A workers’ union in Massachusetts received last year an email purportedly from an employee of an investment consulting firm, requesting a payment change. The address looked legitimate and off went US$6.4 million to a fraudulent account.
A Surinamese man, wanted by Interpol for a series of crimes including the smuggling of approximately 450 kg of cocaine by aircraft, was captured last week in São Paulo, Brazilian Federal Police stated.
Moldova detained Tuesday four allegedly corrupt officials tied to an international conspiracy that has allowed criminals to escape Red Notice arrest warrants issued by Interpol.
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.