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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 30/09/2026
Egyptian Security Services Arrest Entire Newsroom within 24 Hours www.occrp.org/en/news/egyp...
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Egyptian Security Services Arrest Entire Newsroom within 24 Hours
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 30/09/2026
Fiji Overhauls Evidence Security After 52 Kilos of Cocaine Vanish from Court www.occrp.org/en/news/fiji...
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Fiji Overhauls Evidence Security After 52 Kilos of Cocaine Vanish from Court
More than 50 kilograms of cocaine tied to two major criminal trials vanished from the High Court registry, marking the second major evidence theft this year.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 30/09/2026
The US Blacklists Alleged Venezuelan Cyber Crime Mastermind www.occrp.org/en/news/the-...
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The US Blacklists Alleged Venezuelan Cyber Crime Mastermind
The U.S. Department of the Treasury blacklisted the first cybercriminal on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List, accusing the Venezuelan hacker of developing malware that allowed the transnational gang Tren...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 17h
Leaked Warrant List Reveals How Turkmenistan Targets Critics Abroad www.occrp.org/en/scoop/lea...
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Leaked Warrant List Reveals How Turkmenistan Targets Critics Abroad
Considered one of the world’s most oppressive countries, Turkmenistan has long silenced critics at home. A leaked arrest warrant list reveals how the regime has weaponized the legal system to target...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 10h
Ex-Hungarian Minister Detained in $53 Million Graft Probe www.occrp.org/en/news/ex-h...
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Ex-Hungarian Minister Detained in $53 Million Graft Probe
Balázs Hankó, a former culture minister under Viktor Orbán, was ordered held in pretrial detention over allegations he funneled tens of millions in state cultural grants to political allies, marking...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 8h
U.K. Sanctions Four Georgians Over Occupied Ukraine Visit www.occrp.org/en/news/uk-s...
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U.K. Sanctions Four Georgians Over Occupied Ukraine Visit
The new sanctions target political figures and commentators, including the brother-in-law of Tbilisi’s mayor, over a September 2025 meeting with the head of the Russian-backed, so-called Donetsk People’s...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 23/09/2026
The EU has lifted sanctions on Mikhail Fridman and Alisher Usmanov, two key oligarchs believed to have close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 23/09/2026
Federal Judge Weighs Limits of U.S. Reach in Trial of Accused Kingpin Sebastián Marset www.occrp.org/en/news/fede...
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Federal Judge Weighs Limits of U.S. Reach in Trial of Accused Kingpin Sebastián Marset
Defense lawyers argued in a Virginia courtroom that Sebastián Marset "studiously avoided" the United States, asking a federal judge to dismiss narco-terrorism and money laundering charges on the grounds...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 24/09/2026
US Charges Tech CEO, Russian Over Hidden Ownership www.occrp.org/en/news/us-c...
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US Charges Tech CEO, Russian Over Hidden Ownership
U.S. prosecutors allege that Oxygen Forensics concealed its Russian ownership and Russia-based software development while selling digital forensic tools to American government agencies, including the...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 25/09/2026
🇨🇴 Naim Pérez, known as Bendito Menor" (“Little Blessing”), turned his life as an illegal armed-group commander into social media content that resonated in Colombia. His death in a government raid earlier this month may have amplified his fame: buff.ly/Kmk7caO
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Guns, Camouflage, and Facebook: How Colombia’s Biggest ‘Narcoinfluencer’ Weaponized Social Media
Naim Pérez, known as Bendito Menor" (“Little Blessing”), turned his life as an illegal armed-group commander into social media content that resonated in Colombia. His death in a government raid…
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 25/09/2026
Internal Watchdog says Data Leaks and Bribery Push French Police Misconduct Cases to Five-Year High www.occrp.org/en/news/fran...
