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Satellite Imagery Analysis: “What's going on in Putin's military bases behind the Estonian Border and how big a threat they really pose?” Satellite imagery analysis. What's going on in Putin's military bases behind the Estonian border and how big a threat they really pose us - Eesti Ekspress Holger Roonemaa, leads an investigative team at Delfi Estii Ekspres. His investigations have focused on money laundering and corruption, espionage and national security, and Russia's disinformation campaigns in the Baltic countries. Roonemaa's investigations have been published by, and he is also an editor of OCCRP, an acronym for The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, a global network of investigative journalists who expose crime and corruption; he has also been published in ICIJ, which stands for International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, The Daily Beast, Vsquare, BuzzFeed News, and Re:Baltica, among other outlets. He has been repeatedly awarded the Journalist of the Year title at Estonia's national journalism awards and won the National Investigative Journalism Award in 2021. Holger is currently studying and working as a Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan. There, he is developing an investigative journalism hub designed to bridge resource gaps, make use of high-tech investigative methods, and bolster data-driven regional partnerships.

„Rechercheverbünde wie OCCRP und ICIJ gehören zum Propaganda-Apparat und die Faktenchecker zum Zensurregime“ – das sagt Michael Meyen im Interview mit den NachDenkSeiten. Die NDS haben die aktuellen Entwicklungen zu dem OCCRP (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project) zum Anlass genommen, über die Hintergründe und die Bedeutung großer Rechercheorganisationen und Faktenchecker zu sprechen. DeutungshoheitWeiterlesen

