Investigation

04 Jun 2024 876

OPEC minus: Sanctions push Russia into competition with Saudi Arabia as price war looms

In March 2024, Russia again became the largest supplier of oil to China and India, according to a recent OPEC report.

03 Jun 2024 772

A former Georgian defenсe official secretly bought a London flat with cash

An offshore company owned by onetime deputy defense minister Mamuka Mujiri purchased a London flat — then sold it after his ownership was revealed.

Investigation

03 Jun 2024 955

Maersk and CMA-CGM: The favorite shipping companies of the Colombian mafia

Leaked documents from the Prosecutor’s Office show that their vessels, the initials of their containers and the arrival docks of these companies in Europe are mentioned by criminals to speak in code about cocaine shipments and routes.

Investigation

02 Jun 2024 766

Pirates of the Caribbean Trafficked in Maersk

Military intelligence officers and police, in a network with the principal of Daniel “El Loco” Barrera, sent 19 tons of cocaine to Central America, the United States and Europe; They corrupted inspectors at the port of Santa Marta to ship 70% of the drugs to the Danish shipping company.

Investigation

01 Jun 2024 719

How an alleged associate of the Burkinabè cigarette magnate tried to bribe a Malian official

A secret recording obtained by OCCRP shows how Safy Mokoko Sow, a well-connected middleman claiming to represent Burkinabe tobacco magnate Apollinaire Compaoré, offered money to the head of Mali’s national tobacco company to smuggle contraband cigarettes.

Investigation

01 Jun 2024 859

This is how the international businesses of the Castro family expand

Cuba also has its Castro-bourgeois who, as in the Venezuelan case, enjoy privileged connections with the ruling family, when they are not directly members of it.

Investigation

31 May 2024 933

The unbreakable union of unfree states: an axis of dictatorships is supporting the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine

Public discussions following Vladimir Putin’s May visit to China largely focused on exports of obscure tubers and beef cartilage to Beijing.

Investigation

30 May 2024 969

Toxic vegetables? In Kenya, former farm workers sue over pesticide exposure

Sickness and death befell the former employees of a British farm who allegedly worked with pesticides. Now, they want justice.

Investigation

30 May 2024 992

Helicopter politics: Why Iran’s upcoming presidential election matters

The death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on May 19 has raised unexpected questions for the country’s reigning establishment.

Investigation

29 May 2024 803

Fishing boats and cargo ships: How Colombian cocaine is trafficked worldwide

Official statistics on busts of drug shipments originating in Colombia — the world’s largest cocaine producer by far — are scattershot and hard to find. A leak of prosecutor’s office documents helped reporters fill in some gaps.

Investigation

29 May 2024 1041

League of сriminals: Russian soccer and hockey leagues have become safe havens for rogue foreigners

Russian soccer and hockey clubs are increasingly signing contracts with foreign athletes who have been convicted of crimes or are under investigation abroad.

Investigation

29 May 2024 812

Husband of Sergei Shoigu’s former mistress owns apartments in Dubai, purchased with a now-confiscated Lithuanian passport

Businessman Adolfas Kaminskas, who is married to the mother of former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s illegitimate children, has invested over $4 million in Dubai real estate, according to an investigation by the Lithuanian Center for Investigative Journalism Siena.

Investigation

29 May 2024 666

"A life in prison is better than death in the trenches": How Russian soldiers desert

Almost every new day of Russia’s war in Ukraine brings with it fresh stories of “meat grinder” assaults – Russian attacks in which large numbers of poorly trained, mobilized troops are sacrificed in the pursuit of questionable military objectives.

Investigation

28 May 2024 547

Polish businessman makes millions from firm that deals with Putin’s Russia

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the name of blue-blooded Polish businessman Andre Mankowski has disappeared from the website of the Moscow-based IT company AMT Group, where he was formerly listed as president.

Investigation

28 May 2024 859

All the President’s Men: State projects handed to apparent proxies in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has drastically decreased transparency into public spending, even as he has launched an ambitious new series of state projects intended to show off his government’s power.

Investigation

27 May 2024 921

Dirty gold: Ecuadorian export companies targeted by authorities

Ecuador has shown severe inconsistencies between its official production of gold of known origin and its exports.

Investigation

27 May 2024 1012

Ocho Sur’s links with the palm oil supplier to the multinational PepsiCo

The US food giant that makes snacks such as Cheetos and Doritos - PepsiCo - has had as a supplier Ocho Sur, a company with activities in Peru linked to forest loss in the Amazon and indigenous land disputes in the Ucayali region.

Investigation

27 May 2024 786

Death metal: Russian Defense Ministry contractor close to Putin buys Maltese passport and French villa with money from weapons disposal

Alexey Zolotarev, whose scrap metal disposal company Translom enjoys an exclusive contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense, has been revealed to be a citizen of the European Union.

Investigation

27 May 2024 623

Mysterious wealth: Tajikistan PM’s wife bought luxury Dubai properties

Tajikistan’s prime minister and his wife did not respond to questions about how she was able to afford substantial real estate holdings in their home country, and in the United Arab Emirates.

Investigation

26 May 2024 938

"Cyprus confidential": Machine for printing Syrian currency

The Syrian regime prints banknotes primarily to address the urgent need for cash liquidity, resulting in consistent budget deficits.

Investigation

26 May 2024 820

UAE attracts Hezbollah, drug dealers, Putin associates’ investments

A collaborative international investigation reveals how the United Arab Emirates facilitated foreign investment in real estate – without asking too many tough questions.

Investigation

26 May 2024 731

Honduras-Comalapa Border: The trafficking route

The Chiapas municipality that made headlines as a dispute territory for organized crime has been a trafficking center for years where Honduran women are sexually exploited and give birth to children without nationality.

Investigation

25 May 2024 992

“Dubai Unlocked”: Ten individuals within Assad’s inner circle have hidden $50 million in Dubai real estate

The “Dubai Unlocked” investigative reports reveal that US sanctions have not prevented prominent figures connected to the Syrian regime from acquiring and investing in the small emirate, raising questions about the perks enjoyed by regime insiders there.

Investigation

24 May 2024 941

"Dubai Unlocked" controlled by sanctioned Hezbollah-affiliated businessmen

In the context of the “Dubai Unlocked” project, which was carried out in collaboration with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), our investigation into Dubai real estate data and documents revealed properties...

Investigation

24 May 2024 769

Dangerous liaisons: New details emerge of Latvian MEP Tatjana Ždanoka’s espionage for Russia

Accused of working with the Russian security services, Latvian MEP Tatjana Ždanoka mockingly donned sunglasses at a press conference — as if in a spy movie.