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Alexandra Gillies

@agillies.bsky.social
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Impact team @OCCRP.bsky.social Anti-corruption; Pro-democracy, transparency & women's basketball. Author of Crude Intentions: How Oil Corruption Contaminates the World.

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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 05/03/2025
“I feel terrible that people have been swindled out of money by trusting me.” British adventurer and TV star Ben Fogle was horrified to learn his image had become the face of an investment scam that was spread online www.occrp.org/en/project/s... #ScamEmpire
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Celebrities Voice Anger And Frustration Over Online Scam Ads That Target Fans
Many victims who lost money to scammers say the gateway into the nightmare was a fake advertisement or article in which a trusted household name supposedly promoted an investment scheme. What they saw...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 05/03/2025
What do 1.9 terabytes of leaked documents, records of money flows, and audio recordings from inside scam call centers reveal? The merciless world of professional scammers, who steal their victims’ life savings — and then come back for more. Inside #ScamEmpire👇 www.occrp.org/en/project/s...
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Scam Empire: Inside A Merciless International Investment Scam
An unprecedented leak exposes the inner workings of a global investment-scam industry, where ruthless call center agents make millions while destroying lives around the world.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 27/02/2025
⚡Andrew Tate lands in Fort Lauderdale, Florida — 50 miles away from Donald Trump’s residence Mar-a-Lago, @occrp.org confirms www.occrp.org/en/news/andr... Earlier, @financialtimes.com reported that Trump's administration pushed Romanian authorities to lift Tate's travel ban
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Despite Romanian Human Trafficking Charges, Andrew Tate Flies to Florida
The self-described "king of masculinity" left Romania on a private jet after a push from the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Richard Nephew @richardmnephew.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Notable. www.npr.org/2025/02/24/n...
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A new document undercuts Trump admin's denials about $400 million Tesla deal
The State Department claimed a plan to buy thousands of armored Teslas was left over from the Biden administration. A document obtained by NPR shows the Biden plan was far smaller.
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Transparency International UK @transparencyuk.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
⚖️ This is the first time a British politician has been charged under the UK Bribery Act. ⚖️ We're monitoring this case closely. Regardless of the outcome, it could provide valuable insights into foreign interference within our political system. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Former Brexit party MEP in court on Russia-linked bribery charges
Nathan Gill is accused of agreeing to receive money to make statements ‘benefiting’ Russian narrative on Ukraine
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 18/02/2025
In an @npr.org interview, OCCRP publisher @drewoccrp.bsky.social said that bad actors are the biggest beneficiaries of the U.S. foreign funding freeze www.npr.org/2025/02/16/n...
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Transparency International @anticorruption.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The Azerbaijani Laundromat scandal has reached the German courtroom. Two former German MPs are on trial for allegedly taking bribes to serve Azerbaijan’s interests - will there finally be accountability? More answers here ➡️ anticorru.pt/39E
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As the Azerbaijani Laundromat scandal reaches German court, will…
As the Azerbaijani Laundromat scandal reaches German court, will there finally be some accountability?
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Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
OCCRP took a closer look at our [Transparency International Georgia’s] recent reporting on Ivanishvili’s accelerated transfer of assets from offshore entities to Georgia between December 2024 and January 2025, after he was sanctioned by the U.S. in late December 2024. www.occrp.org/en/scoop/sla...
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Slapped With Sanctions, Georgian Oligarch Ivanishvili Brings Assets Home
Bidzina Ivanishvili’s ruling Georgian Dream party has been accused of election fraud and increasingly authoritarian leadership, and he was sanctioned by the U.S. in December. Some of his prized assets...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 14/02/2025
A U.S. judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid, ruling that the White House overstepped its authority. The decision follows a lawsuit challenging the freeze. Here’s what it means. 👇 🔗 www.occrp.org/en/news/us-j... 🧵
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U.S. Judge Temporarily Halts White House Freeze on Foreign Aid
The order came in response to a lawsuit by nonprofits including OCCRP's parent organization JDN.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 14/02/2025
Adams prosecutor resigns “I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me." ”https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/14/nyregion/eric-adams-charges-doj/b67279e2-948a-5d0f-b225-939db710d8a1?smid=url-share
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Update from Jonah Bromwich
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Casey Michel @cjcmichel.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Trump is taking a sledgehammer to the US's anti-corruption bona fides, and opening the door to kleptocrats and malign actors from around the world. My piece for @financialtimes.com on the worst week in the history of anti-corruption efforts in US history: www.ft.com/content/f9d1...