Ralph welcomes international human rights lawyer and activist, and former senior United Nations human rights official Craig Mokhiber to discuss Israel and Gaza—if Israel should be thrown out of the UN, how Trump's positions will compare to Biden's, and whether we're starting to see cracks in Israel's wall of impunity. Plus, Ralph shares a possible ray of light in Trump's cabinet, a warning about the cost of credit cards for small businesses, and some tough love for AARP.Craig Mokhiber is an international human rights lawyer and activist, and a former senior United Nations human rights official. A human rights activist in the 1980s, he would go on to serve for more than three decades at the United Nations, with postings in Switzerland, Palestine, Afghanistan, and UN Headquarters in New York. In October of 2023, he left the United Nations, penning a widely read letter criticizing the UN's human rights failures in the Middle East, warning of unfolding genocide in Gaza, and calling for a new approach to Palestine and Israel based on international law, human rights, and equality. Gaza is now the world capital of child amputation. And that doesn't even cover the true horror, because Israel blocks any anesthesia from entering Gaza as a means of imposing further agony on the population that they are subjecting to genocide. Which means those amputations are being carried out on children and adults without anesthesia and often without sterile equipment or adequate hospitals, such that even if they survive the excruciating agony of an amputation without anesthesia, they may well not survive the side effects. They may well not survive the infection.Craig MokhiberThe irony is that in November, the UN announced that Israel had paid its dues in full in order to preserve its membership and to continue to fund the UN— an organization that the Israelis say is a terrorist, anti-Semitic organization dedicated to its destruction, is an organization that they have decided to be a member of and to fund. So when you look at the kind of propaganda that they distribute…You can see how ironic and how outrageous it really is. I've said that it would be hard to imagine any country in the history of the organization more deserving—at a minimum—of suspension from the UN General Assembly. No country in history has violated the principles of the UN Charter more than Israel, and it has done so from the moment of its admission in 1948. Craig MokhiberWe can certainly expect a dangerous four years under Trump. There's no denying it…But we shouldn't forget that we've just had a four-year term under Biden and Harris in which they undid none of those policies, and in which they actually supported horrific international crimes being perpetrated by Israel. And Biden and his administration were at the helm of the brutal repression of human rights defenders here in the United States, on college campuses and workplaces and the streets and in media places. So we're going to go from genocide abroad and repression at home under Biden to more genocide abroad and repression at home under Trump. The only difference is that Trump won't waste his time on the kind of mendacious pretense of civility and humanitarian concern that was peddled by Biden and Harris as it murdered babies in their thousands. Craig MokhiberAARP has maybe 18 million members. That's a big, big organization, and we want it on our side. We want it on the side of single-payer, universal insurance, full Medicare for all.Ralph NaderIn Case You Haven't Heard with Francesco DeSantisNews 12/4/241. On Tuesday, right-wing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attempted to stage a coup, declaring martial law and stationing troops outside of the South Korean National Assembly in an attempt to block lawmakers from assembling and voting to overturn his decree. Reuters reports that while Yoon used the pretext of cracking down on “North Korean anti-state forces," he “did not cite any specific threat” and instead focused on his domestic political opponents. Some contend that this move was meant to stave off prosecution of his wife, who is under investigation for corruption. When lawmakers were finally able to enter the National Assembly, all 190 members present voted to overturn the decree, including members of Yoon's own party. Former Democratic President Moon Jae-in urged the National Assembly to “act quickly to protect our democracy from crumbling." Even still, Yoon initially refused to call off the military, only folding after the Korean unions declared a general strike and the defense minister tendered his resignation. South Korea has previously been ruled by U.S.-backed dictators, including Syngman Rhee, Park Chung-Hee, and Chun Doo-hwan. Almost 30,000 American troops are stationed in the country and a provision in the American-drafted Korean constitution gives the U.S. emergency powers to take over the South Korean military.2. In Western Europe, the governments of Germany and France are collapsing. CNN reports that weak economic performance led German Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the SDP to dismiss his finance minister, Christian Lindner of the FDP, which in turn resulted in that party pulling out of Scholz's governing coalition – leaving Scholz in charge of a minority government. According to this report, Scholz committed to holding a confidence vote set for January 15th; if he loses that vote, a snap election could be held as early as March 2025, well ahead of the scheduled September elections. Meanwhile in France, Macron's center-right coalition is facing no confidence motions from the Left and far-Right. This crisis boils down to a budget showdown hinging on a social security austerity measure that Prime Minister Michel Barnier rammed through without a vote, per Le Monde. Mathilde Panot of the left-wing France Unbowed party is quoted in Reuters saying "Faced with this umpteenth denial of democracy, we will censure the government…We are living in political chaos because of Michel Barnier's government and Emmanuel Macron's presidency."3. In their December 2024 report, Prisoners for Peace lists four Israeli refuseniks: Itamar Greenberg, who has already spent 105 days in prison and has now been sentenced to another 45 days; Yuval Moav, who has been in prison for 125 days and may face yet more jail time – and now Itamar and Yuval are joined by Soul Behar Tzalik and Iddo Eilam, who were both sentenced to 30 days on November 27th. All four refuseniks are just 18 years old. They are affiliated with the Israeli refusenik peace group, Mesarvot.4. The Financial Times reports that the United States is exerting pressure on Ukraine to lower its age of conscription from 25 to just 18 years old. A senior U.S. military official is quoted saying “The simple truth is that Ukraine is not currently mobilising or training enough soldiers to replace their battlefield losses while keeping pace with Russia's growing military.” This piece frames this push as part of the Biden administration's feverish attempts to “deploy $7bn in security assistance to Kyiv before…Donald Trump takes office,” and cites estimates that Ukraine needs at least another 160,000 soldiers to replenish its ranks. Anti-war advocates have long decried the United States' role in perpetuating this war rather than seeking a negotiated settlement, resulting in a staggering loss of Ukrainian and Russian lives. For his part, President Zelenskyy told the Ukrainian parliament last week “Let there be no speculation — our state is not preparing to lower the mobilisation age.”5. In another case of foreign policy being made in the liminal space between the Biden and Trump administrations, AP reports China has announced they will ban exports of gallium, germanium, antimony and other high-tech materials with military applications to the United States. in retaliation for the U.S. limiting semiconductor-related exports – and for Donald Trump's threats to impose steep tariffs on the People's Republic. Lin Jian of the Chinese Foreign Ministry is quoted saying “China has lodged stern protests with the U.S. for its…malicious suppression of China's technological progress…illegal unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction against Chinese companies.”6. In yet another instance of Trump conducting foreign policy before his term begins, the president-elect has already provoked a diplomatic incident with Canada and Mexico. Trump has threatened to impose 25% tariffs on the two countries unless they “stem the flow of migrants and drugs,” per AP. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, rather than standing together with Mexico, met with Trump to convince him that the two countries should not be treated equally. In response, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said “Mexico must be respected, especially by its trading partners,” and added that Canada “could only wish they had the cultural riches Mexico has.”7. A new bombshell report comes to us from Drop Site. This time, it concerns the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, OCCRP, which is one of the “largest and most powerful” news organizations in the world. As this report notes, the OCCRP works with major newspapers across the globe to collaboratively publish major stories, including the Panama Papers. Yet, an investigation led by French outlet Mediapart, Italian outlet Il Fatto Quotidiano, Reporters United and Drop Site itself – along with the German NDR, though they were pressured to pull their own story – revealed a stunning truth at the heart of the OCCRP: more than half of its funding comes directly from the U.S. government. This story is complex and the reporters involved are not trying to discredit the reporting done by the OCCRP. But the public deserves to know who is funding the journalism they consume.8. Matt Bruenig's NLRB Edge has documented a remarkable case before the labor board involving the U.S. Postal Service. As Bruenig lays out, back in 2021 “Nicolas Montross, a letter carrier…invoked his contractual right…to not work more than 60 hours in a week. After working nearly 60 hours, [he] returned undelivered mail to the facility and left work.” At that point, he was called to a “pre-disciplinary interview” with his supervisor, who “questioned whether Montross's loyalty lay with the union or USPS, threatened him with discipline and criminal prosecution, and attempted to determine who had informed him about his contractual rights.” Montross eventually resigned, believing if he did not, he would face criminal charges. When this case finally made it to the NLRB, they ruled that the USPS had violated federal labor law and ordered them to offer Montross reinstatement with back pay and benefits – called “make-whole” relief – among other remedies. Yet, the USPS is now challenging make-whole relief, which has been standard practice at the Biden NLRB since 2022. As Bruenig writes, “Shouldn't the Biden administration be telling the USPS to cut it out, lest they manage to undermine one of the Biden NLRB's major accomplishments?”9. Following Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election, Senator Bernie Sanders has sought to hold Trump to the promises he made during the campaign. On November 15th, Sanders wrote “I look forward to working with the Trump Administration on fulfilling his promise to cap credit card interest rates at 10%. We cannot continue to allow big banks to make record profits by ripping off Americans by charging them 25 to 30% interest rates. That is usury.” Now, Sanders is seeking to leverage Elon Musk's government efficiency initiative to curb runaway Pentagon spending. On December 1st, he wrote “Elon Musk is right. The Pentagon, with a budget of $886 billion, just failed its 7th audit in a row. It's lost track of billions. Last year, only 13 senators voted against the Military Industrial Complex and a defense budget full of waste and fraud. That must change.” Put simply, Sanders is calling the Trump bluff. He ran, and won, on a populist economic message. If anyone can get him to deliver, it's Bernie – and if Trump backs down, he will be exposed as beholden to the corporate powers that be.10. Finally, on a lighter note, this week saw the resurrection of notorious corporate criminal firm Enron, via what CNN calls an “elaborate joke.” In short, this report finds that instead of a reincarnation of the scandal-plagued energy giant, this is merely a T-shirt company which bought the Enron trademark and is trying to capitalize on it. So, we can all breathe a sigh of relief. We have quite enough criminal corporations, no need to raise the dead.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Enthüllungen des französischen Investigativportals Mediapart und dreier weiterer Medienpartner werfen ein bezeichnendes Licht auf interne Vorgänge und Selbstzensur im öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunksender Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei eine brisante Recherche, die ursprünglich vom NDR selbst initiiert wurde und sich mit der Investigativ-NGO OCCRP (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project) sowie deren umfassende Kooptation durchWeiterlesen

