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Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

January 01, 1970

The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) is a global network of investigative journalists with staff on six continents.[1] It was founded in 2006 and specializes in organized crime and corruption.

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Formation2006
FounderDrew Sullivan
Paul Radu
TypeInternational non-governmental organization
PurposeCombat corruption, crime prevention
Websitewww.occrp.org

It publishes its stories through local media and in English and Russian through its website. OCCRP works with and supports 50+ independent media outlets in Europe, Africa, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. In 2017, NGO Advisor ranked it 69th in the world in their annual list of the 500 best non-governmental organizations (NGO).[2]

History edit

OCCRP was founded by veteran journalists Drew Sullivan and Paul Radu. Sullivan was serving as the editor of the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) and Radu worked with an early Romanian center. The team paired with colleagues in the region on a story looking at energy traders. The project showed traders were buying power at below production rates while the public was paying increasingly higher fees.[citation needed]

In 2019 the project received a Global Shining Light Award Citation of Excellence from the Global Investigative Journalism Network for its story entitled The Azerbaijani Laundromat.[3]

In March 2022, OCCRP was labeled as "undesirable organization" in Russia.[4]

Work edit

Investigations edit

The OCCRP has been involved in a number of high-profile investigations, including looking at the offshore services industry, organized crime ownership in football clubs, casinos and the security industry.[5][6][7]

Magnitsky case edit

In 2013, it investigated the Magnitsky case, the largest tax fraud in Russian history, and wrote that funds stolen from the Russian treasury ended up in a company now owned by the son of Moscow's former transportation minister. Some of the money was used to buy high-end real estate near Wall Street.[8][9] US prosecutors have since sought to seize $18 million in property from the company.[10]

Montenegro edit

It published stories on Montenegro's long-time President and Prime Minister Milo Đukanović. Two series looked at the ties between Đukanović and organized crime. One series traced the President's family-owned bank, Prva Banka (First Bank), and how the president privatized it to his brother cheaply, moved massive state funds into the bank and then loaned the money out to his family, friends and organized crime on overly favorable terms. When the bank failed under the weight of these bad loans, the president bailed it out with taxpayer money. The Central Bank said the government lied about repaying the loan[which?] simply shuttling funds back and forth and claiming the loan was repaid.[11][12] A second series examined how the president through his staff kept close relationships to international drug traffickers like Darko Saric, and that municipalities controlled by the president's party gave prime coastal property almost for free to Saric. It also wrote that the Italian mafia was smuggling cigarettes to Italy from an island off the coast of Montenegro owned by his[whose?] good friend Stanko Subotic and controlled by his[whose?] head of security.[13][12]

Moldova edit

It investigated an assassination attempt on a Russian banker which led the Moldovan government to ban the pro-Russian Patria political party from the 2014 elections and the party's leader to flee the country.[14][15] It also looked at a massive money laundering scheme, the Russian Laundromat, that moved tens of billions of dollars into Europe using offshore companies, fake loans and bribed Moldovan judges. Some of the Russian banks involved were owned in part by Igor Putin, a cousin of Russian President Vladimir Putin.[16][17]

Swedish telecom bribery scandal edit

In 2015, working with SVT Swedish Television and the TT News Agency, the OCCRP uncovered that the Swedish/Finnish Telecom giant TeliaSonera (now Telia), Vimpelcom and other phone companies had paid about $1 billion in bribes.[18][19] More than $800 million in assets were seized or frozen by law enforcement after the scandal. Vimpelcom attempted to negotiate a $775 million fine for their part in the bribes,[20] but was fined $795 million, including a $230 million criminal penalty to both U.S. and Dutch authorities, and a $375 million penalty to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.[21][22] OCCRP, SVT and TT News Agency were awarded the Golden Shovel Award, the most important award for investigative journalism in Sweden.[18]

Panama Papers edit

OCCRP worked on the Panama Papers project with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and Süddeutsche Zeitung producing more than 40 stories on corruption through the use of offshore entities, which won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize Journalism.[23] These included how friends close to Russian President Vladimir Putin were receiving large sums of money through offshore companies;[24] how the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev owned a majority of his country's mining industry through offshore companies;[25][26] and, how President Petro Poroshenko in Ukraine had violated Ukrainian law and avoided taxes using offshore companies.[27]

In 2019, OCCRP and 21 media partners discovered that Russia's former largest investment bank – Troika Dialog laundered $4.8 billion of funds. The so called scheme – Troika laundromat allowed funds to flow from Russian companies and figures into Europe and the US between 2003 and early 2013.[28][29][30][31]

Formations House edit

Main article: Formations House

In December 2019, Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) published "#29 Leaks" in partnership with the OCCRP and more than 20 outlets in 18 countries.[32]

