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Our journalism has so far helped return $10+ billion to the public sphere and led to 700+ arrests, indictments, and sentences.
Discover the realities of investigative journalism in the new podcast Protagonista, hosted by Pavla Holcová, OCCRP’s Central Europe editor and founder of Czech investigative outlet @investigacecz.bsky.social - protagonistapodcast.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Discover the realities of investigative journalism in the new podcast Protagonista, hosted by Pavla Holcová, OCCRP’s Central Europe editor and founder of Czech investigative outlet @investigacecz.bsky.social - protagonistapodcast.com
🌎🌍🌏WEEKLY UPDATE🌏🌍🌎
Here's this week's round-the-world roundup of OCCRP's biggest stories and scoops 👇
Here's this week's round-the-world roundup of OCCRP's biggest stories and scoops 👇
January 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
🌎🌍🌏WEEKLY UPDATE🌏🌍🌎
Here's this week's round-the-world roundup of OCCRP's biggest stories and scoops 👇
Here's this week's round-the-world roundup of OCCRP's biggest stories and scoops 👇
How are Venezuelans reacting to the Trump administration’s surprise capture of the country’s long-time autocrat Nicolás Maduro?
We spoke with Valentina Lares, Venezuelan journalist and editor of Armando.info, to unpack the latest developments.
We spoke with Valentina Lares, Venezuelan journalist and editor of Armando.info, to unpack the latest developments.
January 8, 2026 at 9:19 AM
How are Venezuelans reacting to the Trump administration’s surprise capture of the country’s long-time autocrat Nicolás Maduro?
We spoke with Valentina Lares, Venezuelan journalist and editor of Armando.info, to unpack the latest developments.
We spoke with Valentina Lares, Venezuelan journalist and editor of Armando.info, to unpack the latest developments.
The UN warns the “manosphere” is a rising digital threat. OCCRP tracked its new offline frontier: Marbella, where male influencers and Tate associates have built a growing hub. What’s drawing them there? buff.ly/uRuxSQ9
January 4, 2026 at 7:15 PM
The UN warns the “manosphere” is a rising digital threat. OCCRP tracked its new offline frontier: Marbella, where male influencers and Tate associates have built a growing hub. What’s drawing them there? buff.ly/uRuxSQ9
Life has long been difficult for her and other residents of Venezuela’s poverty-stricken coastal towns.
With their strategic access to the Caribbean sea, and soaring poverty rates, these fishing villages have become fertile ground for criminal groups smuggling cocaine to the U.S. and Europe.
With their strategic access to the Caribbean sea, and soaring poverty rates, these fishing villages have become fertile ground for criminal groups smuggling cocaine to the U.S. and Europe.
December 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Life has long been difficult for her and other residents of Venezuela’s poverty-stricken coastal towns.
With their strategic access to the Caribbean sea, and soaring poverty rates, these fishing villages have become fertile ground for criminal groups smuggling cocaine to the U.S. and Europe.
With their strategic access to the Caribbean sea, and soaring poverty rates, these fishing villages have become fertile ground for criminal groups smuggling cocaine to the U.S. and Europe.
As the controversy swirls in Washington, Nadia and other relatives of the victims in Venezuela have been left in the dark, with the identities of those killed yet to be confirmed.
“I haven't held a mass, nor a prayer,” said Nadia, whose name has been changed to protect her identity.
“I haven't held a mass, nor a prayer,” said Nadia, whose name has been changed to protect her identity.
December 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
As the controversy swirls in Washington, Nadia and other relatives of the victims in Venezuela have been left in the dark, with the identities of those killed yet to be confirmed.
“I haven't held a mass, nor a prayer,” said Nadia, whose name has been changed to protect her identity.
“I haven't held a mass, nor a prayer,” said Nadia, whose name has been changed to protect her identity.
Critics have denounced the strikes on these small speedboats as extrajudicial killings which have left more than 90 people dead.
The attack that appears to have taken Nadia’s husband has been particularly controversial, after it emerged U.S. forces fired a second missile to kill survivors.