Arson, vandalism, attacks on NATO vehicles: around Europe, mysterious acts of sabotage have been multiplying. And there's a pattern: the perpetrators were recruited on Telegram via accounts linked to Russian agencies. This week, we hear from Marta Vunš about how she and other journalists went undercover to figure out how this recruitment actually works. We're also asking whether Germany's nausea-inducing opera deserves its scandalised headlines, and why France has been low-key obsessed with a treasure hunt for the past three decades.    Thanks for listening! If you enjoy our podcast, we'd love it if you'd consider chipping in a few bucks a month at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/europeanspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (many currencies are available). You can also help new listeners find the show by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠leaving us a review⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or giving us five stars on Spotify.      "‘Make a Molotov Cocktail': How Europeans Are Recruited Through Telegram to Commit Sabotage, Arson, and Murder". You can read the investigation by Delfi, Der Standard, Paper Trail Media and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project here.   This week's Inspiration Station offering, sponsored by the European Cultural Foundation: Liquid Becomings.    Other resources for this episode:  Trailer: SANCTA | Staatsoper Stuttgart Talk Eastern Europe: Spies, sabotage and Russia-West relations   00:22 The week EU politics got spicy 03:22 Bad Week: Unwell opera-goers 13:54 Good Week: France's mystery treasure-hunt winner 24:38 Interview: Marta Vunš on Russia's shady Telegram recruitment 38:46 The Inspiration Station - The European Cultural Foundation presents: Liquid Becomings 42:45 Happy Ending: Phew! Art saved from the garbage can Producers: Morgan Childs and Wojciech Oleksiak  Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ |⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ |⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mastodon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@europeanspodcast.com⁠

Der Journalist Ján Kuciak und seine Verlobte Martina Kušnírová werden im Februar 2018 in ihrem Haus erschossen. Ján arbeitete bei der slowakischen Nachrichten-Website aktuality.sk und gehörte zu den Top-Investigativ-Journalisten des Landes. Ján hat monatelang zu dem kruden Geschäftsmann Marián Kočner recherchiert, der seine Millionen durch Finanzbetrug verdient hat. Zum Zeitpunkt seines Mordes schreibt Ján gerade an einem neuen Investigativartikel, der aufdeckt, dass die gesamte Führungselite der Slowakei korrupt ist. Aber Beweise, wer den Auftrag, Ján zu töten, gegeben hat, gibt es keine. Bis Jáns Kollegin wichtige Daten zugespielt werden. In dieser Folge sprechen Linn und Leo über einen Fall, der die größten Proteste seit Ende der Sowjetunion in der Slowakei ausgelöst hat und durch den wichtige Amtsträger zurücktreten mussten. Und wir schauen uns an, was sich in der Slowakei seitdem verändert hat. Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? [**Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte!**](https://linktr.ee/MordaufEx) Eine Produktion von Auf Ex Productions. Hosts: Leonie Bartsch, Linn Schütze Recherche: Leonie Bartsch, Kim Cupal Redaktion: Antonia Fischer Produktion: Lorenz Schütze Auf Social Media findet ihr weitere Fotos und Hintergrundinformationen @mordaufexpodcast oder unter diesem [Link](https://www.instagram.com/mordaufexpodcast/). Quellen (Auswahl) WDR Doku: Tödliche Recherchen - der Mord an Ján Kuciak [aktuality.sk](https://www.aktuality.sk/) [Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project](https:// www.occrp.org/en/amurderedjournalistslastinvestigation/how-jan-and-martina-died) [OCCRP] (https://www.occrp.org/en/amurderedjournalistslastinvestigation/the-model-the-mafia-and-the-murderers) [Deutsche Welle](https://www.dw.com/de/slowakei-das-model-die-mafia-und-die-gro%C3%9Fe-politik/a-42938012) [Der Spiegel](https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/slowakei-marian-kocner-wegen-betrugs-zu-19-jahren-haft-verurteilt-a-8a9b0b62-e19a-42f3-811d-cd21b5d0f786)

In this episode, host Tom Keatinge, CFS Director, is joined by Justyna Gudzowska, CFS Associate Fellow, and Tom Stocks, Senior Investigative Journalist at the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. They discuss their recently published paper ‘Disabling the Enablers of Sanctions Circumvention,' the threat of frivolous lawsuits aimed at silencing independent, critical journalism, and why anonymous shell companies and trusts are the preferred tools of professional enablers to help their sanctioned clients.

