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Paul Radu

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co-founder @occrp.org/investigative reporter/innovator/social entrepreneur/Ashoka fellow

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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project@occrp.org · 6d ago

How can you spot disinformation in seconds? Look for the fake outrage. Fear-inducing headlines, claims of 'hidden truths’ and warnings of ‘secret forces’ are all designed to alarm and scare you, targeting your emotions and bypassing your critical thinking: youtu.be/z18d-01PXvo

Card Stacking, Firehosing, and Pink Slime: Inside the Propaganda Playbook Against the Truth

How do you tell the difference between real, fact-checked reporting and a highly paid, sophisticated smear campaign? In this deep-dive interview, OCCRP Senior Editor Ilya Lozovsky sits down with…

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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project@occrp.org · 5d ago

Ex-Chief of Staff for Malta’s Former Prime Minister Testifies Against Childhood Friend Accused of Ordering Journalist’s Murder www.occrp.org/en/news/ex-c...

Ex-Chief of Staff for Malta’s Former Prime Minister Testifies Against Childhood Friend Accused of Ordering Journalist’s Murder

Keith Schembri served as chief of staff to Malta’s prime minister at the time investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated. He testified this week that the killing was commissioned...

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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project@occrp.org · 7d ago

NEW: A man alleged by a U.S. Treasury official to have acted as a front for U.S.-sanctioned Lebanese brothers was the owner of a subcontractor on a 2022 fuel supply contract awarded by the Pentagon. www.occrp.org/en/investiga...

Pentagon Fuel Subcontractor Owned by Alleged Front for U.S.-Blacklisted Brothers

A man alleged by a U.S. Treasury official to have acted as a front for U.S.-sanctioned Lebanese brothers was the owner of a subcontractor on a 2022 fuel supply contract awarded by the Pentagon.

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The Citizen Lab@citizenlab.ca · last wk.

A recent investigation by @occrp.org found that the co-founder of NSO Group travelled to Panama in 2013 on an Israeli diplomatic passport. Senior researcher @jsrailton.bsky.social notes that it “raises questions about NSO’s connections to the [Israeli] state.” Read: www.occrp.org/en/project/t...

Co-Founder of Controversial Spyware Firm Had Israeli Diplomatic Passport

Spyware company NSO Group’s co-founder Shalev Hulio used an Israeli diplomatic passport to enter Panama in 2013, raising questions over the firm’s claims of independence from the Israeli state.

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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project@occrp.org · last wk.

The Alleged Mastermind of a $2 Billion U.S. Telemedicine Scam Is Enjoying the Luxury Life in Russia www.occrp.org/en/investiga...

The Alleged Mastermind of a $2 Billion U.S. Telemedicine Scam Is Enjoying the Luxury Life in Russia

Brian Sutton, accused of masterminding one of the largest fraud schemes to ever be unraveled in the United States, is living freely in Russia. Among his acquisitions there is a fleet of luxury cars, an...

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EUvsDisinfo@euvsdisinfo.eu · 2w ago

Yesterday, the EU significantly expanded sanctions on Russia’s financial sector, imposing asset freezes and funding bans on 94 banks and major financial institutions, and extending transaction bans to 33 additional Russian credit and financial institutions.

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Szabolcs Panyi@szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 2w ago

Inside Moscow's elite Bauman University, a secret department trains the GRU's next-gen hackers, saboteurs, and spies. Leaked documents now expose how its graduates feed the units behind Russia's cyberattacks, election interference, and NATO sabotage.

Welcome to the GRU University, Where Moscow Turns Students into Spies and Hackers - VSquare.org

Hidden inside one of Russia's most prestigious technical universities, a secret department is systematically training the GRU's next generation of hackers, saboteurs, and intelligence officers.

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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project@occrp.org · 2w ago

UK Freezes $30 million in London Properties Owned by a Man Under Investigation in Singapore Money Laundering Case www.occrp.org/en/news/uk-f...

UK Freezes $30 million in London Properties Owned by a Man Under Investigation in Singapore Money Laundering Case

Britain's National Crime Agency has frozen 16 luxury apartments in central London acquired by Xu Haika, who is under investigation in Singapore as authorities pursue their largest ever money laundering...

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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project@occrp.org · 2w ago

Morocco’s government has long denied using the Israeli spyware Pegasus to surveil its citizens. Now, a former Moroccan intelligence officer has detailed how Morocco’s domestic intelligence agency used Pegasus to spy on a journalist: www.occrp.org/en/project/t...

Moroccan Government Used Powerful Israeli Pegasus Spyware, Former Intelligence Officer Says

Morocco’s government has long denied using the Israeli spyware Pegasus to surveil its citizens. Now, a former Moroccan intelligence officer provides new evidence that the government did employ the…

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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project@occrp.org · 2w ago

Passwork, a Spain-based password manager used by EU government agencies, shares ties with a Russian counterpart — an arrangement that experts say poses a state-level security risk. The Russian company advertises clients including sanctioned Russian missile manufacturers: buff.ly/QjLnptp

European Password Manager Shares Origins and Updates with State-Certified Russian Firm

Passwork, a Spain-based password manager used by European government agencies and universities, shares technological ties with a Russian counterpart — an arrangement that experts say poses a…

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