The 450 gigabytes of data came from Formations House (now The London Office), a "company mill" which registered and operated companies for clients included organized crime groups, state-owned oil companies, and fraudulent banks.[33][34][35] The leak included emails, documents, faxes, and recordings of phone calls.[33] Investigations revealed the firm ran a web of companies registered in Hong Kong, Cyprus, the British Virgin Islands and Pakistan,[36] helped clients avoid anti-money laundering rules[37] and had created banks in The Gambia in an attempt to create a tax haven.[36][38] According to The Times, there was no evidence that Formations House did anything illegal but their investigation highlighted worrying vulnerabilities in the UK’s defences against money laundering".[39]

The release was compared to both the Panama Papers and the Paradise Papers.[33][34][35] Belgian tax authorities initiated an investigation based on data from this leak and from the Cayman National Bank and Trust leak published by DDoSecrets the prior month.[40] Politicians in Sweden and the UK, including anti-corruption chief John Penrose said the leak showed the need for reforms on company creation and registration.[36][41]

Russian asset tracker edit

In March 2022, in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the project launched the Russian asset tracker to showcase the assets of the oligarchs and other influential Russians who have links to the Russian president Vladimir Putin.[42] In June 2022, the company revealed an investigation on LLCInvest.[43]

Team Jorge edit

In February 2023, together with The Guardian and other publications, the OCCRP uncovered a vast disinformation campaign codenamed Team Jorge, organized by ex-Israeli special forces operative Tal Hanan, which is alleged to have conducted electoral meddling in more than 30 countries over the course of several years.[44]

NarcoFiles edit

In November 2023, the OCCRP joined with more than 40 media partners including Cerosetenta / 070, Vorágine, the Centro Latinoamericano de Investigación Periodística (CLIP) and Distributed Denial of Secrets and journalists in 23 countries and territories for the largest investigative project on organized crime to originate in Latin America, producing the 'NarcoFiles' report. The investigation was based on more than seven million emails from the Colombian prosecutor’s office which had been hacked by Guacamaya, including correspondence with embassies and authorities around the world. The files dated from 2001-2022 and included audio clips, PDFs, spreadsheets, and calendars.[45][46] The investigation revealed new details about the global drug trade and over 44 tons of "controlled deliveries" carried out to infiltrate the drug trade[47][48] and how criminals corrupt politicians, bankers, accountants, lawyers, law enforcement agents, hackers, logistics experts, and journalists in order to use logistical, financial, and digital infrastructures.[49]

Cyprus Confidential edit

Main article: Cyprus Confidential

In November 2023, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Paper Trail Media [de] and 69 media partners including Distributed Denial of Secrets and the OCCRP and more than 270 journalists in 55 countries and territories[50][51] produced the 'Cyprus Confidential' report on the financial network which supports the regime of Vladimir Putin, mostly with connections to Cyprus, and showed Cyprus to have strong links with high-up figures in the Kremlin, some of whom have been sanctioned.[52][53] Government officials including Cyprus president Nikos Christodoulides[54] and European lawmakers[55] began responding to the investigation's findings in less than 24 hours,[54] calling for reforms and launching probes.[56][57]

Uzbekistan edit

According to the OCCRP, Vlast, and iStories, Uzbekistan's exports to Russia have increased significantly since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine (February 24, 2022), including cotton pulp and nitrocellulose. These components are key in the manufacture of explosives and gunpowder. At least two large Uzbek exporters worked with Russian military-industrial complex enterprises, and at least three Russian companies - Bina Group, Khimtrade and Lenakhim - sold Uzbek cotton pulp in Russia to military plants under US sanctions.[58][59]

Person of the Year Award edit

Since 2012, OCCRP has dedicated the Person of the Year Award that "recognizes the individual or institution that has done the most to advance organized criminal activity and corruption in the world".[60]

Drew Sullivan said that Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte "has made a mockery of rule of law in his country. While he is not your typical corrupt leader, he has empowered corruption in an innovative way. His death squads have allegedly focused on criminals but, in fact, are less discriminating. He has empowered a bully-run system of survival of the fiercest. In the end, the Philippines are more corrupt, more cruel, and less democratic."[65]

Daily Updates edit

The website of the organization provides daily updates about alleged instances of corruption and organized crime around the world, which reach 6 million readers every month.[72]

OCCRP Aleph edit

OCCRP Aleph is an investigative data platform containing an archive of government records and open databases. OCCRP grants access to journalists and activists on a case by case basis.[73]

Luxembourg ultimate beneficial owner database edit

The UBO register does not allow search-by-owner-name, only company name or registration number. OCCRP received, from Le Monde, 3.3 million documents about 140,000 Luxembourg companies, scraped from the registry.[74] Reporting about this are:

Global Anti-Corruption Consortium edit

The Global Anti-Corruption Consortium (GACC) is a partnership that brings together investigative reporting from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and advocacy driven by Transparency International (TI). TI uses evidence from OCCRP’s corruption investigations to inform and strengthen policy and legal advocacy. For example, OCCRP’s 2017 Azerbaijani Laundromat investigation revealed a US$2.9 billion money-laundering operation and slush fund run by Azerbaijan’s ruling elite. Run through four shell companies registered in the UK, with billions passing through Danske Bank – Denmark’s biggest bank – the laundered money was used to influence European politicians and representatives of international organizations, including delegates to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) — Europe’s most significant human rights body.

TI rallied public pressure, presented European and national policymakers with evidence of reputation laundering and advocated for an independent investigation into allegations of corruption at the PACE. Resignations at the highest levels of the PACE followed almost immediately. A year later, PACE’s independent external investigation found numerous breaches of codes of conduct and, in some cases, corrupt activities.[93]

Mission edit

OCCRP's stated goal is to help people understand how organized crime and corruption resides in their countries and in their governments.[72] The organization does not belong to any country, political philosophy or set of beliefs other than that all people should be allowed to choose their own governments and lead their own lives in safety, liberty and opportunity.[72] Its reporters and editors come from dozens of countries.[72]

OCCRP's mission statement says, "Our world is increasingly polarized. The world’s media channels are rife with propaganda, misinformation and simply wrong information. We must all strive to understand how our increasingly complex society works. We must be able to find the truth to make the kinds of decisions we need to. We are committed in our small way to telling the truth the best we can."[72]

The organization provides training to reporters and partners.[72]

Impact edit

As of November 2023, OCCRP has claimed the following totals as a result of its investigations:[94]

  • >US$10 billion in fines levied and assets seized by government agencies
  • 135 resignations or sackings of key figures, including a President, Prime Minister and CEOs of major international corporations
  • 745 government actions
  • 663 arrests, indictments, or sentences
  • 414 official investigations
  • 241 civic actions
  • 132 corporate actions

Organization and funding edit

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) is a registered name of the Journalism Development Network (JDN), a Maryland-based 501(c)(3) organization.[95] OCCRP is governed by a board of directors: Marina Gorbis, David Boardman, Anders Alexanderson, Sue Gardner, Saska Cvetkovska, Drew Sullivan and Paul Radu.[96]

OCCRP include the Center for Investigative Reporting (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (CIN) in Sarajevo, the RISE Project in Bucharest, the Centar za istraživačko novinarstvo - Serbia (CINS)[97] in Belgrade, Investigative Journalists of Armenia (HETQ)[98] in Yerevan, the Bulgarian Investigative Journalism Center[99] in Sofia, Átlátszó.hu [hu][100] in Budapest, MANS[101] in Montenegro, Re:Baltica[102] in Riga, SCOOP-Macedonia[103] in Skopje, Bivol.bg[104] in Bulgaria, Slidstvo.info [uk][105] in Ukraine, The Czech Center for Investigative Reporting[106] in Prague and RISE Moldova in Chisinau, the Belarusian Investigative Center in exile in Poland among others. It is also partnered with Novaya Gazeta in Moscow and the Kyiv Post in Kyiv. New member centers were added to the OCCRP Network between 2015 and 2016, including the Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI), Direkt36 in Hungary, Slidstvo.info in Ukraine, and DOSSIER in Austria.[107]

OCCRP is supported by grants by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), the United States Department of State, the Swiss Confederation, Google Ideas, Open Society Foundations (OSF)[108] and the Knight Foundation.[72]

Awards and recognition edit

OCCRP won the 2015 European Press Prize Special Award for its work, with the judges saying "the OCCRP is a memorably motivated, determined force for good everywhere it operates. Its members do not get rich, but the societies they serve are richer and cleaner for the scrutiny only true, independent journalism can provide."[109]

It won the 2015 Investigative Reporters and Editors Tom Renner award for "The Khadija Project," an initiative to continue the work of imprisoned OCCRP/RFE reporter Khadija Ismayilova.[110] It has been a finalist for three years running for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists' Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting. It was a 2010 finalist for its project on the illegal document trade.[111] It won the 2011 Daniel Pearl Award for its project[112] "Offshore Crime, Inc.",[113] a series of stories documenting offshore tax havens, the criminals who use them and millions of dollars in lost tax money. It was again a finalist in 2013 for its story about an international money laundering ring called the Proxy Platform.[114] It won the Global Shining Light Award in 2008 for investigative reporting under duress for its series on energy traders.[115] OCCRP was double finalist for the same award in 2013 for its stories on the first family of Montenegro's bank, "First Family, First Bank".[116] It won the award[117] for its stories on the first family of Azerbaijan's ownership of major companies in that country. It partnered with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists for a project on tobacco smuggling[118] that won the Overseas Press Club Award and Investigative Reporters and Editors's Tom Renner Award for crime reporting.[119][120]