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Internal Watchdog says Data Leaks and Bribery Push French Police Misconduct Cases to Five-Year High
An internal report recorded 341 integrity breaches within France’s National Police last year, driven by a sharp rise in unauthorized database queries and bribery, even as the oversight body lacks the...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 25/09/2026
JUST OUT: 🔴 The Killing of a Narco-Influencer Read more in OCCRP Weekly, our flagship email newsletter on the latest in organized crime and corruption: eepurl.com/vIVOvI_jc2 Subscribe: eepurl.com/dv_Lov
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 19/09/2026
Join upcoming OCCRP Briefing: Power Plays in Central Asia: State Capture, Weaponized Anti-Corruption, and the Rules of Doing Business. With a monthly donation of just $25, you join a community of professionals and engaged citizens who believe in holding power to account: buff.ly/k169JCT
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 18/09/2026
JUST OUT: 🔴 A Surrogacy Firm’s Collapse, With Global Implications Read more in OCCRP Weekly, our flagship email newsletter on the latest in organized crime and corruption: eepurl.com/hc06XBCjJN Subscribe: eepurl.com/dv_Lov
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 18/09/2026
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Inside the Collapse of a Surrogacy Agency That Cost Surrogates and Hopeful Parents Their Dreams and Money
When commercial surrogacy agency World Center of Baby told clients it was filing for bankruptcy, hopeful parents and pregnant surrogates were thrown into chaos. The agency’s opaque ownership and…
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 18/09/2026
When commercial surrogacy agency World Center of Baby told clients it was filing for bankruptcy, parents and surrogates were thrown into chaos. The agency’s opaque ownership and operations raise questions over its business practices and who was responsible for the human suffering.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 15/09/2026
'Flamingo Revolution' Mounts Direct Threat to Albania's Edi Rama www.occrp.org/en/news/flam...
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'Flamingo Revolution' Mounts Direct Threat to Albania's Edi Rama
Protests sparked by a controversial luxury resort enter their fourth month, escalating into a prolonged political standoff for Albania's ruling party.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 15/09/2026
Lithuanian Authorities Target Founders of Failed Cryptobank www.occrp.org/en/news/lith...
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Lithuanian Authorities Target Founders of Failed Cryptobank
Lithuanian authorities have formally names three founders of Bankera as criminal suspects for allegedly siphoning off millions from investor funds to private offshore personal loans and real estate.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 16/09/2026
Instead of Helping Ukraine’s Poor, Ferrexpo’s Charitable Donations Flowed to Companies Associated With Its Then CEO www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
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Instead of Helping Ukraine’s Poor, Ferrexpo’s Charitable Donations Flowed to Companies Associated With Its Then CEO
Tens of millions of dollars that the London-listed iron ore giant Ferrexpo donated to a Ukrainian charity were not used for their intended purpose, according to a forensic report shared with OCCRP. Instead,...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 16/09/2026
Ex-French Justice Minister Stands Trial Over Renault-Nissan Consultancy Case www.occrp.org/en/news/ex-f...
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Ex-French Justice Minister Stands Trial Over Renault-Nissan Consultancy Case
Rachida Dati, former French Minister of Justice and Minister of Culture, will stand trial on allegations of corruption for accepting 900,000 euro in lawyer's fees between 2010 and 2012 from a subsidiary...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 16/09/2026
From Fugitive to Federal Custody: Inside the Takedown of South America’s ‘King of the South’ www.occrp.org/en/news/from...
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From Fugitive to Federal Custody: Inside the Takedown of South America’s ‘King of the South’
Ahead of his trial, a high-stakes legal battle in Virginia erupts over missing evidence, secret crypto accounts, and alleged cartel ties of Uruguayan drug lord Sebastián Marset. Court documents show...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 16/09/2026
French Prosecutors Seek Up to 5 Years in Prison for Sons of Ex-Yemeni President Saleh Over Ill-Gotten Assets www.occrp.org/en/news/fren...
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French Prosecutors Seek Up to 5 Years in Prison for Sons of Ex-Yemeni President Saleh Over Ill-Gotten Assets
French prosecutors are seeking prison sentences and the formal forfeiture of luxury Paris real estate and Swiss bank accounts, accusing the sons of late Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh of laundering...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 04/09/2026
OCCRP is a media partner at the inaugural @breakwaterfestival.bsky.social – the first journalism festival for Poland, the Nordics, and Central and Eastern Europe. On the agenda: investigative journalism and high-quality journalism in practice. Join us in Gdańsk Sept. 24-27: breakwaterfestival.org
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Breakwater Festival | Breakwater – Word & Solidarity
We believe independent journalism requires not only courage, but also knowledge, skills, resources — and above all, solidarity: an active network that allows us to join forces.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 04/09/2026
JUST OUT: 🔴 Journalist Assassination Trial Ends, But Major Questions Remain Read more in OCCRP Weekly, our flagship email newsletter on the latest in organized crime and corruption: eepurl.com/34c485edrY Subscribe: eepurl.com/dv_Lov
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 04/09/2026
What if an investigation became an interactive story you could actually play? That's the idea behind Floodlight Gaming. iMEdD Lab spotlights our jam winner, Predatorgate, and delves into how new formats are bringing more people into investigative journalism. Read more: buff.ly/pS0naLg
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 07/09/2026
Hungarian Media Tycoon’s Firm Formed Dubai Subsidiary While Under Investigation at Home www.occrp.org/en/scoop/hun...