The attack that appears to have taken Nadia’s husband has been particularly controversial, after it emerged U.S. forces fired a second missile to kill survivors.
December 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Critics have denounced the strikes on these small speedboats as extrajudicial killings which have left more than 90 people dead.
The attack that appears to have taken Nadia’s husband has been particularly controversial, after it emerged U.S. forces fired a second missile to kill survivors.
The attack that appears to have taken Nadia’s husband has been particularly controversial, after it emerged U.S. forces fired a second missile to kill survivors.
“He told me he was a fisherman.”
Nadia, a resident of an impoverished town on Venezuela’s coast, hasn’t seen her husband since early September, when the U.S. launched the first of more than 20 missile attacks targeting “narco-terrorists”, in President Donald Trump’s words.
Nadia, a resident of an impoverished town on Venezuela’s coast, hasn’t seen her husband since early September, when the U.S. launched the first of more than 20 missile attacks targeting “narco-terrorists”, in President Donald Trump’s words.
December 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“He told me he was a fisherman.”
Nadia, a resident of an impoverished town on Venezuela’s coast, hasn’t seen her husband since early September, when the U.S. launched the first of more than 20 missile attacks targeting “narco-terrorists”, in President Donald Trump’s words.
Nadia, a resident of an impoverished town on Venezuela’s coast, hasn’t seen her husband since early September, when the U.S. launched the first of more than 20 missile attacks targeting “narco-terrorists”, in President Donald Trump’s words.
This holiday season at OCCRP, we’re celebrating the joy of justice — swapping stories of how real-life monsters who destroyed other peoples’ lives are now finding their ill-gotten gains frozen.
Donate to OCCRP and give the gift of accountability: buff.ly/7SlfmQz
Donate to OCCRP and give the gift of accountability: buff.ly/7SlfmQz
December 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This holiday season at OCCRP, we’re celebrating the joy of justice — swapping stories of how real-life monsters who destroyed other peoples’ lives are now finding their ill-gotten gains frozen.
Donate to OCCRP and give the gift of accountability: buff.ly/7SlfmQz
Donate to OCCRP and give the gift of accountability: buff.ly/7SlfmQz
From slick call centers, a group of scammers conned elderly victims into losing their life savings — until journalists exposed them.
Now their assets are frozen and their holiday plans on ice.
Donate to OCCRP now to help us leave criminals in the cold: buff.ly/7SlfmQz
Now their assets are frozen and their holiday plans on ice.
Donate to OCCRP now to help us leave criminals in the cold: buff.ly/7SlfmQz
December 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
From slick call centers, a group of scammers conned elderly victims into losing their life savings — until journalists exposed them.
Now their assets are frozen and their holiday plans on ice.
Donate to OCCRP now to help us leave criminals in the cold: buff.ly/7SlfmQz
Now their assets are frozen and their holiday plans on ice.
Donate to OCCRP now to help us leave criminals in the cold: buff.ly/7SlfmQz
In 2022, Ulisses Rodrigues Teixeira admitted he was guilty of environmental crimes related to a fire that destroyed 7,477 hectares of protected forest leased by his company.
But two banks provided loans to his companies afterwards, despite pledging to avoid financing illegal deforestation.
But two banks provided loans to his companies afterwards, despite pledging to avoid financing illegal deforestation.
December 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In 2022, Ulisses Rodrigues Teixeira admitted he was guilty of environmental crimes related to a fire that destroyed 7,477 hectares of protected forest leased by his company.
But two banks provided loans to his companies afterwards, despite pledging to avoid financing illegal deforestation.
But two banks provided loans to his companies afterwards, despite pledging to avoid financing illegal deforestation.
This is Paraguay’s Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest, used by 400+ indigenous communities and home to endangered jaguars.
Paraguayan law prohibits deforestation in the country’s east — but we uncovered how two banks loaned funds to two firms owned by a businessman with a history of environmental crimes.
Paraguayan law prohibits deforestation in the country’s east — but we uncovered how two banks loaned funds to two firms owned by a businessman with a history of environmental crimes.
December 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This is Paraguay’s Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest, used by 400+ indigenous communities and home to endangered jaguars.
