Opposition parties in Serbia claim that the ruling right-wing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) cheated in a rerun of local elections on Sunday, just as it did six months ago when accusations of election fraud prompted weeks of protests.
A U.K. golf club and two contractor companies were fined Monday for running an illegal garbage operation that saw approximately 700 truck loads of waste dumped on the course.
Palestinian journalist Mohammed Abushahma, who collaborated with OCCRP on two top-level investigations into corruption in Gaza, has won the Student’s Prize under the 2024 Samir Kassir award for best investigation.
Italian police arrested seven individuals on Monday on the suspicion that they had orchestrated an €18 million (US$19.6 million) VAT fraud (Value Added Tax) concerning the fraudulent sale of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.
Ukrainian authorities have dismantled a criminal ring that defrauded citizens in Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan, and the European Union through deceptive call centers promising lucrative cryptocurrency investments.
Hearings will begin on June 7 in a trial of 11 Kyrgyz reporters charged with “inciting mass unrest,” which critics say is part of a crackdown on free expression in the Central Asian country.
A Belgrade judge and her husband have sued reporters of the Serbian investigative outlet and OCCRP partner KRIK for publishing her name and position in a database created in 2020 to enhance transparency within Serbia's judiciary and provide precise information to citizens about its functioning.
Law enforcement across Europe dismantled Thursday a cybercrime organization that earned millions through botnets, whose purpose was to create a network of infected computers from which to deploy malware and ransomware against its targets.
United States authorities have dismantled what the FBI described as “likely the world’s largest botnet ever.” The malicious 911 S5 botnet, which infected over 19 million IP addresses worldwide, enabled billions of dollars in pandemic and unemployment fraud and provided access to child exploitation materials.
The European Union announced Tuesday sanctions against a news outlet that disseminates anti-Ukraine propaganda, the site’s leader, and a former Ukrainian politician who was charged with treason, denaturalized, and exiled to Russia.