Khadija Ismayilova edit

OCCRP and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty[121] journalist Khadija Ismayilova, based in Baku, Azerbaijan was blackmailed by an unknown party with video captured in her bedroom using a camera installed in the wall. The camera was planted two days after OCCRP/RFERL published a story by Ismayilova about the presidential family in Azerbaijan and how it secretly owned Azerfon, a mobile phone company with a monopoly 3G license.[122] A note threatened to show the videos if Ismayilova did not "behave". She went public about the threats and the videos were shown on at least two websites. Ismayilova said that "the evidence shows that the government agencies were involved in the crime and prosecutor’s office fails to act as an independent investigative body".[123]

After this incident, Ismayilova published articles stating that the first family also owned shares in six major goldfields[124][non-primary source needed] and they owned one of the construction companies that built the new showcase Crystal Hall[125][non-primary source needed] auditorium in Baku, the site of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. In September 2015, Ismayilova was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty wrote that the charges were "widely viewed as being trumped up in retaliation for her reports linking family members of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to massive business and real estate holdings". Amal Clooney offered to act as her lawyer.[126]

OCCRP started the Khadija Project, an investigative reporting effort to continue Ismayilova's work.[127]

From 2016 to the present (2021), OCCRP's website has been permanently blocked in Azerbaijan by the Aliev government, without any court decision.[128]

In January 2019, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the Azerbaijan government failed to properly investigate a 2012 "sex video" and the subsequent threats of its public disclosure.[129][130]

