Philip Morris Enters Egypt Market Following Disputed Tender
Swiss tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) obtained a stake in a company that won a disputed license to make and market cigarettes in...
Swiss tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) obtained a stake in a company that won a disputed license to make and market cigarettes in...
After emerging from a Venezuelan prison, the ‘Tren de Aragua’ gang has spread to half a dozen countries, bringing kidnapping, drug trafficking, and contract killings with it. Now, there are signs the gang may also be spreading to the U.S.
Since OCCRP published an investigation in August that uncovered potentially controversial shareholders in India’s third-largest conglomerate, reporters who worked on the story have been targeted with state intimidation and surveillance attempts.
Read more: Indian Journalists Targeted with State Intimidation and Spyware
This week, OCCRP and 40 media partners published “NarcoFiles: The New Criminal Order,” a major project that shed new light on the inner workings of modern-day organized crime in Latin America.
Europe’s commercial ports are top entry points for cocaine flooding in at record rates. The work of a Dutch hacker, who was hired by drug traffickers to penetrate port IT networks, reveals how this type of smuggling has become easier than ever.
Read more: Inside Job: How a Hacker Helped Cocaine Traffickers Infiltrate Europe’s Biggest Ports
During his recent trip to Kenya, King Charles addressed colonial atrocities meted out by the British government. But his visit failed to hasten justice for a more recent incident –– a 2021 fire started by the British army, which consumed 10,000 acres of land and allegedly destroyed the livelihoods of 7,000 people in surrounding villages.
Sparked by a leak of emails from the Colombian prosecutor’s office, NarcoFiles is the largest investigative project on organized crime to originate in Latin America.
Think of the drug trade, and you might think of rigid hierarchies run by drug lords like Pablo Escobar or Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Today, the reality is far more complex.
Read more: The Highway to Europe - Inside A Global Drug Collaboration
NarcoFiles is the largest investigative project on organized crime to originate in Latin America.
Read more: What Is ‘NarcoFiles: The New Criminal Order’? Everything You Need To Know
Drug traffickers are redrawing the map of the cocaine trade for the 21st century: Cultivation is spreading further north, into Central America, while processing labs are jumping across the Atlantic to Europe and beyond.
The names of more than 100 agents for the U.S. drug agency and other federal law enforcement entities were revealed in a massive leak of emails and other data from the Colombian prosecutor’s office.
Read more: Dozens of DEA Agents Exposed in Colombian Prosecutor’s Office Leak
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