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Hungarian Media Tycoon’s Firm Formed Dubai Subsidiary While Under Investigation at Home
Hungarian authorities have frozen the accounts of firms owned by Gyula Balásy, an architect of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's “propaganda machine.” Documents show that one of those firms formed...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 07/09/2026
Police Tapes Show Malta Businessman Acquitted of Journalist's Murder Said He Initially Approved the Plot www.occrp.org/en/news/poli...
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Police Tapes Show Malta Businessman Acquitted of Journalist's Murder Said He Initially Approved the Plot
Police interrogation recordings released by the Times of Malta show businessman Yorgen Fenech admitted to initially greenlighting the 2017 assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. He said he...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 07/09/2026
Ecstasy Bust in Malaysia Leaves Alleged Syndicate Boss Dead www.occrp.org/en/news/ecst...
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Ecstasy Bust in Malaysia Leaves Alleged Syndicate Boss Dead
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 07/09/2026
Iraq is tracking down billions in stolen cash, gold and rifles as part of the country’s anti-graft campaign. What did investigators uncover? And why is it happening on such a broad scale? OCCRP’s Middle East and North Africa Editor Selma Mhaoud explains:
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 07/09/2026
Ecuador Convicts 15 People, 5 Companies in $398 Million Drug Money Case www.occrp.org/en/news/ecua...
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Ecuador Convicts 15 People, 5 Companies in $398 Million Drug Money Case
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 08/09/2026
Murder For Hire: Details Emerge About Alleged Cross-Border Plot to Kill Twin Brothers in Cyprus www.occrp.org/en/news/murd...
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Murder For Hire: Details Emerge About Alleged Cross-Border Plot to Kill Twin Brothers in Cyprus
A Danish undercover officer posing as a hitman led police into an alleged murder-for-hire network, as money, weapons and suspected contract killers converged in Cyprus
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 08/09/2026
Former Swiss Banker Handed Suspended Two-Year Sentence for Corruption www.occrp.org/en/news/form...
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Former Swiss Banker Handed Suspended Two-Year Sentence for Corruption
Swiss federal court found the former head of the Swiss Bankers Association guilty of paying 82.3 million Swiss francs to a senior Kuwaiti official between 2000 and 2012.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 08/09/2026
Spanish Police Dismantle 'Dubai Bank' Narco-Network, Arrest 21 www.occrp.org/en/news/span...
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Spanish Police Dismantle 'Dubai Bank' Narco-Network, Arrest 21
The massive international probe, sparked by the intentional sinking of a cocaine-laden ship in 2021, took down a high-value Europol target and crippled an underground financial network used to fund global...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 08/09/2026
Philippine Ex-Speaker Arrested in $118M Plunder Case www.occrp.org/en/news/phil...
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Philippine Ex-Speaker Arrested in $118M Plunder Case
Former Philippine House Speaker Martin Romualdez, a cousin of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., has been arrested over allegations that he helped collect billions of pesos in kickbacks from government infrastructure...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 01/09/2026
Australia Probes Western Union Over Possible Money Laundering Risks www.occrp.org/en/news/aust...
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Australia Probes Western Union Over Possible Money Laundering Risks
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 01/09/2026
Uganda Arrests 16 in Alleged $4M Fake Gold Scam www.occrp.org/en/news/ugan...
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Uganda Arrests 16 in Alleged $4M Fake Gold Scam
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 01/09/2026
Q&A: What Has Emerged From the Trial of a Businessman Charged in the Murder of a Maltese Journalist? www.occrp.org/en/project/t...
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Q&A: What Has Emerged From the Trial of a Businessman Charged in the Murder of a Maltese Journalist?
