Alumina Exports to Russia Revised Down, But Still Lead

Sanctions Ireland

1 month ago

Sanctions Evader Zarrab Avoids Prison After Aiding U.S. Prosecutors

Money Laundering United States

2 months ago

EU Lawmakers Back Alumina Sanctions Push

Enablers Ireland

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Venezuela

6 months ago

Conflict-Tainted Venezuelan Gold Entered World Market Through Caribbean Island, Documents Indicate

Environment Venezuela

2 months ago

Venezuelan Housing Program Scrutinized After Quakes Brought Down Buildings

Power and Influence

2 months ago

Cabinet of the Blacklisted: Sanctioned Loyalists Take Charge of Venezuela’s Quake Relief

Sanctions Venezuela

7 months ago

Podcast

Behind Closed Doors: Secret Tape Reveals Plans To Launder Venezuela’s Oil Money

Enablers Venezuela

News from Venezuela

8 months ago

Netherlands Refused All Involvement in US Operations Against Venezuela: Minister

Power and Influence Netherlands

8 months ago

Netherlands to Limit Joint Anti-Drug Operations with US After Venezuela Attack

Power and Influence Netherlands

8 months ago

From Lima to Buenos Aires to Madrid, Millions of Phones Buzzed the Night Maduro Fell

Organized Crime Venezuela

Environment

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3 weeks ago

A Key Food Source Collapsed Off West Africa’s Coast as Chinese Ships Ground the Species Into Fishmeal

Environment Africa

5 months ago

Five Questions on the Gold Trade

Environment

Major Nickel Supplier Harita Knew About Water Contamination at Indonesian Operation for a Decade

Harita Group’s Indonesian nickel mines feed the supply chains of some of the world’s biggest electric vehicle makers. But the conglomerate’s own internal monitoring showed the operation was polluting local waters for years with the toxic “Erin Brockovich” chemical, chromium-6.

Environment Indonesia

1 month ago

Company Managed by Relative of Dutch ‘Fat King’ Was Raided in Biofuel Fraud Investigation

Environment Netherlands

3 months ago

Albania Freezes Assets in Kushner Resort Probe

Environment Albania

7 months ago

UK Authorities Raid a Housing Company in Multi-Million-Pound Fraud Probe

Environment

8 months ago

Criminal Groups Drive Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon State, Authorities Say

Environment Brazil

9 months ago

Human Rights Watch: Ecuador Freezes Bank Accounts of Indigenous, Environmental Groups

Environment Ecuador

9 months ago

News Exclusive

Brazilian Billionaire Chairs Group at COP30 as His Company Faces Environmental Civil Suit

Environment Brazil

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NarcoFiles: The New Criminal Order

Drug trafficking is a globe-spanning business. Cocaine might start life at a plantation in Colombia before being repackaged in Mexico, processed in the Netherlands, and sold on to users as far away as Bulgaria. Markets are booming in Asia, Africa, and Australia, generating billions in illicit...

8 months ago

Trail of Drug-Linked Planes Leads Back to California Seller – and U.S. Aviation Regulatory ‘Blind Spot’

Enablers

2 years ago

Fishing Boats and Cargo Ships: How Colombian Cocaine Travels the World

Organized Crime Spain

2 years ago

Colombian Leak Gives Rare Glimpse Into Secretive World of ‘Controlled’ Drug Deliveries

Organized Crime

2 years ago

Illegal Shark Fin Bust Leads to Company Owned by Colombian Drug Lord’s Son

Environment

2 years ago

The Rapid Rise of Venezuela’s ‘Tren de Aragua’ Gang Leaves Destruction and Death in Its Wake

Organized Crime

2 years ago

Inside Job: How a Hacker Helped Cocaine Traffickers Infiltrate Europe’s Biggest Ports

Organized Crime

Cryptocurrency

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6 months ago

The Cat and the Stock-Footage CEO: How a Digital Trail Helped Unmask an Iranian Money Machine

Sanctions Iran

1 year ago

Co-Founders of a Lithuanian Crypto Coin Scooped up Luxury Property While Investors Were Left in the Lurch

Money Laundering Vanuatu

'There Will Be No Trace': Russian Payment Agents Tout Sanction-Busting Services on Telegram

As Western sanctions attempt to choke off Russia from international trade, payment brokers are advertising services on Telegram to move funds through layered intermediaries.

Sanctions Russia