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We lead collaborative projects with investigative journalists to publish hard-hitting stories.
We provide training, tools, and resources so investigative outlets can thrive.
We develop new technology and solutions that serve the entire industry.
We accelerate the fight against global crime and corruption with groundbreaking partnerships.
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"Collaborative investigative reporting is crucial and is one of the only tools at our disposal to piece together the global drug puzzle."
Paul Radu, Co-Founder
Mexican police work to dismantle drug cartels.
OCCRP’s NarcoFiles project showed how a group of gangs and criminals worked together to feed one of the world’s busiest drug highways: Latin America to Europe.
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Readers come to OCCRP for news and information they can’t get anywhere else and to gain a larger understanding of how modern day organized crime and corruption operate.
Together with our partners, OCCRP publishes stories and investigations including breaking news reports, several big collaborative projects, and one-of-a-kind analyses.
After our series showed how Russian oligarchs Boris and Arkady Rotenberg shielded their fortunes after they were sanctioned, the Green party of Austria called for action. "It is incomprehensible to me why investigative journalists have to do the research that is actually the responsibility of state authorities - in this case the Ministry of the Interior," said MP Nina Tomaselli.
A system set up to channel dollars from Iraqi oil sales to importers has been exploited by money launderers and militant groups for years. An OCCRP investigation shows how the fraud works in practice.
The largest investigative project of its kind to originate in Latin America, NarcoFiles looked into how a group of gangs and criminals worked together to expand their reach all over the world and feed one of the world's busiest drug highways: Latin America to Europe.
The tiny Pacific nation of Palau is a key hotspot in the growing rivalry between China and the West. This investigation showed how organized criminals with links to the Chinese Communist Party are trying to find a way in — and many in the local elite have welcomed them.
In the aftermath of a “disastrous” European court ruling that struck down an EU requirement that countries make its database of company owners public, we examined the man who brought the lawsuit against Luxembourg’s business registry — and his multiple ties to wealthy Russian business figures.
After our story showed that two men who secretly invested in the Indian conglomerate Adani Group had close ties to the Adani family, Indian political leaders, intellectuals, and activists called for the formation of a parliamentary committee to investigate the findings.
In the wake of Russia’s brutal assault on Ukraine, governments around the world imposed sanctions on many of Putin’s enablers. OCCRP and partners tracked down and catalogued the vast wealth held outside Russia by oligarchs and key figures close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, documenting over $20 billion in assets owned by Russia's rich and powerful.
After our story about Belarus' state potash monopoly evading EU sanctions on exports of the fertilizer ingredient, the European Commission contacted Cypriot authorities over allegations that a Cyprus-based holding company was involved.
In the world’s only commercial lion-farming industry, centered in South Africa’s Free State, animals are reared in terrible conditions so they can be slaughtered for their bones. Reporters tracked the lion bone supply chain all the way to Laos, where one of the world’s most notorious wildlife trafficking groups has been buying up big cat skeletons for years.
Wood that may have been logged illegally is entering the supply chain due to a flaw in Romania’s new digital system to track timber.
This documentary uncovers how a Serbian crime gang used encrypted Sky phones to plan murders, share gruesome photos, and operate with protection from high-ranking officials.
A massive leak exposes a global investment scam — this is how it works and who’s cashing in on the victims.
OCCRP is a pioneer of collaborative investigative reporting, built on the belief that partnering, rather than competing, is crucial for exposing organized crime and corruption. OCCRP connects local outlets worldwide to report on large datasets, reveal wrongdoing, and hold power to account.
OCCRP believes it takes a network to fight a network.
OCCRP provides independent media outlets with everything they need for collaborative cross-border investigative reporting.
"When we were investigating the central bank governor Raid Salameh, we went as far as we could go inside Lebanon and reached a dead end. We needed a stronger research team and tools to help us find proof. Without OCCRP, we would have gone no further."
Alia Ibrahim
Co-Founder, Daraj
"The help that OCCRP has given us has been very important. It has allowed us to work on journalism projects that in Paraguay are very difficult without security and legal support."
Aldo Benítez
Independent Journalist, Paraguay
We build tools and resources that cut costs and leverage the latest advancements in tech and AI to revolutionize investigative reporting and reach ever larger audiences.
An investigative data management system that helps 20,000+ journalists to search and analyze public and leaked records for evidence of crime and corruption;
“When we received a massive leak of Credit Suisse banking records, OCCRP Aleph was the ideal tool to help the Suisse Secrets project partners sort through the records to find the best stories.”
Frederik Obermaier and Bastian Obermayer
Investigative Journalists and Co-Founders, Paper Trail Media
A research service that leverages commercial databases and publicly available but little known open sources to aid investigations.
“The research that OCCRP ID provides is very valuable, especially in countries like Venezuela, where information is not available or has been intentionally censored.”
A journalist in the OCCRP network
Investigative AI is a new tool we are developing to further automate the investigative process and help journalists, civil society, the private sector, and law enforcement detect and disrupt organized crime and corruption at an unprecedented speed and scale.
“OCCRP has built a blueprint for how to investigate high level organized crime and corruption. AI gives us a chance to advance from that blueprint to something massive that works more in the public interest.”
Paul Radu
Co-Founder and Chief of Innovation
The Global Anti-Corruption Consortium (GACC) accelerates the fight against corruption by connecting hard-hitting investigative journalism to skillful civil society advocacy. GACC is led by OCCRP and Transparency International (TI).
Find out more about GACC
Journalists publish investigations
Journalists + advocates share information
Civil society advocacy + legal submissions
Real world results
“It's really important to disrupt the systems and the networks that enable corruption. We're concerned about the role of professional enablers… the bankers, wealth managers, lawyers, real estate agents, PR firms, and others that facilitate corruption.”
Alexandra Gillies
Chief of Impact
Director, Global Anti-Corruption Consortium
OCCRP partnered with the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice to launch the world’s first captive insurance company that protects investigative reporting against SLAPPs and legal harassment.
OCCRP partnered with the Gabo Foundation to connect investigative reporting with the film and television industry and produce informed fiction in the public.
OCCRP has experienced remarkable growth over the last four years. Our priority is to maintain this momentum and further develop unrestricted reserves that allow us to channel funding where it is needed the most.
Jed Ringel Foundation
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France
National Endowment for Democracy
Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