Yorgen Fenech pleaded not guilty to charges of complicity and criminal association in the 2017 assassination of leading Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. After two months of testimony,...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 01/09/2026
Spain Arrests Germany’s Most Wanted Drug Trafficker www.occrp.org/en/news/spai...
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Spain Arrests Germany’s Most Wanted Drug Trafficker
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 28/08/2026
Slovak Police Foil Possible Napalm Attack on Factory Producing Drones for Ukraine www.occrp.org/en/news/slov...
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Slovak Police Foil Possible Napalm Attack on Factory Producing Drones for Ukraine
A foiled napalm attack on a Ukrainian drone manufacturer in eastern Slovakia has exposed a hired sabotage plot that security officials say fits a broader pattern of hybrid warfare targeting Kyiv's defense...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 28/08/2026
Alleged Narco-Terrorist Moves to Toss U.S. Indictment on Jurisdictional Grounds www.occrp.org/en/news/alle...
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Alleged Narco-Terrorist Moves to Toss U.S. Indictment on Jurisdictional Grounds
Lawyer for Sebastián Marset claims the U.S. cannot prosecute him based on a single wire transfer that routed through a server in Virginia.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 28/08/2026
JUST OUT: 🔴 A Free Kidney Transplant and a $160 Billion Pacific Mining Deal Read more in OCCRP Weekly, our flagship email newsletter on the latest in organized crime and corruption: eepurl.com/WbkcOTtKc7 Subscribe: eepurl.com/dv_Lov
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Paul Radu @paulradu.wsocial.eu · 29/08/2026
#Gamescom was a blast. Lots of interest in investigative journalism inspired video games and good deals to come for Floodlight Gaming Thank you Dutch Games Association, thank you Natxo Armenter Usarraga, and another big thank you to all our partners and the companies interested in working with us.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 25/08/2026
Kazakhstan’s Election Brings a New Parliament — and More Pressure on Journalists www.occrp.org/en/news/kaza...
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Kazakhstan’s Election Brings a New Parliament — and More Pressure on Journalists
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s allies dominated the vote as independent observers raised concerns over a campaign marked by restrictions on critical voices.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 25/08/2026
Armenia Detains Ex-President Kocharyan in Corruption Probe www.occrp.org/en/news/arme...
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Armenia Detains Ex-President Kocharyan in Corruption Probe
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 25/08/2026
A Kidney Transplant, Ignored Advice, and a President’s Surprise Pick to Run a $160 Billion Pacific Island Mine www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
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A Kidney Transplant, Ignored Advice, and a President’s Surprise Pick to Run a $160 Billion Pacific Island Mine
A Pacific island’s president bypassed an official selection process when he chose an Indian company to reopen a multi-billion dollar mine. He told OCCRP the firm’s managing director offered to pay...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 26/08/2026
Armenian Court Orders Son of Ex-President Held in Sweeping Graft Probe www.occrp.org/en/news/arme...
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Armenian Court Orders Son of Ex-President Held in Sweeping Graft Probe
A Yerevan court ordered the pretrial detention of Sedrak Kocharyan as prosecutors expand a multi-million-dollar corruption investigation into his father, former President Robert Kocharyan, and other high-ranking...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 26/08/2026
‘I Had No Involvement. Zero.’: Accused Mastermind Denies Killing Maltese Journalist www.occrp.org/en/news/i-ha...
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‘I Had No Involvement. Zero.’: Accused Mastermind Denies Killing Maltese Journalist
Yorgen Fenech testified he was innocent in the death of Daphne Caruana Galizia, even as prosecutors pressed him on cash payments to a middleman and leaked police files.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 27/08/2026
OCCRP Denounces Police Search of Solomon Islands Reporter www.occrp.org/en/news/occr...
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OCCRP Denounces Police Search of Solomon Islands Reporter
Officers told Gina Maka’a, a reporter for OCCRP member center In-depth Solomons, her questioning was aimed at uncovering the source behind a report published last year. The search also comes after IDS...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 27/08/2026
Malaysia’s Ex-Prime Minister Charged Over Failure to Declare Assets www.occrp.org/en/news/mala...
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Malaysia’s Ex-Prime Minister Charged Over Failure to Declare Assets
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 27/08/2026
Singapore Police Probe 231 Suspected Scam Mules www.occrp.org/en/news/sing...
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