From Wagner to GRU, Russian Military Men Are Manning Moscow’s Shadow Fleet: Cargo ships transporting sanctioned Russian oil through the Baltic Sea are routinely ...
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Malaysia Smashes Cross-Border Scam Ring, Deports 16 to China
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Kyrgyz High Court Overturns Six-Year Sentence for Anti-Corruption Reporter: Makhabat Tazhibek kyzy, the final journalist remaining behind bars following a widely ...
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🇨🇭One of the world’s largest gold refineries in Switzerland purchased more than $2.2 billion worth of gold from a Swiss firm that imported it from the ... Show more
"Powerful" Epstein Accomplices Named by Congressmen Appear To Be Ordinary New Yorkers
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Conflict-Tainted Venezuelan Gold Entered World Market Through Caribbean Island, Documents Indicate
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Ukraine Says Russia Recruited 24,000 Foreign Fighters, About Half From Asia: Ukraine's agency dealing with prisoners of war says it holds citizens from 44 ...
occrp.org/en/news/ukrainian-data-reveals-extent-of-russias-efforts-to-recruit-foreign-fighters
Belarusian Businessman Claims Former Cyprus President’s Family Held Firms For Him
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Sanctioned Alleged Member of 'Criminal' Conglomerate Bought $17 Million in London Properties
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One of the world’s largest gold refineries processed the metal and sold it to global tech giants including Apple, Tesla and Nvidia ... Show more
Our podcast Cuello Blanco, Manos Sucias (White Collars, Dirty Hands) in Spanish has hit two million plays!
From OCCRP and the Colombian production company La ... Show more
More Than 1,100 Ships Hit by Widespread GPS Disruption After Iran Strikes: After identifying more than a thousand instances of GPS and AIS spoofing ...
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Paraguayan Senator Convicted of Aiding International Cocaine Trafficker: A Paraguayan senator was convicted of aiding a fugitive drug trafficker’s cocaine ...
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Today marks 7 years since OCCRP and partners published our Troika Laundromat investigation.
It revealed an all-purpose financial fraud vehicle consisting of ... Show more
Sergei Roldugin — a Russian cellist and childhood friend of Vladimir Putin — received at least $69 million from Troika Laundromat companies: Money for Nothing: Putin Friend Sergei Roldugin Enriched by Troika Laundromat Photo: ... Show more
U.K. Lifts Sanctions on British Financier Tied to Russia’s Shadow Fleet: A British financier has been removed from the U.K. sanctions list after warning others ...
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The Troika Laundromat project also revealed that the law firm founded by former Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades moved millions of dollars among shell ... Show more
Bank Records Link President of Cyprus to ‘Troika Laundromat’
Bank Records Link President of Cyprus to ‘Troika Laundromat’
Report Describes Crypto’s $350 Billion Shadow War: Report says Russia, North Korea and Iran have turned digital currencies into powerful tools for sanctions ...
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You’ve heard of OSINT — but what about CATINT? A photo of a cat posted on a crypto exchange’s Telegram channel helped us uncover new proof about who was behind ... Show more
Taiwan and Singapore Add to Growing Action Against Alleged Cambodian Crime Group
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The Troika Laundromat was operated by what was once Russia's largest private investment bank, Troika Dialog — now a part of Russia’s biggest state-owned ... Show more
Some investigations are still ongoing. In July 2025, we reported that Spanish police arrested Dmitry Artyakov, son of a top Russian defense official ... Show more
Tunisia Jails Ex Prime Minister and Billionaire in Major Corruption Ruling: As Tunisia’s judiciary hands down multi-year sentences to former ministers ...
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Georgia Tightens Control Over Foreign Funding for NGOs and Media: By broadening the definition of foreign grants to include any support intended to ‘influence’ ...
occrp.org/en/news/georgia-tightens-control-over-foreign-funding-for-ngos-and-media
Sanctioned Russian Propaganda Body Funded EU-Based Analyst’s Presentation to Global Security Conference
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JUST OUT: 🔴 Tainted Gold: Mined in Venezuela, Routed to Global Markets Via Curaçao
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🔴 Tainted Gold: Mined in Venezuela, Routed to Global Markets Via Curaçao
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
🔴 Tainted Gold: Mined in Venezuela, Routed to Global Markets Via Curaçao
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Cyberattack Targets Syrian State Accounts as War Escalates: At least 10 official Syrian accounts on X were briefly compromised in a cyberattack that exposed ...
occrp.org/en/news/cyberattack-targets-syrian-state-accounts-as-war-escalates
For Ukraine’s investigative journalists, the fourth year of full-scale war was the grimmest yet.