Today's podcast is a recording of a talk given by Drew Sullivan of the OCCRP at the University of Maryland. Drew is the co-founder and editor of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (the OCCRP), a global network of journalists working collaboratively to evaluate and mine enormous amounts of data to expose corruption. The OCCRP is also a past winner of the TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting. Special thanks to the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland in the School of Public Policy and the Philip Merrill College of Journalism for letting us record the event. Originally posted 11 May 2022

Chinese triads have been making a Pacific play, notably in the tiny nation of Palau. There a notorious triad boss - nicknamed Broken Tooth - reinvented himself as a CCP-linked businessman trying to set up a 'gangster-themed' casino, while police busted a Chinese 'fraud factory'. In Palau, this scam scheme was linked to businessmen touting United Front credentials, who are also involved in local politics and media outlets. To examine the ties between Chinese gangsters and the Communist Party, Louisa and Graeme are joined by Aubrey Belford, the lead Pacific editor for the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, and freelance journalist Bernadette Carreon. Image: Downtown Koror, Palau's largest town. Image c/- Richard Brooks  Transcripts available at https://www.thechinastory.org/lrp/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, CFS Director Tom Keatinge is joined by Peter Geoghegan, Investigative Reporter at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project – a global network of journalists – and author of Democracy for Sale. They discuss the role of ‘dark money' in political funding, loopholes you can see from space, the lack of regulatory accountability on social media, the way think tanks can influence political processes, and how shell companies can be used as a vehicle to make large political donations.

Gillian Tett, columnist and provost at King's College Cambridge, is joined by Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall Editor of the Sunday Times, and Paul Radu, co-founder of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thanks for listening to this episode of Pagecast, brought to you by Jonathan Ball Publishers.  Today's episode features the the remarkable Beverley Roos-Muller - speaking about her latest book Hunting the Seven. Never have seven people been so hunted. By assassins. By journalists, lawyers and activists in search of the truth and TRC investigators wanting justice for the victims' families. In 1986, seven young men were shot and killed by police in Gugulethu in Cape Town. The nation was told they were a ‘terrorist' MK cell, which was plotting an attack on a police unit. An inquest followed, then a dramatic trial in 1987 and another inquest in 1989. Finally, the fact that Eugene de Kock's Vlakplaas unit plotted and drove the operation was revealed at the Truth and Reconciliation ten years after the murders, but Vlakplaas's real agenda remained shrouded in mystery. In *Hunting the Seven*, Beverley Roos-Muller tells the story of the Gugulethu Seven and the hunt for the truth of their deaths. She reveals that it was Vlakplaas's only operation in the Western Cape and was an elaborate, deadly scheme designed to keep the money rolling into the death squad's slush fund. In this epsiode of Pagecast, Beverley is in conversation with Award-winning journalist, Beauregard Tromp, the Africa editor of the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. Enjoy!

An accountant explains what the capital gains changes mean for you (1:54) Guest: John Oakey, Vice President of Taxation, Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada,  With Passover set to begin, families of Gaza hostages try to stay optimistic (17:01)  Guest: Maya Roman, family member of current and former hostages  The search for Canada's greatest song (32:12) Guest: Craig Baird, host of the podcast Canadian History Ehx 'Celebrity' seal back on Victoria-area beach after fourth relocation (56:39) Guest: Morgan Van Kirk, fishery officer, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Ocean heat is driving a global coral bleaching event, and it could be the worst on record (1:05:44) Guest: Derek Manzello, Coral Reef Watch coordinator, NOAA   Were Toronto banks infiltrated by a notorious mafia group? (1:19:58) Guest: Jared Ferrie, Senior Editor, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Kevin G. Hall, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project’s North America editor, reflects on how the Panama Papers have shaped investigative journalism over the past six years and the biggest challenges journalists face today. Podcast originally aired: April 26, 2023

