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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 15h
Lawyers for Iraqi Kurdistan’s PM Masrour Barzani rejected any wrongdoing and said he had a “fervent commitment” to anti-corruption, and that it was reasonable for him to protect his privacy. They didn’t reply to questions about potential conflicts of interest.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 15h
In Iraqi Kurdistan, the Golden Eagle Global conglomerate trades in construction and ads, also working with local security forces and the U.S. military.

Leaked docs suggest the company is controlled by Mustafa Barzani, brother of the region’s prime minister.

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Mansions, Horses, and Designer Bags: How the Ruling Family of Iraqi Kurdistan Splurged in the U.S.
The five sons of Iraqi Kurdistan’s founding president acquired real estate across the United States and went on luxury shopping sprees. At least some of the money came from major Kurdish…
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 21h
Dubai real estate data leak shows that Ling bought two properties at a luxury development in the Gulf emirate in November 2021 and September 2022, for a combined total of about $725,000. Records show that he sold the second property five days after purchasing it, at a profit of $63,000.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 21h
Ling Seng Hok, a Malaysian living in the U.K., pleaded guilty for helping Chinese national Qian Zhimin move the proceeds of a fraudulent investment scheme, which targeted 128,000 victims in China. Qian, who pleaded guilty to playing a leading role in the scam, had converted the profits into Bitcoin.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 21h
Exclusive: A man who pleaded guilty in the U.K. for transferring profits from a massive investment scam in China that led to “the world’s largest crypto seizure” bought luxury property in Dubai: www.occrp.org/en/news/excl...
EXCLUSIVE: Defendant in Record UK Crypto Seizure Case Bought Dubai Properties
Leaked data shows Ling Seng Hok bought two luxury properties in Dubai. A couple years later, he was arrested in the U.K. for moving proceeds from a massive investment scam in China.
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John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social · 23h
Fantastic reporting by @occrp.org

If you scroll down you can see the Boeing 737 which flew Kerimguly Berdimuhamedov into Exeter, apparently to study for his Politics degree.

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Gold Taps and Towel Racks: How a Plane Used by Turkmenistan’s Ruling Family Got a Royal Makeover
In authoritarian Turkmenistan, even a single airplane trip abroad is out of reach for most citizens. But the country’s ruling Berdimuhamedov family, which has held power across two generations, recent...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 1d
For years, we’ve reported on Chinese-born Uyghur businessman Khabibula Abdukadyr, who colluded with corrupt Kyrgyz customs officials as he built his Central Asian trading empire.

Now documents show that his son owns a mosque in London.

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Son of Alleged Smuggling Tycoon Spent $3 Million on London Mosque
The Satuq Bughra Khan mosque in Palmers Green is also a Uyghur cultural and educational center. The owner’s family is implicated in vast corruption in Central Asia.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 1d
NEW: A superyacht management company once beneficially owned by the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich faced charges at a court in Cyprus today for allegedly failing to pay 26m euros tax and interest. The firm contested the bill for unpaid VAT for more than a decade: www.occrp.org/en/news/cypr...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 1d
NEW: Like a modern-day fairytale, an ordinary Turkmenistan Airlines plane disappeared to the U.S. for a year — and returned with a serious glow-up fit for a royal.

Now the jet is being used by the daughter of the nation’s longtime ruler.

Take a look inside:

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Gold Taps and Towel Racks: How a Plane Used by Turkmenistan’s Ruling Family Got a Royal Makeover
In authoritarian Turkmenistan, even a single airplane trip abroad is out of reach for most citizens. But the country’s ruling Berdimuhamedov family, which has held power across two generations,…
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 1d
Lawyers for Iraqi Kurdistan’s PM Masrour Barzani rejected any wrongdoing and said he had a “fervent commitment” to anti-corruption, and that it was reasonable for him to protect his privacy. They didn’t reply to questions about potential conflicts of interest.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 1d
Iraqi Kurdistan’s ruling Barzani family are well-connected in the U.S. — Joe Biden once reportedly said that he knew all the grandchildren’s names.

Leaked documents show that five brothers spent $100m+ on U.S. properties and luxury shopping.

