Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

DIY: The New Amphetamine Trade

By Mujtaba Ali

Last summer, when UK police raided an industrial building in the picturesque market town of Newton-le-Willows, about 20 ...

New Husband of Putin's Ex-Wife Buys Posh Villa in South of

When Lyudmila Putin, 59, divorced Russian President Vladimir Putin and married the director of a Russian non-profit organization, she might ...

Death in a Smugglers’ Paradise

How two unlikely business partners — a beloved Maltese footballer and a Libyan militia chief— enlisted help from a man ...

Features

‘You Don’t Kill a Story by Killing a Journalist’

Three years ago today, Corinne Vella received a call that would forever change her family, her life, and even her ...

OPINION: Governments Have Failed to Learn from the Cambridge Analytica Scandal

Companies spun off from Cambridge Analytica’s parent firm continue to offer similar services with little oversight.

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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 ...

From Our Member Centers

The Players and the Paperwork: Romania’s Trade in Black...

Undercover reporters from OCCRP and RISE Romania found a trade run by dealers with ties ...

The Spoils of Russia’s Trash Reforms Go to the...

Russia’s trash reforms were meant to close old landfills and introduce new waste management technologies ...

Fraud Factory Firms Traced to Penniless Proxies

Companies used to hawk get-rich-quick investment schemes from a Kyiv call center were registered in ...

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How a Representative of a Top Chechen Leader ‘Solved’ Russian Business Disputes — And Walked Away With Millions

Multiple major business conflicts in Russia have been swiftly resolved after one little-known businessman got involved. His tactics included outright intimidation — and references to the powerful Chechens who stood behind him.

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Shark Fishing’s Threat to the Mediterranean

Every morning before sunrise, the fish market in Tunisia’s coastal town of Kelibia is already bustling with customers and visitors. They wander between stalls that are loaded with shrimp, shells and almost every kind of fish found in the Mediterranean Sea.

Fishermen at the harbour of Kelibia. (Credit: Hemis / Alamy Stock Photo)

Laundering Misery: The Khouri Network’s Global Reach

This barrel bomb was different. This one sent up plumes of yellow vapor, a telltale sign of chlorine attack.

The Cruel Road North

Every year, Latin American smuggling networks exploit thousands of people from Africa and Asia as they try to make their way to the United States and Canada.

Questionable Paperwork Lets Fake and Faulty Masks Flood Europe

Substandard protective equipment for COVID-19 is being sold in over a dozen countries, using misleading certificates produced by businesses in the heart of Europe.

The Players and the Paperwork: Romania’s Trade in Black Market Masks

Undercover reporters from OCCRP and RISE Romania found a trade run by dealers with ties to organized crime, enabled by shady paperwork and made profitable by unscrupulous buyers.

Kyrgyz Charity Run by Powerful Family Received Suspicious Funds Linked to Murdered Money Launderer

Nearly half of donations received by a well-known Kyrgyz charity run by the powerful Matraimov family have been linked to an illicit underground network.

No Transparency in Kyrgyzstan’s Coronavirus Spending

Kyrgyzstan has collected hundreds of millions of dollars to fight the coronavirus pandemic. But how that money is being spent remains a mystery — and even a government ministry seems perplexed.

The Spoils of Russia’s Trash Reforms Go to the Well-Connected

Russia’s trash reforms were meant to close old landfills and introduce new waste management technologies across the country. But a year-long investigation by OCCRP member center IStories shows that large swathes of the market were quickly taken over by the wealthy and powerful.

Coming Together to Help Our Colleagues at Rappler

Investigative reporting is getting harder and harder as autocratic governments crack down on media and government-friendly oligarchs use the courts to silence independent voices. The Philippine online news organization Rappler and its CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa are experiencing this firsthand, as Ressa was convicted last week on baseless “cyber libel” charges.

Maria Ressa speaking at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Hamburg, Germany, in September 2019. (Credit: Nick Jaussi)

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Mr. HispanoPreneur™: The Man Behind Honduras’ $47-Million Coronavirus Disaster

British Airways to Pay Record Fine for Poor Data Protection

New Kyrgyz Authorities Act Against Graft, Matraimov

Pan-Continental Operation Busts Money Launderers for Europe’s Cybercriminals

OCCRP Co-Founder Drew Sullivan Tells Parliamentarians at OSCE Event that Journalists Covering Corruption Need Stronger Laws and Protection

‘You Don’t Kill a Story by Killing a Journalist’

How a Syrian Ambassador’s Friend Made a Million Selling Him an Embassy

OCCRP Co-Founder Drew Sullivan Tells Parliamentarians at OSCE Event that Journalists Covering Corruption Need Stronger Laws and Protection

Tycoon with Close Ties to Belarus Dictator Used Time Travel to Evade Sanctions

OPINION: Governments Have Failed to Learn from the Cambridge Analytica Scandal

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