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organized, crime, corruption, reporting, project, occrp, global, network, investigative, journalists, with, staff, continents, founded, 2006, specializes, organized, crime, corruption, formation2006founderdrew, sullivanpaul, radutypeinternational, governmental. The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project OCCRP is a global network of investigative journalists with staff on six continents 1 It was founded in 2006 and specializes in organized crime and corruption Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting ProjectFormation2006FounderDrew SullivanPaul RaduTypeInternational non governmental organizationPurposeCombat corruption crime preventionWebsitewww wbr occrp wbr org It publishes its stories through local media and in English and Russian through its website OCCRP works with and supports 50 independent media outlets in Europe Africa the Caucasus and Central Asia In 2017 NGO Advisor ranked it 69th in the world in their annual list of the 500 best non governmental organizations NGO 2 Contents 1 History 2 Work 2 1 Investigations 2 1 1 Magnitsky case 2 1 2 Montenegro 2 1 3 Moldova 2 1 4 Swedish telecom bribery scandal 2 1 5 Panama Papers 2 1 6 Formations House 2 1 7 Russian asset tracker 2 1 8 Team Jorge 2 1 9 NarcoFiles 2 1 10 Cyprus Confidential 2 1 11 Uzbekistan 2 2 Person of the Year Award 2 3 Daily Updates 2 4 OCCRP Aleph 2 5 Luxembourg ultimate beneficial owner database 2 6 Global Anti Corruption Consortium 3 Mission 4 Impact 5 Organization and funding 6 Awards and recognition 7 Khadija Ismayilova 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksHistory editOCCRP was founded by veteran journalists Drew Sullivan and Paul Radu Sullivan was serving as the editor of the Center for Investigative Reporting CIR and Radu worked with an early Romanian center The team paired with colleagues in the region on a story looking at energy traders The project showed traders were buying power at below production rates while the public was paying increasingly higher fees citation needed In 2019 the project received a Global Shining Light Award Citation of Excellence from the Global Investigative Journalism Network for its story entitled The Azerbaijani Laundromat 3 In March 2022 OCCRP was labeled as undesirable organization in Russia 4 Work editInvestigations edit This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it December 2023 The OCCRP has been involved in a number of high profile investigations including looking at the offshore services industry organized crime ownership in football clubs casinos and the security industry 5 6 7 Magnitsky case edit In 2013 it investigated the Magnitsky case the largest tax fraud in Russian history and wrote that funds stolen from the Russian treasury ended up in a company now owned by the son of Moscow s former transportation minister Some of the money was used to buy high end real estate near Wall Street 8 9 US prosecutors have since sought to seize 18 million in property from the company 10 Montenegro edit It published stories on Montenegro s long time President and Prime Minister Milo Đukanovic Two series looked at the ties between Đukanovic and organized crime One series traced the President s family owned bank Prva Banka First Bank and how the president privatized it to his brother cheaply moved massive state funds into the bank and then loaned the money out to his family friends and organized crime on overly favorable terms When the bank failed under the weight of these bad loans the president bailed it out with taxpayer money The Central Bank said the government lied about repaying the loan which simply shuttling funds back and forth and claiming the loan was repaid 11 12 A second series examined how the president through his staff kept close relationships to international drug traffickers like Darko Saric and that municipalities controlled by the president s party gave prime coastal property almost for free to Saric It also wrote that the Italian mafia was smuggling cigarettes to Italy from an island off the coast of Montenegro owned by his whose good friend Stanko Subotic and controlled by his whose head of security 13 12 Moldova edit It investigated an assassination attempt on a Russian banker which led the Moldovan government to ban the pro Russian Patria political party from the 2014 elections and the party s leader to flee the country 14 15 It also looked at a massive money laundering scheme the Russian Laundromat that moved tens of billions of dollars into Europe using offshore companies fake loans and bribed Moldovan judges Some of the Russian banks involved were owned in part by Igor Putin a cousin of Russian President Vladimir Putin 16 17 Swedish telecom bribery scandal edit In 2015 working with SVT Swedish Television and the TT News Agency the OCCRP uncovered that the Swedish Finnish Telecom giant TeliaSonera now Telia Vimpelcom and other phone companies had paid about 1 billion in bribes 18 19 More than 800 million in assets were seized or frozen by law enforcement after the scandal Vimpelcom attempted to negotiate a 775 million fine for their part in the bribes 20 but was fined 795 million including a 230 million criminal penalty to both U S and Dutch authorities and a 375 million penalty to the U S Securities and Exchange Commission 21 22 OCCRP SVT and TT News Agency were awarded the Golden Shovel Award the most important award for investigative journalism in Sweden 18 Panama Papers edit OCCRP worked on the Panama Papers project with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and Suddeutsche Zeitung producing more than 40 stories on corruption through the use of offshore entities which won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize Journalism 23 These included how friends close to Russian President Vladimir Putin were receiving large sums of money through offshore companies 24 how the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev owned a majority of his country s mining industry through offshore companies 25 26 and how President Petro Poroshenko in Ukraine had violated Ukrainian law and avoided taxes using offshore companies 27 In 2019 OCCRP and 21 media partners discovered that Russia s former largest investment bank Troika Dialog laundered 4 8 billion of funds The so called scheme Troika laundromat allowed funds to flow from Russian companies