Das Transkript zu Episode 37: Das ist die 37. Ausgabe der Dunkelkammer und sie erscheint aus gegebenem Anlass außertourlich an einem Montag.Außertourlich deshalb, da die heutige Ausgabe Teil einer internationalen Recherche ist. Sie trägt den Titel Narco Files. Und wie der Name vermuten lässt, geht es um die Organisierte Kriminalität, es geht um Drogengeschäfte, es geht um Umweltverbrechen, es geht um Geldwäscherei, es geht um Korruption und einiges mehr.Der Ausgangspunkt ist Kolumbien und von da weg geht es faktisch rund um den Globus.Narco Files. Das ist der Titel eines Projekts, an dem dutzende Journalistinnen und Journalisten aus mehr als 40 Medienhäusern in 23 Ländern monatelang gearbeitet haben.Ich war einer davon, zusammen mit meinem geschätzten Kollegen Stefan Melichar von profil, wir waren quasi Team Österreich.Gleich vorneweg: Die Österreich-Bezüge in den Narco Files sind recht sehr schmal, darum wird es heute auch noch nicht gehen.Mit Stefan Melichar habe ich übrigens in bereits in Episode 2 über eine damalige internationale Recherche zu illegalen Holzgeschäften gesprochen, an der wir beide beteiligt waren.Auch Der Standard berichtet über dieses Projekt, in dem Fall kommt die Beteiligung über die deutsche Plattform Paper Trail Media von Bastian Obermayer und Frederik Obermaier, die mit dem Standard kooperieren.Auch Frederick und Bastian waren bereits meine Gäste und zwar in Ausgabe Nummer elf. Ja, in gewisser Weise haben diese internationalen Projekte auch immer etwas von einem Familienausflug ins Ungewisse, wenngleich wir natürlich alle wissen, was wir aneinander haben. Das Projekt Narco Files ist auch ein guter Anlass, um euch mal eine internationale Recherchekooperation aus der Nähe zu beschreiben.Eines der Feedbacks, das ich regelmäßig erhalte, ist ja, erzähl doch mal, wie so eine länderübergreifende Sache eigentlich abläuft.An sich gibt es zwei Wege, wie so etwas zustande kommt. Auf kleinerer Ebene schließen sich Journalistinnen und Journalisten mehrerer Medien zusammen, um gemeinsam an etwas zu arbeiten. Das kann regional passieren, national oder auch international. Auf einer größeren Ebene läuft es dann über institutionalisierte große Recherchenetzwerke, davon gibt es global einige, mit zweien arbeite ich seit iniger Zeit eng zusammen.Da ist einmal die US-amerikanische Investigativ-Plattform ICIJ, das ist einerseits ein spendenfinanziertes Medienhaus, zugleich aber auch Netzwerk, dem weltweit 290 Mitglieder angehören, in Österreich sind das drei Leute Stefan Melichar, Ulla Kramar-Schmid vom ORF, die jetzt demnächst auch bei mir vorbeischauen wird, und ich selbst. Ein zweites internationales Netzwerk ist das Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, kurz OCCRP, das in Europa und Amerika tätig ist. Auch OCCRP ist eine spendenfinanzierte Non-Profit-Organisation, mit der in der Vergangenheit mehrfach zusammengearbeitet habe, das sind ganz wunderbare Leute dort. Einer der Gründer von OCCRP ist Paul Radu, ein Mann dessen Unerschrockenheit ich aufrichtig bewundere, er ist mir ein großes Vorbild. Die aktuelle Recherche Narco Files ist zugleich auch ein OCCRP-Projekt.Wie man von solchen Projekten erfährt? Nun, es läutet in aller Regel das Telefon, und man wird gefragt, ob man mittun möchte. Und in meinem Geschäft sagt eh nie jemand nein.Es gibt also kleinere und größere Netzwerke, manche entstehen spontan, andere sind institutionalisiert, was sie verbindet ist, dass Leute medienübergreifend gemeinsam an einer Sache arbeiten. Was ist nun die Sache? Auch das ist unterschiedlich. Man kann sich vornehmen, etwas aufzuarbeiten, ohne zunächst besonderes Insiderwissen zu haben. Schon aus öffentlich zugänglichen Datenquellen lassen sich immer wieder herausragende Recherchen machen. Manchmal kommst du aber ohne Insiderwissen, ohne Whistleblower nicht mehr weiter. Und da kommt die zweite Ebene ins Spiel: Das Datenleck.  Ihr erinnert euch möglicherweise an frühere Enthüllungen wiePanama Papers, Paradise Papers, Pandora Papers, FinCen Files Ukio Leaks oder Suisse Secrets. In all diesen Fällen waren Journalisten vertrauliche Datensätze zugespielt worden.   Diese Recherchen gab es also nur, weil es die jeweiligen Datensätze gab, ohne die wäre das gar nicht möglich gewesen. Und das führt mich zu den Narco Files. Auch hier handelt es sich um ein Datenleck, richtigerweise um einen Datenhack. 2022 hatte sich ein Hacker-Kollektiv namens Guacamaya Zugang zu den Email-Postfächern der kolumbianischen Staatsanwaltschaft Fiscalía General de la Nación verschafft.Die Datensätze gingen dann an OCCRP und mehrere lateinamerikanische Medienhäuser darunter die Investigativ-Plattform CLIP. Ja und bei OCCRP setzten sich dann Leute ans Telefon und holten sich Leute rund um den Globus an Bord, um die Datensätze gemeinsam auszuwerten. Da erhält man dann als Projektpartner Zugang zu einem gesicherten Datenraum, wo man die Dokumente einsehen kann. Die Kommunikation zu einem solchen Projekt läuft zum weitaus größten Teil über Chatgruppen, wobei jedes Projekt eine Hauptgruppe und dazu oft mehrere Untergruppen hat.Weil nicht selten mehrere Projekte in mehreren Netzwerken gleichzeitig laufen, kann das schon dazu führen, dass man zwischendurch mal die Übersicht verliert, wer wann wem was wo geschrieben hat.Wie gesagt, mehr als 40 Medienhäuser aus 23 Ländern machen bei den Narco Files mit, wobei die Dunkelkammer der einzige reine Podcast ist, soweit ich das überblickeWas irgendwie auch cool ist. Was sind nun die Narco Files? Es sind mehr als sieben Millionen gehackte Emails der kolumbianischen Staatsanwaltschaft aus den Jahren 2001 bis 2022.Mit den zahlreichen Anhängen ist der Datensatz insgesamt fünf Terabyte groß. Das ist also nicht gerade wenig.Jetzt gibt es natürlich zwei ganz zentrale Fragen, die da auftauchen.Erstens: Ist das Material authentisch, unverfälscht und vollständig?Gerade OCCRP hat für österreichische Verhältnisse ein geradezu unglaubliches Fact cheking-Selbstverständnis. Dort geht nichts raus, dass nicht x-mal umgedreht wurde. Fact checking bei OCCRP bedeutet nicht, die Aussagen von politischen Entscheidungsträgern auf ihren Wahrheitsgehalt hin zu überprüfen. Es bedeutet, dass jede Journalistin und jeder