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...
All Investigations
Inside South Africa’s Brutal Lion Bone Trade
In the world’s only commercial lion-farming industry, centered in South Africa’s Free State, animals are reared in terrible...
Notorious Nigerien Weapons Broker Lands Secret Arms Deal in Senegal
A contract seen by OCCRP shows how Aboubakar Hima, who allegedly skimmed millions from $240 million in corrupt arms deals in...
Oliver Stone Documentary About Kazakhstan’s Former Leader Nazarbayev Was Funded by a Nazarbayev Foundation
The documentary was panned for its hagiographic take on Kazakhstan’s longtime dictator. As it turns out, a foundation...
The Pandora Papers
At Serbia’s “Legalization Secretariat,” Developers Paid Cash to Have Their Construction Violations Excused
The longtime head of the Secretariat stepped down in July, but is now under investigation for allegedly abusing his office....
Suisse Secrets
Taiwanese Tycoon Jailed for Embezzlement May Have Used Girlfriend to Hide Tens of Millions at Credit Suisse
When Sun Daocun died in 2021, he left behind a string of unresolved debts which had enraged a long line of creditors. Now,...
Suisse Secrets
The Many Lives — and Credit Suisse Accounts — of Gaddafi-Linked Lobbyist Hassan Tatanaki
Accused of corruption in multiple countries, Libyan oil tycoon Tatanaki went from funding lobbying efforts that promoted the...
Suisse Secrets
Swiss-Based Fund AOG Poured Cash Into Accounts Shared With African Politicians
In the 1990s, executives at an obscure energy company bribed Nigerian officials to obtain spectacularly profitable oil...
Russian Asset Tracker
German Police Raid Property Tied to Russian Oligarch Alisher Usmanov; Tax Evasion and Money Laundering Suspected
The raid follows months of investigation into the sanctioned oligarch’s suspicious financial transactions and failure to...
The 'Ndrangheta
Italy’s Most Powerful Mafia Mingles With Devoted Christians at the Sanctuary of Polsi in Calabria
The sacred and the profane mix uneasily at this holy spot for both the ’Ndrangheta mafia and Catholic worshippers in Italy’s...
“I Will Take My Percentage”: Congolese Presidential Adviser Caught on Tape Negotiating Corrupt Mineral Deal
Videos from an apparent sting operation show high-ranking Congolese political adviser Vidiye Tshimanga offering access to...
Company Where Afghan President’s Brother Held Secret Stake Received Valuable Mineral Shipments, Documents Show
Last year, OCCRP reported that the former Afghan president’s brother held a secret stake in a subsidiary of a U.S.-based...