It began with a blow from abroad ... Show more
Through it all, Ukraine’s journalists have kept publishing investigative reporting that is resonating with local leaders and capturing international attention ... Show more
German investigative reporter Patrizia Schlosser is a new guest of Protagonista podcast.
Her reporting delves into neo-Nazi networks ... Show more
The U.K.'s business registry approved a fake persona fronting for sanctioned Iranian financier Babak Zanjani as a “person of significant control” at two ... Show more
IMPACT: Nearly six years after OCCRP first exposed the Milton Group fraudulent call center network, a German court has sentenced a key operator to seven and a ... Show more
🇮🇷NEW: A woman named Elizabeth Newman supposedly runs two U.K.-registered crypto exchanges. But she appears to be a corporate fiction used as a front for Babak ... Show more
Babak Zanjani, an Iranian financier sanctioned for providing financial backing for the Iranian regime, was running two U.K ... Show more
Fear is the Message: How the Jalisco New Generation Cartel Weaponized Algorithms to Paralyze Mexico
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🇲🇽In the hours after Mexican drug lord "El Mencho’s" killing by the military, his Jalisco New Generation Cartel responded by deploying hundreds of ... Show more
German Court Sentences Key Figure in Massive Call Center Scam Operation Exposed by OCCRP
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The Cat and the Stock-Footage CEO: How a Digital Trail Helped Unmask an Iranian Money Machine
occrp.org/en/investigation/the-cat-and-the-stock-footage-ceo-how-a-digital-trail-helped-unmask-an-iranian-money-machine
Nepal’s Post-Uprising Election: Anti-Corruption Promises Vs Public Skepticism: Nepal is heading to polls on March 5 to democratically replace its government ...
occrp.org/en/news/nepals-post-uprising-election-anti-corruption-promises-vs-public-skepticism
Greek Court Hands Down Maximum Sentences in ‘Predator’ Spyware Case, Orders More Prosecutions
occrp.org/en/news/greek-court-hands-down-maximum-sentences-in-predator-spyware-case-orders-more-prosecutions
Skopje Court Upholds Defamation Ruling Against Investigative Journalists: The Skopje Court of Appeal upheld a defamation ruling against investigative journalists ...
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JUST OUT: How Cat Photos Helped Unmask an Iranian Money Machine
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How Cat Photos Helped Unmask an Iranian Money Machine
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
How Cat Photos Helped Unmask an Iranian Money Machine
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Hong Kong Overturns Fraud Conviction Against Jimmy Lai
occrp.org/en/news/hong-kong-overturns-fraud-conviction-against-jimmy-lai
Suspect Detained in Madrid-Area Killing of Ukrainian Ex-Official
occrp.org/en/news/suspect-detained-in-madrid-area-killing-of-ukrainian-ex-official
Cocaine Prices Fall in France Amid Surging Supply and Digital Trafficking: The massive expansion in cocaine supply is driving prices down across French markets.
occrp.org/en/news/cocaine-prices-fall-in-france-amid-surging-supply-and-digital-trafficking
UK Sanctions Georgian TV Channels Over Ukraine Disinformation: On the fourth anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the U.K ...
occrp.org/en/news/uk-sanctions-georgian-tv-channels-over-ukraine-disinformation
Europe Files First War Crimes Charges Four Years After Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine
occrp.org/en/news/europe-files-first-war-crimes-charges-four-years-after-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine
Belarusian Companies Supply Chain Behind Russian Bomb Attacks: Customs data shows shipments of key components to manufacturers linked to deadly glide-bomb ...
occrp.org/en/news/belarusian-companies-supply-chain-behind-russian-bomb-attacks
Rights Watchdog Sounds Alarm over Arbitrary Arrests in Iran: From the massacres in early January to the ongoing use of secret trials, Iranian authorities’ ...
occrp.org/en/news/rights-watchdog-sounds-alarm-over-arbitrary-arrests-in-iran
Report and Survive: Ukraine’s Young Journalists Investigate Through the War’s Most Brutal Winter
occrp.org/en/feature/report-and-survive-ukraines-young-journalists-investigate-through-the-wars-most-brutal-winter
🇺🇦Today marks the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
We spoke with Yanina Korniienko (@_yanina_k_ ), an investigative journalist at our Kyiv-based ... Show more
Eurojust-Backed Operation Takes Down Ukrainian Scam Call Center: The Eurojust operation mirrors UN concerns over coerced labor in scam call centers ...
occrp.org/en/news/eurojust-backed-operation-dismantles-european-scam-call-center-network
Ukraine Detains Officer Over Alleged Draft-Evasion Bribe Scheme
occrp.org/en/news/ukraine-detains-officer-over-alleged-draft-evasion-bribe-scheme
A deadly raid targeting a Mexican drug lord sparked unrest this weekend in a region hosting the 2026 World Cup.