Journalist, der/die auf der Website von OCCRP publiziert, die eigene Geschichte einem Fact check unterziehen muss. Da muss nahezu jeder Bestrich gegenüber dem fact checking department belegt werden. Ich habe diese Erfahrung bereits gemacht. Für Geschichten, die bei profil mal eben so von der Chefredaktion durchgewunken wurden, bin ich mit OCCRP bis zu acht Stunden beim Fact check gesessen. Acht Stunden musste ich belegen, dass das was ich da geschrieben habe, auch den Tatsachen entspricht. Das ist eine unglaubliche gute Schule, die durch im österreichischen Journalismus nur sehr wenige Leute gehen, kann man leider täglich nachlesen. OCCRP hat die kolumbianischen Datensätze intensiv geprüft, wie auch alle anderen Partner, die ja damit gearbeitet haben und darauf aufbauend zum Beispiel Anfragen gestellt haben.Das Material ist also authentisch, es kann allerdings keinen Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit erheben. Vollständig sind solche Datensätze ohnehin nie, was bedeutet schon vollständig bei einer Sammlung von E-Mails.  Zweite Zentrale Frage: Dürfens das denn überhaupt? Ich mein, es sind ja immerhin E-Mails, die einer Behörde geklaut wurden. Darüber haben wir intensiv gesprochen, das passiert eigentlich bei jeder Recherche, die auf einem Leak oder Hack aufbaut, denn am Ende ist es ja einerlei, ob ein Mitarbeiter Daten seines Arbeitgebers leakt, oder ein Hacker von außen darauf zugreift. In beiden Fällen haben die Besitzer der Daten der Weitergabe an Dritte ja nicht zugestimmt.Nun, die alles entscheidende Frage für uns ist: Gibt es ein überwiegendes öffentliches Interesse an diesen Informationen? Ist es also wichtig, dass die Öffentlichkeit von bestimmten Dingen in der Welt rund um sie erfahren?Soweit es jetzt die Narco Files betrifft war die Antwort offensichtlich ja, sonst spräche ich hier nicht.Die ausgewerteten E-Mails zeichnen ein erschütterndes Bild einer Welt, die den Kampf gegen die Drogen offensichtlich verloren hat.Die Organisierte Kriminalität ist nicht nur globalisierter Wirtschaftszweig der unfassbare Gewinne erzielt, in vielen Teilen der Welt sind Drogenbarone zu einflussreichen politischen Kräften aufgestiegen.Die Strafverfolgung? Scheitert oft. Sie kämpft mit mangelnden Ressourcen und Möglichkeiten, sie scheitert an Landesgrenzen.   Wenn ein Verbrechen grenzüberschreitend passiert, ist sind Behörden auf Kooperation angewiesen.Und die läuft mal besser mal schlechter, oft aber nur langsam.Wenn das Verbrechen aber global passiert, dann wird die Verfolgung umso zäher.Und genau das zeigen diese Datensätze: Dass sich nämlich vermeintlich isoliert arbeitende Drogenhandelsgruppierungen zu transkontinentalen Netzwerken zusammengeschlossen haben, manche dieser Gruppierungen sind institutionalisiert, andere entstehen ad hoc aus einem gemeinsamen Interesse heraus und lösen sich anschließend wieder auf. Da tut sich durchaus eine Parallele zur den Arbeit von Journalisten-Netzwerken auf. Mit Namen werden sich die beteiligten Medien im Laufe der Berichterstattung übrigens eher zurückhalten, man will weder laufende Ermittlungen gefährden, noch sich selbst.Wie es bei solchen Projekten üblich ist, wird auch nie alles auf einmal und überall veröffentlicht, das passiert dann immer gestaffelt.Auf der Website von OCCRP und denen der Partnermedien erscheinen zum Start große Stories, die anhand staatsanwaltschaftlicher Akten Veränderungen im Kokain-Geschäft beschreiben.Die traditionellen Coca-Anbaugebiete in Kolumbien, Peru und Bolivien bekommen Konkurrenz aus dem Nordwesten, der Coca-Anbau wandert nach und nach Richtung Guatemala, Mexiko, Belize und Honduras.Diese Staaten galten bisher als Durchgangsländer, jetzt wird dort eben auch angebaut.Ja und soweit es die Herstellung des Endprodukts betrifft, diese Produktionen wandern nach und nach nach Europa. Nach Spanien, nach Belgien oder in die Niederlande. Wobei das Know How hier wiederum aus Südamerika kommt.Allein in den Niederlanden wurden seit 2018 dutzende Koks-Küchen von der Polizei ausgehoben,In den Narco Files ist unter anderem der Fall einer niederländischen Gruppierung dokumentiert, die mit Hilfe kolumbianischer Partner einen Reitstall um mehr als 1,5 Millionen Euro zu einem großen Koks-Labor umbaute.Nach Europa gelangt die Droge mittlerweile oftmals, in dem sie vorgibt, alles Mögliche zu sein. Holzkohle zum Beispiel. Oder eine Imprägnierung auf Textilien. Oder Zement. Oder als Reisekoffer, in dessen Hartschale das Koks eingearbeitet wird.Teils wird auch Kokain auch als Paste verschifft.Am Ende ist ja alles nur Chemie.Die Kokain-Basis wird auf ein unverdächtiges Trägermaterial aufgebracht und am Zielort wird dann extrahiert.Das kann nicht gesund sein, und das ist es übrigens auch nicht.Also zumindest nicht für die, die es herstellen oder die, die es konsumieren.Einer unserer Projektpartner, das spezialisierte spanische Medium Narco Diario konnte mit einem kolumbianischen Kokain-Koch sprechen, der in Spanien ein sechsköpfiges Team leitete. Warum sie das machen? „Es ist das, was wir gut können”, sagt er. Er sei in einer Region in Kolumbien aufgewachsen, in der Kinder die Arbeit mit Koka erlernten, bevor sie schreiben und lesen könnten.Den Job in Spanien und die Einreise als Tourist hatten ihm seine kolumbianischen Auftraggeber verschafft, gearbeitet hat er auf einem Bauernhof irgendwo am Land.Eine Schicht dauerte 15 Tage ohne Kontakt zur Außenwelt.Für die aufwändige und aufgrund der Dämpfe gefährliche Herstellung von einem 1 Kilo Koks-Pulver im Wert von mehr als 100.000 Euro bekam er übrigens 450 Euro.Für die, die Kokain  herstellen und verkaufen lassen, war und ist das a ein sehr sehr einträgliches Geschäft.Und sie haben natürlich Helfer aus der Mitte der Gesellschaft. Rechtsanwälte, Banker, Steuerberater, Logistik-Firmen, Behördenvertreter, ja sogar korrupte Journalisten.Das und noch mehr, wollen die beteiligten Medien in den kommenden Tagen und Wochen ausrollen, ich schau mir kommende Ausgabe unter anderem den wie gesagt schmalen Bezug zu Österreich an.Da geht's um allerdings nicht um Drogen, sondern um eine mittlerweile verblichene kleine österreichische Bank, deren Namen man nun auch in Kolumbien kennt.Mehr dazu in der Dunkelkammer Nummer 38.

