Trump's USAID Funding Freeze Threatens Global Independent Media, OCCRP Editor Warns
As the U.S. withdraws support for independent journalism worldwide, Russia and China could try to fill the vacuum.
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‘We Know No Borders’: How Kyrgyzstan Became a Hub for Sanctioned Car Exports to Russia
Kyrgyzstan has become a major hub for routing exports of sanctioned cars to Russia. One Moscow-based dealership flaunts an...
The Ancient Egyptian Treasures of a German Sailor Who May Not Have Existed
For years, major artifacts sold to collectors and museums have been attributed to a Bremen-born naval officer who apparently...
Investigative Reporting Is Free Speech, Not ‘Treason’
I wrote a story that was cited by a whistleblower complaint that led to Donald Trump’s first impeachment. Now, it’s being...
Know Your Host: Why It Matters That Azerbaijan Is Hosting the COP29 Climate Summit
Ahead of COP29, Azerbaijan Cultivated Allies in the U.K.’s House of Lords Who Praised its Leadership
This year’s host country for the COP climate conference, an authoritarian petrostate, has long courted members of Britain’s...
Two Years After Protest Crackdown, Tajikistan’s Journalists Have Gone Into Exile. Here’s What’s Lost When Journalists Flee.
The repressive Central Asian nation has never been an easy place to be a journalist. But a notorious crackdown on peaceful...
Blood and Ore: Mexican Cartel Violence Silences Mine Opponents
The abduction of a Mexican community activist who campaigned against an iron ore mine owned by New York-listed Ternium has...
Culiacán Dispatch: The Mexican City Torn Apart By the Sinaloa Cartel’s Bloody Civil War
In Culiacán residents lock themselves indoors as night falls. Bars and restaurants are deserted. Troops patrol the streets....
Months After Estonia Drops Swedbank Case, Trove of Office Memos Show Laundering Was Open Joke
One of Tallinn’s most notorious corruption scandals came to a quiet conclusion this year when a case against Swedbank was...
Know Your Host: Why It Matters That Azerbaijan Is Hosting the COP29 Climate Summit
Azerbaijan's COP29 Organizers Criticized For Oil Ties, Other Potential Conflicts of Interest
In authoritarian Azerbaijan, corporate ownership records are not publicly available — and transparency campaigners have...
Tears and Torture: Venezuela’s Teenagers Face Brutal Justice for Protesting Rigged Election
In the aftermath of this summer's protests against the regime of Nicolás Maduro, dozens of teenagers were rounded up and...