Paraguayan law prohibits deforestation in the country’s east — but we uncovered how two banks loaned funds to two firms owned by a businessman with a history of environmental crimes.
Paraguayan law prohibits deforestation in the country’s east — but we uncovered how two banks loaned funds to two firms owned by a businessman with a history of environmental crimes.
The German Alternative for Germany (AfD) party attacked OCCRP in parliamentary questions to the German govt. The questions are part of a larger disinformation campaign by AfD members that falsely asserts that OCCRP is a tool of the European Commission. Read more www.occrp.org/en/announcem...
December 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The German Alternative for Germany (AfD) party attacked OCCRP in parliamentary questions to the German govt. The questions are part of a larger disinformation campaign by AfD members that falsely asserts that OCCRP is a tool of the European Commission. Read more www.occrp.org/en/announcem...
Organized crime networks are rapidly adopting AI to supercharge their operations. OCCRP’s latest Briefing explores how AI is reshaping crime and what it means for those fighting it. Become an OCCRP member to watch in full: buff.ly/7ZDkXQE
December 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Organized crime networks are rapidly adopting AI to supercharge their operations. OCCRP’s latest Briefing explores how AI is reshaping crime and what it means for those fighting it. Become an OCCRP member to watch in full: buff.ly/7ZDkXQE
Confidential documents show the inner workings of cocaine smuggling from Ecuador to Europe via fruit shipments — and reveal some of the alleged top bananas 🍌
Here’s how the documents connect cocaine, bananas, and a convicted Balkan drug lord: buff.ly/yNlXgGq
Here’s how the documents connect cocaine, bananas, and a convicted Balkan drug lord: buff.ly/yNlXgGq
December 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Confidential documents show the inner workings of cocaine smuggling from Ecuador to Europe via fruit shipments — and reveal some of the alleged top bananas 🍌
Here’s how the documents connect cocaine, bananas, and a convicted Balkan drug lord: buff.ly/yNlXgGq
Here’s how the documents connect cocaine, bananas, and a convicted Balkan drug lord: buff.ly/yNlXgGq
Reporting by OCCRP and its partners contributed to 288 outcomes in 2025, including sanctions, reforms, arrests. In the fight against corruption and crime, investigative journalism makes a difference. But it needs allies. Join — and access exclusive benefits: membership.occrp.org/benefits/?ut...
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Reporting by OCCRP and its partners contributed to 288 outcomes in 2025, including sanctions, reforms, arrests. In the fight against corruption and crime, investigative journalism makes a difference. But it needs allies. Join — and access exclusive benefits: membership.occrp.org/benefits/?ut...
But outside critics question the wisdom of tackling the problem through drastic measures.
“Revoking parental responsibility should be the last option,” said law professor Costantino Visconti. “There is no such thing as the mafia’s genetic code.”
“Revoking parental responsibility should be the last option,” said law professor Costantino Visconti. “There is no such thing as the mafia’s genetic code.”
December 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
But outside critics question the wisdom of tackling the problem through drastic measures.
“Revoking parental responsibility should be the last option,” said law professor Costantino Visconti. “There is no such thing as the mafia’s genetic code.”
“Revoking parental responsibility should be the last option,” said law professor Costantino Visconti. “There is no such thing as the mafia’s genetic code.”
Since becoming head of the city’s juvenile prosecutor’s office in 2021, Caramanna said she has opened hundreds of cases aimed at stripping organized criminals of parental responsibility and placing their children with foster families, distant relatives, or protected communities.
December 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Since becoming head of the city’s juvenile prosecutor’s office in 2021, Caramanna said she has opened hundreds of cases aimed at stripping organized criminals of parental responsibility and placing their children with foster families, distant relatives, or protected communities.
Supporters argue that children are the mafia’s first workforce, frequently recruited into criminal activity — partly because minors under 14 cannot be prosecuted.
“It’s what they were born into,” Palermo prosecutor Claudia Caramanna said.
“It’s what they were born into,” Palermo prosecutor Claudia Caramanna said.