The last five decades have seen the dramatic globalization of organized crime and corruption, now totaling trillions of dollars every year. Using the latest technology and the help of a “criminal services industry” — corrupt bankers, lawyers, accountants—criminal networks and the world's most corrupt officials easily loot, launder, and hide stolen money for future use. This stolen, hidden money pours into the political process in the United States and countries around the world to advance agendas that do not serve voters, betraying the very premise of democracy.  To fight this, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project co-founders Drew Sullivan and Paul Radu built a global network of investigative journalists that work just like the criminals do—collaborating across borders and using innovative technology. Pulling from their two decades of follow-the-money investigative reporting, Sullivan and Radu will share how they've uncovered global dark money flows and how to institute effective solutions that track, expose, and curb this illicit finance that is so damaging to society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Como es sabido, el tema del BCIE está en boga por distintas razones (algunas no muy felices) pero también porque estamos a solo días de conocer quién asumirá su presidencia. En medio de ese proceso se publicó un trabajo del Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project y la Columbia Journalism School con el apoyo de CLIP (Centro Latinoamericano de Investigación Periodística) cuyo título no podría ser más directo: El banco de los dictadores: Cómo el principal banco de desarrollo de Centroamérica permitió la corrupción y el autoritarismo. ¡AUCH! 

With support from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, journalists around the globe are exposing stories about an unprecedented transfer of wealth.

It's no secret that kleptocracy is a problem in every Central Asian country. The presidents, their families, and close associates all seem to live very well while their populations can barely make ends meet. Might sanctions help rein in these excesses? Joining host Bruce Pannier to discuss this issue are guests Eldiyar Arykbaev, senior investigative reporter and coordinator for Central Asia at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project; Tom Mayne, a research fellow at Oxford University and co-investigator on the Providing the Evidence and Analysis for a UK Counter-Kleptocracy Strategy project; and Leila Seiitbek, chairwoman of the NGO Freedom for Eurasia and a member of the working group advocating for a global Every Woman treaty to end all forms of violence against women and girls.

