OCCRP Investigations

In response to a widening range of U.S.-led global sanctions against Russian companies and media, Vladimir Putin struck back by announcing a list of “undesirable” organizations who could no longer …

In a sharp rebuke, Russia’s Foreign Ministry denounced the latest U.S. sanctions on Russian state-funded media as “the result of operations carefully orchestrated by intelligence services.”

In Cyprus, a new type of investment fund was marketed to clients as a way to avoid disclosing their ownership of assets. In one case, these funds were used to …

A disputed law passed by the Georgian parliament in June, which requires organizations receiving more than 20% of their funds from abroad to register as “foreign agents,” is starting to …

Rapeseed from Ukraine’s Russian occupied Kherson region is being shipped to Belarus, where it is processed into oil. The export is being regarded in Ukraine as looting and Kyiv is …

A joint Spanish and Colombian operation has dismantled a cocaine processing lab, resulting in dozens of arrests and the seizure of thousands of litres of chemical precursors, Europol said Monday …

Bulgarian authorities dismantled this week a criminal group that smuggled migrants through the Balkans and into Europe.

Georgia’s ruling party has rejected an OCCRP investigation into the Russian property holdings of its founder’s wife, claiming the findings were “based on false information” –– even though they were …

An escalation in violence involving major Turkish gangs has spilled over into European cities, where suspected mafia figures have been shot in broad daylight.

Ivanishvili also appears to retain a Russian company through an offshore structure, despite promising to divest from Russia.