December 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Supporters argue that children are the mafia’s first workforce, frequently recruited into criminal activity — partly because minors under 14 cannot be prosecuted.
“It’s what they were born into,” Palermo prosecutor Claudia Caramanna said.
“It’s what they were born into,” Palermo prosecutor Claudia Caramanna said.
When two powerful brothers from Lebanon allegedly funneled money offshore while their country’s economy collapsed, they hoped no one would notice.
But OCCRP did — and now French authorities are investigating.
Donate to OCCRP to help us continue our work: buff.ly/7SlfmQz
But OCCRP did — and now French authorities are investigating.
Donate to OCCRP to help us continue our work: buff.ly/7SlfmQz
December 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
When two powerful brothers from Lebanon allegedly funneled money offshore while their country’s economy collapsed, they hoped no one would notice.
But OCCRP did — and now French authorities are investigating.
Donate to OCCRP to help us continue our work: buff.ly/7SlfmQz
But OCCRP did — and now French authorities are investigating.
Donate to OCCRP to help us continue our work: buff.ly/7SlfmQz
The 3rd Annual Floodlight Summit just wrapped in Cartagena! It's the only place where top investigative journalists meet with international filmmakers to explore ways to transform high-stakes reporting into screen adaptations: www.occrp.org/en/announcem...
December 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The 3rd Annual Floodlight Summit just wrapped in Cartagena! It's the only place where top investigative journalists meet with international filmmakers to explore ways to transform high-stakes reporting into screen adaptations: www.occrp.org/en/announcem...
Organized crime networks are rapidly adopting AI to supercharge their operations. OCCRP’s latest Briefing explores how AI is reshaping crime and what it means for those fighting it. Become an OCCRP member to watch in full: membership.occrp.org/benefits/?ut...
December 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Organized crime networks are rapidly adopting AI to supercharge their operations. OCCRP’s latest Briefing explores how AI is reshaping crime and what it means for those fighting it. Become an OCCRP member to watch in full: membership.occrp.org/benefits/?ut...
Today marks Anti-Corruption Day — so what better way to celebrate than giving the gift of accountability?
Donate to OCCRP today and help us do what we do best: making the world’s most powerful crooks uncomfortable.
membership.occrp.org/joy-of-justi...
Donate to OCCRP today and help us do what we do best: making the world’s most powerful crooks uncomfortable.
membership.occrp.org/joy-of-justi...
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Today marks Anti-Corruption Day — so what better way to celebrate than giving the gift of accountability?
Donate to OCCRP today and help us do what we do best: making the world’s most powerful crooks uncomfortable.
membership.occrp.org/joy-of-justi...
Donate to OCCRP today and help us do what we do best: making the world’s most powerful crooks uncomfortable.
membership.occrp.org/joy-of-justi...
What are the new realities of investigative journalism? OCCRP Editor-in-Chief Miranda Patrucic will speak at @WSoyinkaCentre #AIMConference on data tools, cross-border collaboration, platform shifts, politics, and AI — across Africa and beyond bit.ly/AIMCA2025
December 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
What are the new realities of investigative journalism? OCCRP Editor-in-Chief Miranda Patrucic will speak at @WSoyinkaCentre #AIMConference on data tools, cross-border collaboration, platform shifts, politics, and AI — across Africa and beyond bit.ly/AIMCA2025
In the EU, coal plants have to pay for every tonne of CO2 they produce.
By digging into the data, we found that Romania’s state coal company may be underreporting its emissions — and saving millions of euros.
“I don’t believe these figures,” one expert told OCCRP.
By digging into the data, we found that Romania’s state coal company may be underreporting its emissions — and saving millions of euros.
“I don’t believe these figures,” one expert told OCCRP.
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In the EU, coal plants have to pay for every tonne of CO2 they produce.
By digging into the data, we found that Romania’s state coal company may be underreporting its emissions — and saving millions of euros.
“I don’t believe these figures,” one expert told OCCRP.
By digging into the data, we found that Romania’s state coal company may be underreporting its emissions — and saving millions of euros.
“I don’t believe these figures,” one expert told OCCRP.