Last week, a whistleblower sparked outrage in Kenya after he claimed in a social media post that the country’s main airport would be leased to one of India’s largest conglomerates, Adani Group.

Kenyan anti-government protests in Nairobi have been ongoing for six weeks. (Photo: OCCRP)

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A Russian court has sentenced veteran RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, who holds dual U.S.-Russian citizenship, to 6.5 years in prison on charges of spreading falsehoods about the Russian army. The ruling came the same day another court sentenced U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal to 16 years in prison on charges of espionage.

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Nigerian anti-crime authorities announced Wednesday they had deactivated two illegal refining sites containing two ovens, two dug-out pits, and three storage units filled with large amounts of stolen crude oil in the Konsho area of Akassa, Bayelsa State.

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The RISE Project, OCCRP’s Romanian partner, has been under pressure from judicial authorities following a series of investigative stories about migrant trafficking networks in western Romania, which are allegedly linked to ghost companies and high-ranking law enforcement officials.

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A Russian national was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for smuggling American military technology into Russia, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said.

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Kanykei Aranova says someone else created a Facebook profile in her name, and posted the anti-government messages that led to her conviction.

Activist Kanykei Aranova. (Photo: Screenshot of Facebook post by Каныкей Аранова)

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While crypto ATM operators insist they take steps to protect the public, investigators say the machines are a gift to criminal networks.

(Photo: James O’Brien/OCCRP)

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Three leaders of an extremist Jewish cult received lengthy prison sentences in U.S. court for the kidnapping and sex trafficking of a girl and boy, after they stole the minors from their mother in the dead of night and tried to smuggle them out of the country.

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The regime in Moscow has labeled the independent news outlet The Moscow Times as an “undesirable organization,” effectively banning its operations within the country and putting anyone who collaborates with it at risk of prosecution.

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A Nigerian court postponed on Thursday the trial of an 83-year-old woman, founder of an orphanage, accused of buying and selling babies under her care. The woman was arrested a year ago, raising questions about why authorities have taken so long to bring her before a judge.

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