and figures into Europe and the US between 2003 and early 2013 28 29 30 31 Formations House edit Main article Formations House In December 2019 Distributed Denial of Secrets DDoSecrets published 29 Leaks in partnership with the OCCRP and more than 20 outlets in 18 countries 32 The 450 gigabytes of data came from Formations House now The London Office a company mill which registered and operated companies for clients included organized crime groups state owned oil companies and fraudulent banks 33 34 35 The leak included emails documents faxes and recordings of phone calls 33 Investigations revealed the firm ran a web of companies registered in Hong Kong Cyprus the British Virgin Islands and Pakistan 36 helped clients avoid anti money laundering rules 37 and had created banks in The Gambia in an attempt to create a tax haven 36 38 According to The Times there was no evidence that Formations House did anything illegal but their investigation highlighted worrying vulnerabilities in the UK s defences against money laundering 39 The release was compared to both the Panama Papers and the Paradise Papers 33 34 35 Belgian tax authorities initiated an investigation based on data from this leak and from the Cayman National Bank and Trust leak published by DDoSecrets the prior month 40 Politicians in Sweden and the UK including anti corruption chief John Penrose said the leak showed the need for reforms on company creation and registration 36 41 Russian asset tracker edit In March 2022 in response to Russia s invasion of Ukraine the project launched the Russian asset tracker to showcase the assets of the oligarchs and other influential Russians who have links to the Russian president Vladimir Putin 42 In June 2022 the company revealed an investigation on LLCInvest 43 Team Jorge edit In February 2023 together with The Guardian and other publications the OCCRP uncovered a vast disinformation campaign codenamed Team Jorge organized by ex Israeli special forces operative Tal Hanan which is alleged to have conducted electoral meddling in more than 30 countries over the course of several years 44 NarcoFiles edit In November 2023 the OCCRP joined with more than 40 media partners including Cerosetenta 070 Voragine the Centro Latinoamericano de Investigacion Periodistica CLIP and Distributed Denial of Secrets and journalists in 23 countries and territories for the largest investigative project on organized crime to originate in Latin America producing the NarcoFiles report The investigation was based on more than seven million emails from the Colombian prosecutor s office which had been hacked by Guacamaya including correspondence with embassies and authorities around the world The files dated from 2001 2022 and included audio clips PDFs spreadsheets and calendars 45 46 The investigation revealed new details about the global drug trade and over 44 tons of controlled deliveries carried out to infiltrate the drug trade 47 48 and how criminals corrupt politicians bankers accountants lawyers law enforcement agents hackers logistics experts and journalists in order to use logistical financial and digital infrastructures 49 Cyprus Confidential edit Main article Cyprus Confidential In November 2023 the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Paper Trail Media de and 69 media partners including Distributed Denial of Secrets and the OCCRP and more than 270 journalists in 55 countries and territories 50 51 produced the Cyprus Confidential report on the financial network which supports the regime of Vladimir Putin mostly with connections to Cyprus and showed Cyprus to have strong links with high up figures in the Kremlin some of whom have been sanctioned 52 53 Government officials including Cyprus president Nikos Christodoulides 54 and European lawmakers 55 began responding to the investigation s findings in less than 24 hours 54 calling for reforms and launching probes 56 57 Uzbekistan edit According to the OCCRP Vlast and iStories Uzbekistan s exports to Russia have increased significantly since the start of the full scale invasion of Ukraine February 24 2022 including cotton pulp and nitrocellulose These components are key in the manufacture of explosives and gunpowder At least two large Uzbek exporters worked with Russian military industrial complex enterprises and at least three Russian companies Bina Group Khimtrade and Lenakhim sold Uzbek cotton pulp in Russia to military plants under US sanctions 58 59 Person of the Year Award edit Since 2012 OCCRP has dedicated the Person of the Year Award that recognizes the individual or institution that has done the most to advance organized criminal activity and corruption in the world 60 2012 Ilham Aliyev President of Azerbaijan Other mentions Naser Kelmendi Milo Đukanovic Vladimir Putin Miroslav Miskovic Islam Karimov Darko Saric 61 2013 Parliament of Romania Other mentions Darko Saric Gulnara Karimova 62 2014 Vladimir Putin President of the Russian Federation Other mentions Viktor Orban Milo Đukanovic 63 2015 Milo Đukanovic Prime Minister of Montenegro Other mentions First Family of Azerbaijan Nikola Gruevski 64 2016 Nicolas Maduro President of Venezuela Other mentions Rodrigo Duterte Bashar al Assad ISIL ISIS Raul Castro Luis Alberto Rodriguez Vladimir Putin 60 2017 Rodrigo Duterte President of the Philippines Other mentions Jacob Zuma Robert Mugabe 65 2018 Danske Bank as Actor of the Year because it is a company not a human for the money laundering scandal 66 Other mentions Vladimir Putin Viktor Orban Mohammed bin Salman Donald Trump 2019 Joseph Muscat for the flourishing of criminality and corruption under his leadership as Prime Minister of Malta 67 Other mentions Donald Trump Rudy Giuliani Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso 2020 Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil for surrounding himself with corrupt figures using propaganda to promote his populist agenda undermining the justice system and waging a destructive war against the Amazon region that has enriched some of the country s worst land owners Other mentions President of the United States Donald Trump President of Turkey Recep Erdogan and Ihor Kolomoyskyi 68 2021 Alexander Lukashenko President of Belarus in recognition of all he has done to advance organized criminal activity and corruption Other mentions Former President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani