Felling Namibia’s Ancient Giants

Ancient hardwood trees in Namibia’s Caprivi State Forest are being poached by a controversial Chinese businessman who’s exploiting legal loopholes the government won’t close.

Felled trees in the Caprivi State Forest. (Credit: John Grobler)

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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.

Khadija Ismayilova (Photo by  Aziz Karimov)

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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 by: William Urdaneta

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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.

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