OCCRP investigative reporter Jonny Wrate ... Show more
CNN's @brianstelter 's @ReliableSources newsletter, a staple for media industry news, included OCCRP's @ichbinilya latest story about the grimmest year for Ukraine and ... Show more
Hungary to Veto New EU Russia Sanctions Over Druzhba Oil Transit: Hungary says it will block the EU’s planned 20th sanctions package — and other Ukraine-related ...
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Reporter's Notebook: How to Investigate Shadow Fleets: Tracing a ship's flag is often the first step toward uncovering bigger stories of corruption ...
occrp.org/en/feature/practical-osint-for-investigating-shadow-fleets
UK to Block Unlicensed Gambling Sponsorship in Sports
occrp.org/en/news/uk-to-block-unlicensed-gambling-sponsorship-in-sports
Deadly Raid on Mexican Drug Lord Triggers Unrest in Region Hosting the 2026 World Cup
occrp.org/en/news/deadly-raid-on-mexican-drug-lord-triggers-unrest-in-region-hosting-the-2026-world-cup
Haitian Police Kill 16 Suspected Gang Members in Anti-Gang Sweep: Gang violence has displaced over 1.4 million people in Haiti, more than half of whom are ...
occrp.org/en/news/haitian-police-kill-16-suspected-gang-members-in-anti-gang-sweep
Protagonista is a video podcast series featuring candid conversations with some of Europe’s top investigative reporters, revealing the failures, risks ... Show more
On this day eight years ago, Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, were murdered in their home ... Show more
Slovakia Marks 8 Years Since the Murder of Journalist Ján Kuciak and his Fiancée: Slovaks are still waiting for justice. A retrial ordered by the Supreme Court ...
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ANNOUNCING the winners of the inaugural OCCRP Anti-Crime & Corruption Hero award! 🏆
Out of 130+ nominations from the public ... Show more
Newly Released Epstein Records Detail Financial Ties Linking Billionaire, Art Adviser and Epstein
occrp.org/en/news/newly-released-epstein-records-detail-financial-ties-linking-billionaire-art-adviser-and-epstein
Ruth López (El Salvador), head of @Cristosal ’s anti-corruption unit, was detained amid an escalating crackdown on civil society by the Bukele administration ... Show more
Russian Woman Who Drunk-Texted FBI Agent Pleads to Spying for FSB: Nomma Zarubina heading U.S. prison for spying for Russian intelligence after a few tumultuous ...
occrp.org/en/news/russian-woman-pleads-to-spying
Carmen Aristegui (Mexico) (@AristeguiOnline ) From the "Casa Blanca" scandal to the explosive "Televisa Leaks," Carmen’s reporting has stood up to both ... Show more
Corruption Case Sparks Street Clashes and Political Showdown in Albania: Demonstrators clash with police while demanding the government resign over charges ...
occrp.org/en/news/corruption-case-sparks-street-clashes-and-political-showdown-in-albania
Eastern Europe’s Synthetic Drug Network Dismantled in Major Raids: Coordinated raids in Ukraine, Poland and Moldova dismantled 36 synthetic drug labs ...
occrp.org/en/news/eastern-europes-synthetic-drug-network-dismantled-in-major-raids
Probe Shows Kyiv Prosecutor Linked to Unregistered Home: The family of a senior official in the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office has been linked to the acquisition ...
occrp.org/en/news/kyiv-prosecutor-linked-to-unregistered-home-probe-says
Cambodia: Over 48,000 Scammers Deported amid Scam Center Crackdown
occrp.org/en/news/cambodia-over-48000-scammers-deported-amid-scam-center-crackdown
Russian Man on U.K.’s Most Wanted List Holds Maltese ‘Golden Passport’: British authorities allege that Alexander Kuksov, a Russian with Maltese citizenship ...
occrp.org/en/news/russian-man-on-uks-most-wanted-list-holds-maltese-golden-passport
Previously undisclosed documents obtained by OCCRP show that seven years before the massive 2020 explosion that destroyed large swaths of Beirut ... Show more
Uzbek Mining Giant Defends $200M in Tenders to Secretive Firms, Silent on Other OCCRP Findings
occrp.org/en/news/uzbek-mining-giant-defends-200m-in-tenders-to-secretive-firms-silent-on-other-occrp-findings
The EU will soon adopt its 20th sanctions package against Russia.
But the previous 19 haven’t changed one basic fact: Russia still imports hundreds of ... Show more
OCCRP Anti-Crime & Corruption Hero Award: The inaugural Anti-Crime & Corruption Hero award honors individuals confronting organized crime and corruption head-on ...
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Following OCCRP and Partners Investigation, Ireland Will “Pursue” Issue of Irish Components in Russian Drones
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