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Crime, Corruption, and Coronavirus

Countries around the world are struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic. But in times of crisis, there are those who seek their own advantage.

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Crime & Quarantine: How the Pandemic is Squeezing Italian Crime Groups

It was a glimpse of a glow of a cigarette behind the shutters of an abandoned house that led Italian police to the crime boss they had ...
24 Mar 2020
Nicholas Wells

Without a Trace

Last century, tobacco was one of the world’s most successful industries. This century, if current trends continue, it is expected to kill one billion people.
11 Mar 2020
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OCCRP Condemns Baseless Investigation of Ukraine Member Center Slidstvo.Info

The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) condemns last week’s decision by Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs to pursue a baseless pre-trial investigation into our local ...
10 Mar 2020
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Web of Call-Center Scammers Reaches Into Albania, Georgia

A scam call center based out of a Kyiv mall unmasked by journalists this week has links to other operations far beyond Ukrainan borders.
6 Mar 2020
OCCRP

What Slovakia Showed Us

In Slovakia’s Feb. 29 election, a long-time ruling party widely considered massively corrupt was shown the door. But the outrage over Ján Kuciak's murder may have led ...
4 Mar 2020
Ilya Lozovsky

Trail of Broken Lives Leads to Kyiv Call Center

An industrial-scale fraud committed through call centers has left a trail of victims across the globe.
3 Mar 2020
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The Real-Life Laundromats

Now that Meryl Streep is involved, there’s no denying it: Money laundering is a hot topic. In the new Netflix film, “The Laundromat,” the legendary Hollywood actress plays an ordinary woman who falls victim to an insurance scam that — as her dogged investigation reveals — is linked to an illicit financial network that spans the globe.

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