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Lagomarsino Baules, the son of a pro-China Palauan senator, was arrested in Fiji during a major anti-drug operation

Latest, for @occrp.org, with the wonderful Bernadette Carreon

Authorities say two Turkish nationals and a Chinese citizen were detained after police intercepted a yacht carrying nearly half a ton of cocaine near the Solomon Islands

By @danmcgarry.bsky.social‬ and ‪@occrp.org‬

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Priscilla Chan’s decision to stop funding the school she opened to help struggling families shows the risks for communities reliant on wealthy private donors.

Exclusive: Andrew Tate was was granted a 'golden passport' by Vanuatu while under high-profile investigation in Romania

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by myself, @danmcgarry.bsky.social, the @occrp.org team in the Pacific + Ana Poenariu, with Matt Bernadini of Intelligence Online

Top Australian Criminal Target Zhao Involved in Fiji Media Startup

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Media discourse in NZ escalating somewhat over this issue....

A strong statement of support for OCCRP from the Global Investigative Journalism Network.

It’s sad that @mediapart.fr & co. chose to cast suspicion on investigative journalists at a time when things have never been riskier. We need to pull together.

gijn.org/uncategorize...

“An alleged Canadian drug smuggler tried to sneak over 10 kilograms of meth into New Zealand wrapped up as a Christmas present”

vancouversun.com/news/meth-wr...

Azerbaijan Detains Journalists in Escalating Media Crackdown occrp.org/en/news/azer... via
@occrp.org

Absolutely astonishing situation in #Syria - the sheer scale and speed of this sudden victory after years is incredible

Crypto ‘Laundromat’ Tied to Russian Financial Sector and Cocaine Trade - Police occrp.org/en/news/cryp... via OCCRP

Update to yesterday's story: Tuvalu bought millions worth of property in Fiji from a local businessman, just weeks after he was revealed by @occrp.bsky.social to be a priority target of Australia’s top criminal intelligence agency

www.occrp.org/en/news/tuva...

UPDATE to yesterday's @occrp.bsky.social investigation.

Zhao Fugang, a Chinese "United Front" representative in Fiji who is a top Australian criminal target, sold US$2.7 m worth of property to the small Pacific country of Tuvalu (worth ~4% of its GDP)

www.occrp.org/en/news/tuva...

no doubt it involves 'Half Man, Half Biscuit'

#Fiji's former PM+police chief appeared in public w/ a businessman tied to the CCP, even after being briefed that he was suspected of playing a senior role in local organized crime, according to confidential documents and police sources

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Latest from OCCRP Pacific Team

Azerbaijan is mad that @occrp.bsky.social investigations embarrassed them during COP 29, so one mouthpiece, Fakt Yoxlab, put out a report claiming our own Eli Moskowitz is a "ghost journalist" who doesn't exist.

Sadly, I can confirm he is real PLUS he looks like my dad circa 1987

New from OCCRP: #Fiji investigating "unathorized" passport supply to Doomsday Cult members

www.occrp.org/en/news/fiji...

V. impressive investigation from OCCRP partners, In-Depth Solomons:

OUR party figures set up a shell co. in Singapore with a Chinese partner shortly before the #Solomons election this year

indepthsolomons.com.sb/o-u-r-party-...

Solomon Islands' police minister and the son of Manasseh Sogavare set up a Singapore shell company in Feb with a mystery mainland Chinese partner.

The name of the offshore company is very similar to Sogavare's OUR Party 🤔

By @occrp.bsky.social members in SI

indepthsolomons.com.sb/o-u-r-party-...

The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry: a great poem for troubled time...

Nice to be on BlueSky, it does seem a bit, er, gentler here.