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Mansions, Horses, and Designer Bags: How the Ruling Family of Iraqi Kurdistan Splurged in the U.S.
The five sons of Iraqi Kurdistan’s founding president acquired real estate across the United States and went on luxury shopping sprees. At least some of the money came from major Kurdish…
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 1d
Gold Taps and Towel Racks: How a Plane Used by Turkmenistan’s Ruling Family Got a Royal Makeover

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Gold Taps and Towel Racks: How a Plane Used by Turkmenistan’s Ruling Family Got a Royal Makeover
In authoritarian Turkmenistan, even a single airplane trip abroad is out of reach for most citizens. But the country’s ruling Berdimuhamedov family, which has held power across two generations, recently...
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Zack Kopplin @zackkopplin.bsky.social · 1d
This story took about two years of work for a team of reporters at the Government Accountability Project and OCCRP. It shows a serious issue with the American corporate system that allows people like the Barzani family to hide money in the United States using American companies
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 2d
In 2007, an employee of Iraqi Kurdistan’s ruling Barzani family wrote to a U.S. lawyer with a problem.

Two Barzani brothers had bought properties in the U.S. — but they were concerned that this information was public.

So the lawyer looked to the Pirates of the Caribbean.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 1d
The jury said it was “particularly impressed by OCCRP's collaborations, such as the partnership with Boston Globe Media that revealed financial mismanagement by a major hospital chain”. You can learn more about this collaboration here: www.occrp.org/en/project/t...
The Steward Files
At its height, Steward Health Care ran more than 30 private hospitals across the U.S. helmed by an ambitious CEO who touted a vision of high-quality cost-effective medical services. But as Steward exp...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 1d
The University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism @merrillcollege.bsky.social has selected OCCRP as the 2025 winner of the Maria Ressa Prize for Courage in Investigative Reporting merrill.umd.edu/articles/mer...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 1d
Rallies resume on Thursday despite signs the government is ready to tackle corruption

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Amnesty Slams Morocco for “Excessive Force” as Anti-Corruption Protests Resume
Rallies resume on Thursday despite signs the government is ready to tackle corruption
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 1d
A new mosque and Uyghur cultural center in London is owned by the son of a businessman who colluded with corrupt officials to dominate the flow of Chinese imports into Central Asia.

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Son of Alleged Smuggling Tycoon Spent $3 Million on London Mosque
The Satuq Bughra Khan mosque in Palmers Green is also a Uyghur cultural and educational center. The owner’s family is implicated in vast corruption in Central Asia.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 1d
Leaked data shows Ling Seng Hok bought two luxury properties in Dubai. A couple years later, he was arrested in the U.K. for moving proceeds from a massive investment scam in China.

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EXCLUSIVE: Defendant in Record UK Crypto Seizure Case Bought Dubai Properties
Leaked data shows Ling Seng Hok bought two luxury properties in Dubai. A couple years later, he was arrested in the U.K. for moving proceeds from a massive investment scam in China.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 1d
European Prosecutors Order Raids in Croatia Over Misuse of EU Funds

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European Prosecutors Order Raids in Croatia Over Misuse of EU Funds
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 1d
The move targets Serbia’s largest energy company, majority-owned by Russia’s Gazprom Neft, increasing pressure on Belgrade to reduce its reliance on Moscow.

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U.S. Sanctions on Serbian Oil Giant NIS Take Effect Despite Expected Delay
The move targets Serbia’s largest energy company, majority-owned by Russia’s Gazprom Neft, increasing pressure on Belgrade to reduce its reliance on Moscow.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 1d
NEW: Cyprus court begins tax case involving superyacht firm that was ultimately owned by Roman Abramovich. The firm contested the 14 million-euro bill for unpaid VAT for more than a decade — as interest and additional tax added another 12 million euros: www.occrp.org/en/news/cypr...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 1d
The first hearing was held today involving a company accused of failing to pay 26 million euros in taxes and interest for superyachts once used by Roman Abramovich, a Russian billionaire sanctioned for his ties to the Kremlin.

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Cyprus Court Case Kicks Off Involving Superyacht Firm That Was Ultimately Owned by Abramovich
The first hearing was held today involving a company accused of failing to pay 26 million euros in taxes and interest for superyachts once used by Roman Abramovich, a Russian billionaire sanctioned for...
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 2d
Dive into the Barzanis’ luxury lifestyles — and the sources of their spending — in our investigation with @govacctproj.bsky.social

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Mansions, Horses, and Designer Bags: How the Ruling Family of Iraqi Kurdistan Splurged in the U.S.
The five sons of Iraqi Kurdistan’s founding president acquired real estate across the United States and went on luxury shopping sprees. At least some of the money came from major Kurdish…
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 2d
OCCRP repeatedly requested comment from the other four Barzani brothers, both directly and through various lawyers, as well as from Golden Eagle Global and the Kurdish government. None replied.
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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @occrp.org · 2d
The lawyers also said that there is “nothing unlawful about the ownership of property in other jurisdictions”, and that it is “neither uncommon nor unreasonable for wealthy, high profile individuals to protect their privacy and security.”
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