President of Syria Bashar al Assad President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan Former Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz 69 2022 Yevgeny Prigozhin a Russian oligarch and mercenary leader for his tireless efforts to extend Russia s vicious and corrupt reach to steal for Vladimir Putin and to punish those who resist Other mentions European Court of Justice President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega 70 2023 Maria Consuelo Porras Attorney General of Guatemala for derailing democracy working to keep the corrupt government in power by overseeing efforts to prevent president elect Bernardo Arevalo from assuming office and brutally persecuting honest prosecutors journalists and activists Other mentions President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina 71 Drew Sullivan said that Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has made a mockery of rule of law in his country While he is not your typical corrupt leader he has empowered corruption in an innovative way His death squads have allegedly focused on criminals but in fact are less discriminating He has empowered a bully run system of survival of the fiercest In the end the Philippines are more corrupt more cruel and less democratic 65 Daily Updates edit The website of the organization provides daily updates about alleged instances of corruption and organized crime around the world which reach 6 million readers every month 72 OCCRP Aleph edit OCCRP Aleph is an investigative data platform containing an archive of government records and open databases OCCRP grants access to journalists and activists on a case by case basis 73 Luxembourg ultimate beneficial owner database edit The UBO register does not allow search by owner name only company name or registration number OCCRP received from Le Monde 3 3 million documents about 140 000 Luxembourg companies scraped from the registry 74 Reporting about this are Le Monde France 75 IrpiMedia Investigative reporting project Italy Italy 76 77 IStories media Russia 78 Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism de Middle East 79 KRIK rs Serbia 80 Bivol bg Bulgaria 81 Investigace cz cs Czech Republic 82 Suddeutsche Zeitung Germany 83 Le Soir Belgium 84 Woxx Luxembourg 85 McClatchy Miami Herald El Nuevo Herald U S 86 Revista Piaui Brazil 87 Tempo Indonesia 88 Armando Info Venezuela 89 La Nacion Argentina 90 Inkyfada com Tunisia 91 Infolibre es es Spain 92 Global Anti Corruption Consortium edit The Global Anti Corruption Consortium GACC is a partnership that brings together investigative reporting from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project OCCRP and advocacy driven by Transparency International TI TI uses evidence from OCCRP s corruption investigations to inform and strengthen policy and legal advocacy For example OCCRP s 2017 Azerbaijani Laundromat investigation revealed a US 2 9 billion money laundering operation and slush fund run by Azerbaijan s ruling elite Run through four shell companies registered in the UK with billions passing through Danske Bank Denmark s biggest bank the laundered money was used to influence European politicians and representatives of international organizations including delegates to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe PACE Europe s most significant human rights body TI rallied public pressure presented European and national policymakers with evidence of reputation laundering and advocated for an independent investigation into allegations of corruption at the PACE Resignations at the highest levels of the PACE followed almost immediately A year later PACE s independent external investigation found numerous breaches of codes of conduct and in some cases corrupt activities 93 Mission editOCCRP s stated goal is to help people understand how organized crime and corruption resides in their countries and in their governments 72 The organization does not belong to any country political philosophy or set of beliefs other than that all people should be allowed to choose their own governments and lead their own lives in safety liberty and opportunity 72 Its reporters and editors come from dozens of countries 72 OCCRP s mission statement says Our world is increasingly polarized The world s media channels are rife with propaganda misinformation and simply wrong information We must all strive to understand how our increasingly complex society works We must be able to find the truth to make the kinds of decisions we need to We are committed in our small way to telling the truth the best we can 72 The organization provides training to reporters and partners 72 Impact editAs of November 2023 OCCRP has claimed the following totals as a result of its investigations 94 gt US 10 billion in fines levied and assets seized by government agencies 135 resignations or sackings of key figures including a President Prime Minister and CEOs of major international corporations 745 government actions 663 arrests indictments or sentences 414 official investigations 241 civic actions 132 corporate actionsOrganization and funding editOrganized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project OCCRP is a registered name of the Journalism Development Network JDN a Maryland based 501 c 3 organization 95 OCCRP is governed by a board of directors Marina Gorbis David Boardman Anders Alexanderson Sue Gardner Saska Cvetkovska Drew Sullivan and Paul Radu 96 OCCRP include the Center for Investigative Reporting Bosnia and Herzegovina CIN in Sarajevo the RISE Project in Bucharest the Centar za istrazivacko novinarstvo Serbia CINS 97 in Belgrade Investigative Journalists of Armenia HETQ 98 in Yerevan the Bulgarian Investigative Journalism Center 99 in Sofia Atlatszo hu hu 100 in Budapest MANS 101 in Montenegro Re Baltica 102 in Riga SCOOP Macedonia 103 in Skopje Bivol bg 104 in Bulgaria Slidstvo info uk 105 in Ukraine The Czech Center for Investigative Reporting 106 in Prague and RISE Moldova in Chisinau the Belarusian Investigative Center in exile in Poland among others It is also partnered with Novaya Gazeta in Moscow and the Kyiv Post in Kyiv New member centers were added to the OCCRP Network between 2015 and 2016 including the Investigative Reporting Project Italy IRPI Direkt36 in Hungary Slidstvo info in Ukraine and DOSSIER in Austria 107 OCCRP is supported by grants by the United States Agency