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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

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We are a network of journalists exposing crime and corruption so the public can hold power to account. Our journalism has so far helped return $10+ billion to the public sphere and led to 700+ arrests, indictments, and sentences.

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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 · 5d 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

From Tehran to Texas: How a Convicted Iranian Pyramid Scheme Ringleader Built a New Life in the U.S. www.occrp.org/en/investiga...

From Tehran to Texas: How a Convicted Iranian Pyramid Scheme Ringleader Built a New Life in the U.S.

Mazyar Mahan, convicted in absentia in Iran in connection with a $25 million pyramid scheme that defrauded hundreds of people, obtained U.S. citizenship and went on to teach film at a Texas university.

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

Owner of Company Spearheading Kyrgyzstan’s Planned ‘Eco-City’ Had Business Links with Gov’t Official’s Son www.occrp.org/en/news/owne...

Owner of Company Spearheading Kyrgyzstan’s Planned ‘Eco-City’ Had Business Links with Gov’t Official’s Son

A company selected to construct Kyrgyzstan’s Asman eco-city is owned by a Chinese man who previously was co-owner of a company alongside the son of the head of a state agency involved in the project.

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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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