As Vladimir Putin tightens his circle of trust, a former secret service officer has emerged as one of his closest aid..
Categoria : CRIME E CORRUPTION
A former Rhode Island resident was convicted in federal court for attempting to traffic more than 400 pounds of illegal narcotics into Canada via an inflatable raft, but beachgoers found his stash and alerted authoriti..
A Montenegrin dubbed the ‘Pirate of the Unknown’ is set to be arraigned Monday in U.S. federal court for allegedly trafficking several tons of Latin American cocaine all over the world onboard container vesse..
Both sides declared victory in Venezuela’s election on Sunday, despite the country’s election authority—staffed with government loyalists—declaring incumbent President Nicolás Maduro the winner. Many foreign leaders appear to have reservations about the resul..
Kenyan President William Ruto said on Sunday that reports about the government’s intention to lease the country’s main international airport to India’s Adani Group are “fake news.” But he admitted there would be a private-public agreement for its extensi..
The stunning arrest of the Sinaloa Cartel leadership at the Texas border is likely to rearrange the map of organized crime groups in Mexico and could lead to a surge in violence, experts s..
Venezuelans are heading to the polls on Sunday in the most anticipated elections in decades, with many hoping to put an end to the repressive political system established 25 years ago by Hugo Chávez and inherited a decade ago by Nicolás Maduro. The left-wing populist has pushed the country into economic decline, leading a quarter ..
Social media giant Meta said Friday that scores of Facebook posts by OCCRP member center In-Depth Solomons were blocked this week due to a “technical error,” but an expert said it most likely was the result of users reporting the website’s content as sp..
Facebook temporarily blocked scores of posts on a page run by an OCCRP member center, In-Depth Solomons, after incorrectly labeling the independent investigative news outlet’s journalism as spam. The outlet suspects that complaints by critics who want to silence independent journalism may be behind the blocka..
A new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime claims that Iraq is becoming a major hub for drug trafficking, as authorities there seized record amounts of Captagon in 2023, valued at up to US$144 milli..