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Trump is taking a sledgehammer to the anti-corruption cause
Recent moves by the president will open America’s doors to bad actors
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Alexandra Gillies @agillies.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Of course he did
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Alexandra Gillies @agillies.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
20 hrs of exclusive interviews w the imprisoned "finance director" of an illegal online betting empire -- that's some of the incredible source material behind @occrp.org's latest story. 1/2 www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
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Inside the Global Online Betting Empire of a Slain Turkish Cypriot Businessman
Halil Falyali, a Turkish Cypriot businessman known for his flashy lifestyle and political connections, was shot dead in 2022. Behind the scenes, he allegedly ran a sprawling illegal online betting emp...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 03/02/2025
The world's richest man, Elon Musk, is using a 2019 OCCRP investigation to attack the free press and U.S. humanitarian aid. The story in question revealed how Rudy Giuliani enlisted questionable associates to dig up dirt in Ukraine.
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Prof Robert Barrington @csc-barrington.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Extraordinary outcome to this case - if this was not a SLAPP suit, can such a thing ever exist? @skcoughtrie.bsky.social @spotlightcorruption.org @transparencyuk.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/571b...
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London lawyers for Wagner founder Prigozhin to face no action
Regulator ruled that Discreet Law did not know High Court claim was based on lies
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 07/01/2025
US imposes sanctions on Viktor Orbán’s chief of staff for alleged corruption www.ft.com/content/d43181bb-ca62-45…
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US imposes sanctions on Viktor Orbán’s chief of staff for alleged corruption
Antal Rogán is Hungary’s highest-ranking official added to Treasury list since fall of Communism
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Samuel Rubenfeld (he/him) @srubenfeld.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
lots of people could say, rightfully, that if Melania were the wife of a foreign leader, this would be a bribe under the FCPA. under US domestic bribery statutes, it requires an "official act" by the government official to become an illicit payment.
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Alexandra Gillies @agillies.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
🎉Congrats to @mairamartini.bsky.social and to the entire TI team on this decision! Maira is a true leader who will bring great intelligence and dedication (and some fun!) to this role. We at GACC & @occrp.org look forward to continuing our partnership with Maira at the helm.
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Joe Powell MP @joepowell.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Aliyev's family acquired UK real estate worth 100s of millions. But there’s no way for the public to know who the real owners are — b/c of the treatment afforded to offshore trusts. These loopholes make the UK a haven for elites to stash cash while evading accountability.
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Luxury London Properties Linked to Family of Azerbaijan's President Are Hidden Behind an Offshore Trust
The family and associates of Azerbaijani strongman Ilham Aliyev acquired U.K. real estate worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Are they still holding onto their property empire? Despite new…
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Alexandra Gillies @agillies.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
“This is a partnership that’s built to last/Throwing off the restraints of your Soviet past” Verses from a poem written by a UK House of Lords member as a glowing tribute to the repressive kleptocratic govt of Azerbaijan. Read more from @occrp.org & @theguardian.com www.occrp.org/en/project/k...
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Ahead of COP29, Azerbaijan Cultivated Allies in the U.K.’s House of Lords Who Praised its Leadership
This year’s host country for the COP climate conference, an authoritarian petrostate, has long courted members of Britain’s unelected legislative assembly. Ahead of the November talks, Azerbaijan redo...
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Steve Goodrich @stevejgoodrich.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Great profile piece from @jdowsea.bsky.social @occrp.org on Lord Evans of Watford and other peers covering their peculiar love for a corrupt and repressive regime in the South Caucuses www.occrp.org/en/project/k...
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Ahead of COP29, Azerbaijan Cultivated Allies in the U.K.’s House of Lords Who Praised its Leadership
This year’s host country for the COP climate conference, an authoritarian petrostate, has long courted members of Britain’s unelected legislative assembly. Ahead of the November talks, Azerbaijan redo...
