Revealed The Phantom Investor: How a Wanted Meth Kingpin Posed as a Tycoon in Georgia
A Taiwanese man touted as a major foreign investor in the Georgian city of Batumi is actually a wanted drug criminal who fled his home country in 2014.
CPJ Reports Near-Record Global Journalist Imprisonments in 2025
News
Jan 23, 2026
News Exclusive Jordan Used Israeli Tech to Crack Phones of Gaza War Protesters: Report
News
Jan 22, 2026
Journalists Identify Russian-Run Hospital Where Ukrainian POW Was Purposefully Disfigured During Surgery
News
Jan 22, 2026
Ukrainian Court Sentences Man for Wagner Recruitment
News
Jan 21, 2026
Feature
Explained How Cambodia Became A Haven For Criminals
After decades of autocratic rule, Cambodia has flourished as an outpost for organized crime.
Investigation
Revealed Major Cambodia-Based Real Estate Conglomerate Linked to Scam, Gambling Operations
Lixin Group has grown into a major conglomerate with business interests stretching from the Mekong to the Black Sea. But...
Scoop
As Trump Talked About Taking Greenland, Former Employees Gained a Foothold in the Arctic Island
Two men who worked with the Trump Organization hold shares in GreenMet, which signed a deal with a company ready to mine...
Investigation
Foreign Workers, Local Sponsors: Inside Palau's Hotel Scam Centers
A trove of documents unveils the inner workings of two apparent scam centers in the tiny Pacific island nation of Palau....
Scoop
Multiple Identities Reveal Ties Between Chinese Businessman and Alleged Cambodian ‘Criminal’ Conglomerate
The U.S. sanctioned “Chen Xiao’er” for his partnership in one firm with the head of a Cambodian corporate group that...
Scam Empire
Investigation
These 81 Investment Platforms Were Part of a Scam Network. Here’s What We Learned About Them.
They looked like different brokers competing for your investment. Underneath, they shared the same staff, the same...
Scoop
European Authorities Aren’t Opening Alerts About Banned Doctors, Data Shows
A recent investigation revealed how doctors who have been banned in one country can keep practicing in another....
NarcoFiles: The New Criminal Order
Investigation
Trail of Drug-Linked Planes Leads Back to California Seller – and U.S. Aviation Regulatory ‘Blind Spot’
OCCRP reviewed the sales of 30 planes by Lance Zane Ricotta’s companies since 2014, and found evidence that 11 of them were...
Project
Dear Compatriots
Under the banner of legal aid for fellow Russians in trouble abroad, a state-backed foundation in the center of Moscow has for years advanced the Kremlin’s agenda across the world.
Impact following our reporting:
Dear Compatriots
Russian State-Backed Foundation Paid Allies in the EU Despite Sanctions
Pravfond, a Russian legal-aid foundation for “compatriots” abroad, has continued to fund people and organizations across the...
Dear Compatriots
Russian Foundation, Aimed at Helping ‘Compatriots’ Abroad, Supports Spies, Criminals, and Propagandists
For over a decade, ‘Pravfond’ has been providing legal aid to Russians across the world. Internal emails obtained by...
Project
Scam Empire
An unprecedented leak of nearly two terabytes of data from two major scam operations — thousands of hours of phone calls, screen recordings, spreadsheets, and other files — enabled journalists to enter the world of scammers and even to watch them at work.
Impact following our reporting:
Exposed Tbilisi Call Center Scammers Delete Social Media Accounts
News
Mar 5, 2025
Georgia Launches Criminal Probe Into Scam Call Center Exposed by Journalists
News
Mar 7, 2025
From Rumors to Ugly Reality: Georgians Stunned by Scam Call Center’s Cruelty
News
Mar 14, 2025
Georgia Freezes Assets of Top Scammers in Massive Call Center Fraud
News
Mar 13, 2025
Scam Empire
These 81 Investment Platforms Were Part of a Scam Network. Here’s What We Learned About Them.
They looked like different brokers competing for your investment. Underneath, they shared the same staff, the same...
Scam Empire
Despite Criminal Probe, Georgian Call-Center Scammers Are Back At Work
Last month, more than 30 media outlets reported on a global scam operation based in Tbilisi, prompting Georgian authorities...
Scam Empire
Huge Ecosystem of Unregulated Payment Providers Helps Scammers Collect Victims’ Money
Leaked documents reveal how scam call centers drew on a secret industry of service providers that used shell companies,...
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The Case of the Missing $1.4 Billion: How Hugo Chávez’s Handshake Deals With Belarus Left Venezuela A Legacy of Wasted Public Funds
Leaked documents show how Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and his Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chávez, struck...
Venezuelan Spy and Alleged Drug Trafficker Linked to Luxury Flats in Barcelona
Pedro Luis Martin Olivares is a former Venezuelan intelligence chief wanted in the U.S. for drug trafficking. His family has...
Suisse Secrets
The ‘Savage Years’: Credit Suisse and Venezuela’s Toxic Bond Market
The Suisse Secrets leak lays bare the extent of the relationship between Credit Suisse and the politically-connected...
Suisse Secrets
Historic Leak of Swiss Banking Records Reveals Unsavory Clients
Despite two decades of pledges by Credit Suisse to crack down on illegitimate funds, data leaked from the bank reveals that...
Suisse Secrets
Black Gold in Swiss Vaults: Venezuelan Elites Hid Stolen Oil Money in Credit Suisse
Leaked banking data reveals Venezuelans who have been convicted or indicted for looting the country's state oil company...
OpenLux
Trail of Venezuela’s Stolen Billions Leads to Caribbean Luxury Properties
People linked to alleged corruption in Venezuela appear to have invested millions in luxury properties in the Caribbean.
Venezuela News
Netherlands Refused All Involvement in US Operations Against Venezuela: Minister
News
Jan 9, 2026
Netherlands to Limit Joint Anti-Drug Operations with US After Venezuela Attack
News
Jan 7, 2026
From Lima to Buenos Aires to Madrid, Millions of Phones Buzzed the Night Maduro Fell
News
Jan 4, 2026
Leaked Emails Reveal ‘Air Bridge’ of Drug Flights from Venezuela to Belize
News
Sep 30, 2025
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