Operative for “Putin’s Chef” Shares Secrets, Vanishes — Then Reappears and

Yevgeny Prigozhin ran the infamous St. Petersburg “troll farm” and other pro-Putin media operations. One of his operatives came clean ...

The Wayward Millions of Lithuania’s Runaway Banker

Lithuania’s Vladimir Romanov absconded to Russia more than four years ago, leaving investigators grasping to recoup millions they believe he ...

Former Russian Minister Acquired Golf Courses Worth Millions

Russia’s former minister of industry acquired stakes in golf courses worth many millions. The properties were once owned by people ...

Features

Accused of Graft? Change the Rules

It was late November 2016, and Brazil’s largest-ever corruption scandal was finally reaching the country’s political elites.

Strongest Measures Axed in EU Golden Visa Report

For almost a decade, corrupt politicians and wealthy businessmen have purchased European passports using dirty money. In January, the European Commission finally delivered ...

Fake Parties, Real Money: Hungary’s Bogus Party Problem

When Hungarians picked up their ballots to vote in April’s national elections, more than half of their 23 choices were parties they’d never ...

From Our Members

Questions Linger After Indictment in Slovak Journalist’s Murder

A wealthy Slovak businessman is accused of ordering the murder of a Slovak journalist and ...

Cement's Dirty Business

In “Cement’s Dirty Business,” OCCRP journalists travel across Europe to show how Romania’s $750 million ...

The Troika Laundromat

Laundromats are complex systems for moving money that allow corrupt politicians, organized crime figures, and ...

Letter: When UNESCO’s Director General Broke Her Silence

Khadija Ismayilova is an investigative journalist with Radio Free Europe and OCCRP. She responds to UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova’s letter to the Guardian about UNESCO’s relationship with her country’s repressive government. Ismayilova spent 18 months in an Azerbaijani jail for her reporting about the ruling Aliyev family of Azerbaijan.

Photo courtesy of Khadija Ismayilova Khadija Ismayilova (Photo by Aziz Karimov)

Fighting Large-scale Mining With Bows and Arrows

As companies jostle for the chance to rip wealth from the Orinoco region, the natives tribes who have lived there for generations say they will not allow their heritage to be destroyed - even if they have only bows and arrows to defend it.

Photo ba: William Urdaneta Photo by: William Urdaneta

Notorious Laundromats Used in Iran’s Anti-Sanction ‘Economic Jihad’

The word jihad, usually defined as a struggle against the enemies of Islam, took on a new meaning six years ago when Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei declared 2011 the “year of economic jihad.”

Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran. (Credit: www.leader.ir)

Documents Show Arms Network Skirted EU Embargoes

The documents obtained by OCCRP from Techimpex, a Ukrainian arms firm, show more than a profitable weapons laundering scheme. (See main story: Arms-Washing)

A warehouse outside of Kiev belonging to S-Profit that is leased by Techimpex. (Credit: Graham Stack)

Documentary Explores Dodgy Financial Ties of Trump Associate

A documentary made in collaboration with OCCRP on the Central Asian money links of a former associate of US President Donald Trump aired on Wednesday after surviving a last-minute legal challenge.

Felix Sater. (Photo credit: Zembla, Dutch Public Television)

Arms-Washing: Ukraine Network Moves Embargoed European Arms to Africa and the Middle East

In 2015 and 2016, Ukrinmash, a Ukrainian state arms exporter, signed deals with customers in Uganda and Burundi to sell 59 amphibious armored patrol vehicles.

A Techimpex production facility in the Kiev region as pictured in the company's catalogue. (Credit: Techimpex)

Gold and Chaos in Orinoco

A joint investigation by Efecto Cocuyo and OCCRP explores the Orinoco Mining Arc — the Venezuelan government's controversial attempt to find new sources of wealth — and the devastating effects of the mining on the people who live there.

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Statement from OCCRP on Government Attacks on KRIK.rs

It has come to our attention that members of the current government have launched a smearing campaign against one of the members of our network.

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Revealed: The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2 Billion on Soviet-Style Arms for Syrian Rebels

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The Pentagon is on the hunt for Soviet-style arms across Eastern Europe -- and it’s using questionable contractors and misleading documents to get the weapons to their final destination: Syria.

The Azerbaijani Laundromat

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The Azerbaijani Laundromat is a complex money-laundering operation and slush fund that handled $2.9 billion over a two-year period through four shell companies registered in the UK.

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Accused of Graft? Change the Rules

Animal Group Urges Mexico to Prevent Extinction of Vaquitas

Armenia’s Former President to Remain Under Arrest

Japan Olympics Chief Quits Amid Corruption Probe

Bank That Enabled Money Laundering Wins OCCRP’s Top Crime Prize

Questions Linger After Indictment in Slovak Journalist’s Murder

The Aliyevs’ Nest: The Family of Azerbaijan’s President Has Found a Home Near Moscow

Money for Nothing: Putin Friend Sergei Roldugin Enriched by Troika Laundromat

Cement's Dirty Business

Death in Vienna

The Troika Laundromat

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