Senegal’s Offshore Oil Reserves a Pricey Pawn in Covert Deal
Mining magnate Frank Timis appears to have earned hundreds of millions of dollars by muscling into a deal for a West African...
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Harvard University
The Chávez Man and His Millions
Hacking Through Venezuela’s Thick Foreign Exchange Jungle
Over the past 15 years, Venezuela’s complex currency controls have paved the way for fraud schemes involving billions of...
Biya’s private travels: The story behind the story
Cameroon’s government is up in arms after our investigation into president Paul Biya’s extended “private trips” away from...
IKEA's Forest Recall
The retail giant IKEA is one of the world’s largest furniture makers, using one percent of the global wood supply each year...
Corruptistan: Azerbaijan
How to Build Yourself a Stealth Lobbyist, Azerbaijani style
The rise of Brenda Shaffer as a scholar and oft-quoted expert in the field of energy politics illustrates just how...
Corruptistan: Uzbekistan
A Love Story Turned Bad
She was a president's daughter, a virtual princess, who married a successful businessman and went to Harvard but she ended a...
Harvard University Selling Off Romanian Timberland Tainted by Bribery Allegations
The largest private owner of timberland in Romania, Scolopax SRL, has begun to sell off all of its Romanian forest assets....
OCCRP Weekly News Roundup: Good intentions can have bad results.
Valerie Hopkins This is not a good week for the bad guys, but it isn’t great for the good guys, either. An 18 year old...