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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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A new AI model from Anthropic identified major cybersecurity weaknesses in more than a dozen popular Microsoft products, including Teams, Copilot and SharePoint. “The bug apocalypse has fully descended upon us,” said one cybersecurity expert.
Anthropic’s New AI Model Can Identify More Software Bugs Than Ever. Microsoft Is Struggling to Fix Them Fast Enough.
Anthropic’s Mythos has flagged bugs faster than Microsoft can fix them. Documents reviewed by ProPublica reveal the tech giant's “mad dash” behind the scenes to patch holes before hackers can find and...
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JUST OUT: 🔴 China’s Opaque European Investments Read more in OCCRP Weekly, our flagship email newsletter on the latest in organized crime and corruption: eepurl.com/n3G8PFMz3-/ Subscribe: eepurl.com/dv_Lov
Fiji's biggest children's playgrounds are owned by Grace Road, a group accused of being a violent doomsday cult. OCCRP reporter Meri Radinibaravi explores how the cult embedded itself into Fijian daily life — and speaks to parents why they still take their children to Grace Road's playgrounds
Sinaloa Cartel Co-Founder 'El Mayo' Zambada Sentenced to Life in US Prison www.occrp.org/en/news/sina...
Sinaloa Cartel Co-Founder 'El Mayo' Zambada Sentenced to Life in US Prison
The historic conviction marks the fall of one of the world's last original drug lords, leaving the powerful Sinaloa Cartel facing a massive internal succession battle.
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Inside the European Gambling Operation of a Wanted Turkish Businessman www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
Inside the European Gambling Operation of a Wanted Turkish Businessman
A string of criminal investigations – and an Interpol Red Notice – have trailed Turkish online betting magnate Fedlan Kılıçaslan as he expands his business across Europe. Now, reporters have found...
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Débora nació en el mayor manicomio de Brasil, donde su madre trabajaba de auxiliar de enfermería y su padre, de portero. “Vi algunas escenas… Pero entonces no comprendía la dimensión de aquello”. Algunos de los empleados cuchicheaban porque muchos conocían el gran secreto
Los hijos del manicomio del horror en Brasil exigen justicia: “Fue toda una vida de castigo”
Descendientes de dos mujeres internadas en el psiquiátrico de Barbacena, donde murieron 60.000 personas, relatan cómo descubrieron su pasado y sus motivos para demandar al Estado en los tribunales
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ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax. Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes. (Published Dec. 2024)
How Billionaires Sidestepped a Tax Aimed at the Rich
Wall Street financiers were a clear target of the tax, but some, on questionable legal grounds, have claimed their outsized profits were exempt, sometimes avoiding hundreds of millions in taxes.
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Interpol: 5,811 Arrested, $293M Seized in Massive Cyber Crackdown www.occrp.org/en/news/inte...
Interpol: 5,811 Arrested, $293M Seized in Massive Cyber Crackdown
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🇲🇽 As Mexico hosts the World Cup, MCCI reports on arms trafficking allegations against two men who were involved in companies now in charge of airport security. Read the full story: www.occrp.org/en/news/comp...
Companies Awarded Security Contracts in Mexico's Largest Airport Had Ties to Alleged Gun Traffickers
As Mexico hosts the World Cup, MCCI reports on arms trafficking allegations against two men who were involved in companies now in charge of airport security.
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Venezuelan Housing Program Scrutinized After Quakes Brought Down Buildings www.occrp.org/en/feature/v...
Venezuelan Housing Program Scrutinized After Quakes Brought Down Buildings
As Venezuela faces the aftermath of a pair of earthquakes that killed thousands of people, questions are raised about construction standards of homes built as part of a national program.
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Global Anti-Trafficking Sweep Rescues Over 2,000 Victims and Nets 1,024 Arrests
Global Anti-Trafficking Sweep Rescues Over 2,000 Victims and Nets 1,024 Arrests
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En una ladera apartada del cementerio La Esperanza, un puñado de retroexcavadoras y camiones abren trincheras en la tierra pelada. Ahí reposarán miles de cuerpos rescatados de los escombros, los más pobres, la mayoría todavía sin nombre
La fosa de emergencia donde Venezuela entierra a los muertos del terremoto
En una ladera a una hora de La Guaira, la zona cero del desastre, cientos de víctimas yacen ya en trincheras con cruces, la mayoría aún sin nombre
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Companies Awarded Security Contracts in Mexico's Largest Airport Had Ties to Alleged Gun Traffickers www.occrp.org/en/news/comp...
