OCCRP Investigations

The OCCRP Investigations category features in-depth reports on global corruption, organized crime, and financial misconduct. Explore groundbreaking investigations that expose hidden networks, illicit operations, and money laundering schemes across borders. Our reports, backed by trusted sources and rigorous journalism, aim to hold the powerful accountable and uncover the truth behind the world’s most complex criminal enterprises

Russia

Dec 20, 2022Sep 24, 2024

Abramovich Had Secret Partnership with Kremlin in Major Forestry Company

Lawyers for Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich argue he should not be sanctioned because his ties to the Kremlin are weak, but new documents reveal he secretly had a years-long partnership with the Russian government in a forestry venture.

Alex Johnson

Russia

Dec 02, 2022Sep 24, 2024

Fake ‘Rothschild’ Was Chased by Russian Organized Crime When She Took Pictures With Trump at Mar-a-Lago

While Inna Yashchyshyn visited Mar-a-Lago and schmoozed with former President Trump and his inner circle, she was being pursued by a senior member of Russian organized crime.

Alex Johnson

Ukraine

Nov 18, 2022Sep 24, 2024

Transparency International: G20 Again Failed on Anti-corruption Agenda

The G20 leaders who convened in Bali earlier this week agreed on a number of points including condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, addressing food insecurity and adopting measures to mitigate the climate crisis but not on how to fight kleptocracy and transnational corruption, Transparency International’ told OCCRP on Wednesday.

Alex Johnson

Ukraine

Nov 17, 2022Sep 24, 2024

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Kremlin Microelectronics Supplier

The United States sanctioned Monday a Russian microelectronics company that has facilitated the Kremlin’s military research and development (R&D) sector as Moscow continues its illegal war against Ukraine.

Alex Johnson

Georgia

Nov 16, 2022Sep 24, 2024

Unwitting Wealth: How a Local Official Scooped up a Georgian Village

The head of the village appears to have abused a new land-titling system intended to help illiterate farmers, using it to take control of a chunk of former state land for himself, according to an investigation by iFact.

Alex Johnson

Ukraine

Nov 15, 2022Sep 25, 2024

UK Sanctions Against Russia Surpass £18 Billion

According to the latest tabulations, the U.K. has now frozen over £18 billion (US$21.2 billion) in assets belonging to Russian businesses and oligarchs in response to the Kremlin’s ongoing war against Ukraine.

Alex Johnson

Ukraine

Nov 02, 2022Sep 25, 2024

EU: Proposed Gun Laws Addresses Claims That Ukraine War is Leaking Illegal Arms

The European Commission proposed new legislation to tighten its gun laws in an effort to address the illegal trade in firearms which could rise due to the war in Ukraine.

Alex Johnson

Ukraine

Nov 02, 2022Sep 25, 2024

Documents Reveal Wagner’s Golden Ties to Sudanese Military Companies

Wagner, the Russian mercenary company owned by the infamous businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, secured and maintained its position in Sudan’s gold sector while working closely with companies affiliated with Sudan’s brutal military.

Alex Johnson

Georgia

Oct 20, 2022Sep 24, 2024

Georgia: Nine Arrested After the Tbilisi Fountain Electrocutions

Georgian authorities on Tuesday arrested nine people, including one public official, in connection with last week’s electrocution in Tbilisi’s newly refurbished fountain that killed a 13-year-old girl and injured two children – said the Interior Ministry in a statement.

Alex Johnson

Georgia

Oct 19, 2022Sep 24, 2024

US: Woman Charged with Defrauding FEMA of $156M

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted Monday a woman for allegedly defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of US$156 million by falsely claiming to have provided 30 million meals to Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017.

Alex Johnson