for International Development USAID the International Center for Journalists ICFJ the United States Department of State the Swiss Confederation Google Ideas Open Society Foundations OSF 108 and the Knight Foundation 72 Awards and recognition editOCCRP won the 2015 European Press Prize Special Award for its work with the judges saying the OCCRP is a memorably motivated determined force for good everywhere it operates Its members do not get rich but the societies they serve are richer and cleaner for the scrutiny only true independent journalism can provide 109 It won the 2015 Investigative Reporters and Editors Tom Renner award for The Khadija Project an initiative to continue the work of imprisoned OCCRP RFE reporter Khadija Ismayilova 110 It has been a finalist for three years running for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting It was a 2010 finalist for its project on the illegal document trade 111 It won the 2011 Daniel Pearl Award for its project 112 Offshore Crime Inc 113 a series of stories documenting offshore tax havens the criminals who use them and millions of dollars in lost tax money It was again a finalist in 2013 for its story about an international money laundering ring called the Proxy Platform 114 It won the Global Shining Light Award in 2008 for investigative reporting under duress for its series on energy traders 115 OCCRP was double finalist for the same award in 2013 for its stories on the first family of Montenegro s bank First Family First Bank 116 It won the award 117 for its stories on the first family of Azerbaijan s ownership of major companies in that country It partnered with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists for a project on tobacco smuggling 118 that won the Overseas Press Club Award and Investigative Reporters and Editors s Tom Renner Award for crime reporting 119 120 Khadija Ismayilova editOCCRP and Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty 121 journalist Khadija Ismayilova based in Baku Azerbaijan was blackmailed by an unknown party with video captured in her bedroom using a camera installed in the wall The camera was planted two days after OCCRP RFERL published a story by Ismayilova about the presidential family in Azerbaijan and how it secretly owned Azerfon a mobile phone company with a monopoly 3G license 122 A note threatened to show the videos if Ismayilova did not behave She went public about the threats and the videos were shown on at least two websites Ismayilova said that the evidence shows that the government agencies were involved in the crime and prosecutor s office fails to act as an independent investigative body 123 After this incident Ismayilova published articles stating that the first family also owned shares in six major goldfields 124 non primary source needed and they owned one of the construction companies that built the new showcase Crystal Hall 125 non primary source needed auditorium in Baku the site of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest In September 2015 Ismayilova was sentenced to 7 5 years in prison Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty wrote that the charges were widely viewed as being trumped up in retaliation for her reports linking family members of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to massive business and real estate holdings Amal Clooney offered to act as her lawyer 126 OCCRP started the Khadija Project an investigative reporting effort to continue Ismayilova s work 127 From 2016 to the present 2021 OCCRP s website has been permanently blocked in Azerbaijan by the Aliev government without any court decision 128 In January 2019 the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the Azerbaijan government failed to properly investigate a 2012 sex video and the subsequent threats of its public disclosure 129 130 See also editCenter for Public Integrity United States Distributed Denial of Secrets European Investigative Collaborations International Consortium of Investigative JournalistsReferences edit Project Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Our Team OCCRP Retrieved 2022 08 05 Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project OCCRP The Magnitsky Human Rights Awards www 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Letter from Montenegro Organized Crime s State of Play The American Interest Unholy Alliances OCCRP 2014 07 01 Asasin in lege RISE Moldova 2014 11 28 Moldova Pro Russia Party Banned From Elections After OCCRP Expose OCCRP 2014 11 28 Laundromat OCCRP 2014 08 21 Harding Luke 20 March 2017 The Global Laundromat how did it work and who benefited The Guardian Retrieved 20 March 2017 a b OCCRP SVT and TT Awarded Golden Shovel for TeliaSonera Investigation www occrp org Retrieved 2023 12 24 Westerberg TT Ola The TeliaSonera Scandals A Swedish Trauma Corruptistan OCCRP Retrieved 2023 12 24 VimpelCom Negotiating Near Record US 775 Million in Bribery Penalty www occrp org Retrieved 2023 12 24 VimpelCom fined 795m in corruption case www ft com Retrieved 2023 12 24 Schreck Carl Eckel Mike 2016 02 19 VimpelCom To Pay 795 Million Fine Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty Retrieved 2023 12 24 Paul Radu Pulitzer Center Paul Radu is co founder and chief of innovation at OCCRP he was part of the Panama 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Retrieved 2023 12 24 About the Cyprus Confidential investigation ICIJ 2023 11 14 Archived from the original on 2023 11 21 Retrieved 2023 12 24 Cyprus Confidential Leaked Roman Abramovich documents raise fresh questions for Chelsea FC ICIJ led investigation reveals how Mediterranean island ignores Russian atrocities and western sanctions to cash in on Putin s oligarchs The Irish Times 15 November 2023 Retrieved 15 November 2023 Cyprus Confidential ICIJ www icij org 14 November 2023 Retrieved 14 November 2023 a b Cypriot president pledges government probe into Cyprus Confidential revelations ICIJ 2023 11 15 Archived from the original on 2023 12 14 Retrieved 2023 12 24 Lawmakers call for EU crackdown after ICIJ s Cyprus Confidential revelations ICIJ 2023 11 23 Archived from the original on 2023 12 24 Retrieved 2023 12 24 Cyprus ignores Russian atrocities Western sanctions to shield vast wealth of Putin allies ICIJ 2023 11 14 Archived from the original on 2023 12 14 Retrieved 2023 12 24 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