Companies Awarded Security Contracts in Mexico's Largest Airport Had Ties to Alleged Gun Traffickers
As Mexico hosts the World Cup, MCCI reports on arms trafficking allegations against two men who were involved in companies now in charge of airport security.
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JUST OUT: 🔴 Machine Guns and Sandbags on Kaliningrad-Bound Tanker Read more in OCCRP Weekly, our flagship email newsletter on the latest in organized crime and corruption: eepurl.com/3vyoonc538 Subscribe: eepurl.com/dv_Lov
My latest, with @propublica.org + @nytimes.com: An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of domestic violence survivors who fought back -- women who are serving long sentences for killing their abusers. Why are nearly all of them still in prison? www.propublica.org/article/okla...
They Were Convicted of Killing Their Abusers. A New Law Offered a Second Chance at Freedom.
An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers. Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
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OCCRP has today announced a strategic partnership with W Social. “W” is a social media network designed to counter the rise of bot-driven disinformation and data privacy erosion on mainstream platforms. Follow OCCRP on W Social @occrp Read more here: www.occrp.org/en/announcem...
El abogado Abelardo de la Espriella fue el más votado en la segunda vuelta presidencial de Colombia. Rival Iván Cepeda pide esperar el resultado final. De la Espriella fue apoyado por el presidente estadounidense Trump y prometió un giro total respecto de la administración de Gustavo Petro.
Iron Fist or Fragile Peace: Colombians Head to Polls in Stark Choice of Candidates www.occrp.org/en/feature/i...
Iron Fist or Fragile Peace: Colombians Head to Polls in Stark Choice of Candidates
Millions of voters, deeply traumatized by a legacy of violence and political corruption, will head to the polls on Sunday to decide Colombia’s razor-thin presidential race between a progressive mediator...
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FBI Warns Cyber Extortion Group Is Targeting Law Firms www.occrp.org/en/news/fbi-...
FBI Warns Cyber Extortion Group Is Targeting Law Firms
U.S. authorities say Silent Ransom Group is impersonating IT staff to steal data from law firms and extort victims. Cybersecurity researchers say the group’s tactics show how legal data can be exposed...
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Ahead of World Cup, Mexico Quietly Orders Banks to Tighten Terror-Finance Controls www.occrp.org/en/news/ahea...
Ahead of World Cup, Mexico Quietly Orders Banks to Tighten Terror-Finance Controls
A guide obtained by OCCRP reveals how Mexican banks and fintechs were instructed to reinforce anti-terrorism financing controls ahead of the World Cup.
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“Bad Practice,” our collaborative investigation with 45+ media outlets, has won the Best Investigative Journalism Award at this year’s Nonprofit News Awards! Thank you to the Institute of Nonprofit News for this recognition. Read our award-winning investigation here: www.occrp.org/en/project/b...
Ex-Spain PM Zapatero Faces Court in Corruption Hearing www.occrp.org/en/news/ex-s...
Ex-Spain PM Zapatero Faces Court in Corruption Hearing
Accused of orchestrating a multimillion-euro airline bailout through offshore shell companies, Spain's former prime minister testified that payments flagged by investigators were actually just legitimate...
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In Mexico, if you struggle with addiction, an anexo may be your only option. But this type of makeshift rehab center usually doesn’t have doctors, or even trained staff — it’s run by peers recovering from their own substance use disorders.
They call it a spiritual mission. Others point out that anexos are overcrowded, hold residents against their will, and are accused of subjecting them to beatings and other abuses. And behind it all, one of Mexico's most violent cartels found a way in.
Read our latest feature about the unregulated rehab centers grappling with Mexico's methamphetamine crisis: www.occrp.org/en/feature/r...
Rehab by Force in the Middle of a Cartel War
As Mexico struggles with a cartel-driven methamphetamine crisis, even makeshift rehab centers have become vulnerable to gang infiltration and attacks. Yet with little else available to those seeking…
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Find young content creators → give them training → watch them produce content that promotes your brand. Sounds like a marketing playbook. And it’s exactly the blueprint of a program funded by the Russian state which trains participants, including teenagers from occupied Ukraine, to promote its war.
“OCCRP has evolved into one of the world’s most influential investigative media organizations,” writes Crystal Zuzek in Fraud Magazine. Read Fraud Magazine’s feature on OCCRP Co-Founders and ACFE Guardian Award recipients, Drew Sullivan and Paul Radu, here: www.occrp.org/assets/docum...
Cambodia Deports 156 Chinese Nationals over Cyber Fraud www.occrp.org/en/news/camb...
Cambodia Deports 156 Chinese Nationals over Cyber Fraud
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