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John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Brilliant thread on the mystery surrounding whether the $700 mil of UK properties of the Aliyev-Pashayeva family of kelptocratic Azerbaiajn are still held by them. We don't know because of Isle of Man trusts. But why are these specific manx trusts so popular? 1/2
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Ilya Lozovsky @ichbinilya.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Who owns London’s luxury real estate? Sometimes there's no way to know. The family of Azerbaijani dictator Ilham Aliyev held properties in the British capital worth millions of dollars. Do they still own them? We can't tell. They’re hidden behind a secretive offshore trust. Our latest story🧵👇
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Luxury London Properties Linked to Family of Azerbaijan's President Are Hidden Behind an Offshore Trust
The family and associates of Azerbaijani strongman Ilham Aliyev acquired U.K. real estate worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Are they still holding onto their property empire? Despite new transpar...
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Drew Sullivan - OCCRP @drewoccrp.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Kazakhstan's Senate passed an amendment to make the personal lives of former presidents & their families a state secret. The measure would bar investigating or disclosing information about Nursultan Nazarbayev, who governed for three decades, & his family.
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Kazakhstan’s Senate Approves State Secrets Law Expanding Ex-Presidents' Protections
Kazakh Parliament passes legal changes to make personal lives of ex-presidents and their families a state secret
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Alexandra Gillies @agillies.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
NEW INVESTIGATION 🇬🇧🇦🇿🏢🏘️ In 2021, OCCRP journalists needed leaked data to identify the $700m in UK property tied to Azerbaijan's ruling family. After UK transparency reforms, how much is visible now? Spoiler: More -- except for the 10 properties owned by trusts! www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
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Luxury London Properties Linked to Family of Azerbaijan's President Are Hidden Behind an Offshore Trust
The family and associates of Azerbaijani strongman Ilham Aliyev acquired U.K. real estate worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Are they still holding onto their property empire? Despite new transpar...
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Alexandra Gillies @agillies.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Latest from Trafigura's historic #corruption trial in Switzerland, where prosecutor seeks 4yr prison term for a top exec. “He could have stopped at any moment the bribery machine.” They “used Switzerland as a refuge and exploited the fragile state of Angola." www.swissinfo.ch/eng/the-wolv...
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The ‘Wolves Were Guarding the Sheep’ at Trafigura, Says Prosecutor
(Bloomberg) -- Trafigura Group’s anti-corruption controls were compromised because senior executives dominated its compliance committee, Swiss prosecutors said, as they sought a four-year prison sente...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 09/12/2024
A friend points out that dictatorships, nowadays, also fail because they run out of money. They can't steal enough from the state to pay loyalists, wind up relying on narcotics trade or international crime (true of both Syria and Venezuela, for example) and then their soldiers stop fighting
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Transparency International UK @transparencyuk.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
💥NEW 💥 "A tireless campaigner against corruption and advocate for reforms to restore integrity in politics" - our reaction to appointment of Baroness Hodge as new government Anti-Corruption Champion. Read more ⤵️ www.transparency.org.uk/new-anti-cor...
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New Anti-Corruption Champion: Baroness Hodge 'uniquely positioned' to drive forward and develop anti-corruption agenda
As the UK marks the International Anti-Corruption Day, Transparency International UK welcomes the Government’s appointment of Baroness Margaret Hodge of Barking as the new Anti-Corruption Champion.
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Alexandra Gillies @agillies.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Which major Canadian banks were servicing an alleged mafia boss? Latest in a series of @occrp.bsky.social stories on the financial #enablers of organized crime in Canada 🇨🇦. www.occrp.org/en/scoop/maj...
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Major Canadian Banks TD and RBC Hold Mortgages for Alleged Toronto Mafia Boss
Angelo Figliomeni was at the center of a media storm when police brought organized crime and money laundering charges against him in 2019. But the charges were never tried in court, and two top banks ...
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Sue Hawley @suehawley.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Great reporting by @jdowsea.bsky.social - Bob Stewart failed to register significant payments when an MP from a defence firm, and worked with a company at the heart of the UK's first McMafia order. Is a parliamentary ban now he's no longer an MP an adequate sanction? www.occrp.org/en/news/form...
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Former British MP Faces Parliamentary Ban After Failing to Properly Register Work for Controversial Company
Bob Stewart worked with a company alleged to have helped launder money from Azerbaijan, although there’s no suggestion the former MP played any role in the scheme.
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