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Private U.S. Contractors Part of the ‘Kill Chain’ in East Africa Anti-Terrorist Operations

A Cold War military procurement program, preferred private contractors, and escalating drone strikes in Somalia.

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14 Aug 2020
Kira Zalan and Emmanuel Freudenthal
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A Road of Pain and Blood

Broken bones, pools of blood and excrement, and sadistic humiliation: These are the conditions faced by peaceful protesters detained in Belarus this week.
14 Aug 2020
Nikita Telizhenko

Corruption and Poverty Made West Africa Hot Spot for Piracy

It was 7:40 a.m. when the chief officer of the MV Duke called Captain Ripusad Prasad in his quarters to say that a boat was following them.
12 Aug 2020
David Klein

Lebanon’s Offshore Governor

Central Bank Governor Riad Salame has touted investment in Lebanon while sending his own money to Europe.
11 Aug 2020
Hazem Ameen and Alia Ibrahim (Daraj.com) and Tom Stocks, Riad Kobaissi, and Rana Sabbagh (OCCRP)

How a Notorious Arms Dealer Hijacked Niger’s Budget and Bought Weapons From Russia

At least $137 million of public funds was stolen from one of the world’s least developed countries through corrupt arms deals.
6 Aug 2020
Mark Anderson, Khadija Sharife, and Nathalie Prevost

Paul Radu Answers Questions on Cross-Border Journalism

Every quarter, members of OCCRP’s Accomplice program submit questions to an OCCRP journalist about one of their investigations. For our first Q&A, Co-Founder Paul Radu answered questions ...
5 Aug 2020
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Murder, Drugs and Extortion in Tuscany’s Chinese Underworld

A Chinese gang is using guns, threats, and fear to corner the market for transporting Chinese-made goods in Europe.
30 Jul 2020
Davide Del Monte, Gloria Riva and Stefano Vergine (info.nodes)

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Oak and Omerta in Romania: Saving the Lungs of Europe

The teeth on an average full-skip chain stand at three-quarter inch intervals and are about the length of a thumbnail. Moving these blades along at a speed of almost 88 feet per second, a gas-powered chainsaw turns even the hardest and oldest of trees to butter.

Of the 38 million cubic meters of forest lost to Romania’s logging industry each year, only 18 million are licensed and accounted for.Of the 38 million cubic meters of forest lost to Romania’s logging industry each year, only 18 million are licensed and accounted for. By the Associated Press. By The Associated Press

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Balkan Cocaine Wars

The rivalry between the Škaljari and the Kavač clans, which originated on opposite sides of a single mountain on Montenegro’s Adriatic coast, has upended the criminal underworld in the region. Crime groups have aligned themselves with one or the other, and some politicians and police have picked sides too.

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