Police in the Brazilian state of Pará detained seven suspects believed to be involved in the illegal extraction and sale of Amazon timber, a crime that affects the entire world’s population as deforestation in the Amazon contributes to climate change.
Europe is facing a growing threat from potent synthetic substances, new drug mixtures, and evolving usage patterns, particularly after the Taliban imposed a ban on opium poppy cultivation, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) warned in its latest report published on Tuesday.
The International Center for Journalists, ICFJ, bestowed its Knight Trailblazer Award 2024 on Rana Sabbagh, senior editor for the MENA region at the OCCRP, for her pioneering role in building a vibrant investigative journalism movement across the Arab world to expose wrongdoing among officials.
Guests of two nightclubs claim Nigerian authorities randomly rounded up anyone they found inside on Saturday, accused them of internet fraud, seized their phones, and beat and humiliated them.
An environmental inspection report shows ArcelorMittal failed to meet deadlines to implement anti-pollution measures at its Bosnian steelworks.
School football pitch in the Pehare area of Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina. (Photo: Dženat Dreković/CIN)
Beny Steinmetz was a titan in the diamond world, but scandal brought his flagship firm to its knees. As he awaits his appeal decision in a bribery case, OCCRP investigated…
Beny Steinmetz’s company obtained iron ore deposits worth billions thanks to bribes paid to the wife of a West African president. As revelations of the corruption mounted, and Steinmetz came under pressure in courts around the world, he and his firms struck a series of deals with companies connected to Greek businessman Sabby Mionis. The deals helped Steinmetz protect his assets and fight back against adversaries.
Beny Steinmetz emerged from his father’s shadow to build a corporate empire, but his methods have left him facing jail sentences for bribery. His reputation, and perhaps his freedom, now depend on the outcome of an appeal before Switzerland’s supreme court.
An offshore company owned by onetime deputy defense minister Mamuka Mujiri purchased a London flat — then sold it after his ownership was revealed.
Visage apartments building in London where former Georgian Deputy Defense Minister, Mamuka Mujiri, owned a flat. (Photo: Katie McCraw/OCCRP)
Sickness and death befell the former employees of a British farm who allegedly worked with pesticides. Now, they want justice.
Nancy Ngatia holding a picture of her late husband Wacharia. (Photo: Georgia Gee/OCCRP)