Hello, and welcome to episode 76 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I'm Chris Kirkbride. Broad range of stories from across financial crime themes this week, as well as a round-up of cyber-attack news. As usual, I have linked the main stories flagged in the podcast in the description. These are: Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, Nationwide Cyber Crisis Management Exercise to Test 11 Critical Sector's Response to Complex Cyber-attack Scenarios.Financial Action Task Force, FATF-INTERPOL Partnership: Igniting Global Change to Take the Profit Out of Crime.Gambling Commission, Lindar Media Limited faces £690,947 regulatory action (press release).Gambling Commission, Lindar Media Limited Public Statement.Government of Canada, Canadian Sanctions Related to Russia.Home Office, Unexplained wealth orders: 2022 to 2023 annual report.International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Leak reveals majority interest in Roman Abramovich's nearly $1 billion art collection was transferred to his ex-wife ahead of sanctions.Interpol, FATF-INTERPOL partnership: putting trillions in illicit profits back into legitimate economies.Joint Money Laundering Steering Group, Ministerial approval of JMLSG Guidance.National Crime Agency, New SAR-Portal User Feedback Form (downloads as Excel file).National Crime Agency, Failure to respond to Unexplained Wealth Order sets legal history.Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Financial Sanctions Notice: Russia (19/09/23).Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Financial Sanctions Notice: ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (22/09/23).Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Guidance: The UK Sanctions List.Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, General Licence: Payment to Water Companies for Water & Sewage INT/2023/3179120.Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Leak Unveils Russian Oligarch Abramovich's $1 Billion Art Collection. Despite Sanctions, It Has Not Been Seized or Frozen.Spotlight on Corruption, The UK must up its game on asset recovery to tackle corruption and kleptocracy.Statista, The Most Prevalent Forms of Cyber Crime.UK Parliament, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, Call for Evidence: Cyber resilience of the UK's critical national infrastructure.UK Supreme Court, Republic of Mozambique (acting through its Attorney General) v Privinvest Shipbuilding SAL (Holding) and others [2023] UKSC 32.UK Supreme Court, Republic of Mozambique (acting through its Attorney General) v Privinvest Shipbuilding SAL (Holding) and others (press summary).US Attorney's Office, Financial Crimes Conference Aims to Give Law Enforcement Tools to Better Fight Internet Crime.US Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury Sanctions Multinational Network Supporting Iran's UAV and Military Aircraft Production.US Department of Justice, Russian International Money Launderer Arrested for Illicitly Procuring Large Quantities of U.S.-Manufactured Dual-Use Military Grade Microelectronics for Russian Elites.US Department of Justice, Attorney Pleads Guilty To Operating $18.8 Million Ponzi Scheme And To Money Laundering, Obstruction Of Justice, And Perjury Charges.US Department of Justice, New Haven Man Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for PPP Loan Fraud, Money Laundering, and Drug Offenses.US Department of Justice, Florida Man Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Participating In Fraud And Money Laundering Scheme Targeting Hedge Fund.US Department of Justice, Georgia Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Wire Fraud, Wire Fraud Conspiracy, and Aiding in the Filing of False Tax Returns.US Department of Justice, Three Albuquerque Residents Indicted for COVID-19 Fraud.US Department of Justice, Readout of U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland's Meeting with Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin.

Just as the Adani Group was starting to recover from the Hindenburg shock, a journalist collective called the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project or OCCRP, dropped a new bombshell about the Indian conglomerate. In other news, after Chandrayaan-3's successful lunar touchdown, the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO is ready to kick off its first solar mission —  Aditya L1.The Signal Daily is produced in association with IVM.The episode was written and researched by Sneha and TanujaEdited and Produced by Shorbori and Roshni NairMastered and mixed by Manas and Nirvaan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Organizovaný zločin nerespektuje hranice států. To naštěstí ale ani my, investigativní novináři. Díky přeshraniční spolupráci můžeme odhalovat dopady světového organizovaného zločinu na Českou republiku. Takovou spolupráci napříč hranicemi nám umožňují mezinárodní novinářské sítě, jako je například Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, neboli OCCRP, které slouží nejenom jako platforma pro setkávání a kooperaci novinářů z téměř celého světa. A nejen to, OCCRP také poskytuje novinářům po celém světě vzdělávání, zajišťuje jejich jak právní, tak osobní bezpečnost a určuje trendy pro budoucnost investigativní novinařiny. V čem mají mezinárodní novinářské organizace výhodu oproti těm policejním, jako je například Interpol? Jak investigativní novináři pomáhají měnit svět? A jaké výzvy čekají na investigativní novináře v příštích desetiletích? Rozhovor se spoluzakladateli OCCRP Drewem Sullivanem a Paulem Raduem. V češtině je uslyšíte prostřednictvím Tomáše Sýkory a Václava Vohlídala - Úvodní znělku podcastu Odposlech vytvořil Michael Nováček za použití citací ze zpravodajství České televize.

¡Bienvenidos a Cafeína por Sopitas! A ver a qué les suena esto: en 2021, la periodista María Teresa Montaño fue secuestrada. Afortunadamente, al poco tiempo la liberaron sus captores, peeero, al regresar a su domicilio, se encontró que ésta había sido saqueada. Curiosamente, los ladrones sólo se llevaron computadoras, teléfonos, grabadoras de voz, cámaras… en resumidas cuentas, todo su material de trabajo. En ese entonces, María Teresa investigaba un desvío de recursos de alrededor de 35 millones de pesos del gobierno del gobernador del Estado de México, Alfredo del Mazo. E ste caso podría estar archivado como muchos otros, pero ha sido dado a conocer gracias al trabajo de The Guardian y Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, quienes, en colaboración con María Teresa Montaño han encontrado que el gobierno de Del Mazo dio contratos por más de 300 millones a empresas fantasma. ¿Cómo ven? Sigue Cafeína por Sopitas todos los días para más noticias como esta.

Kevin G. Hall, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project's North America editor, reflects on how the Panama Papers have shaped investigative journalism over the past six years and the biggest challenges journalists face today.

Chris Hani's assassination in 1993 gave rise to one of South Africa's greatest political questions: if he had survived, what impact would he have had on the ANC government? On the 30th anniversary of his murder by right-wing fanatics, this updated version of the best-selling Hani: A Life Too Short reevaluates his legacy and traces his life from his childhood in rural Transkei to the crisis in the ANC camps in Angola in the 1980s and the heady dawn of South Africa's freedom. Drawing on interviews and the recollections of those who knew him, this vividly written book provides a detailed account of the life of a hero of South Africa's liberation, a communist party leader and Umkhonto we Sizwe chief of staff, who was both an intellectual and a fighter. In this episode of Pagecast, CapeTalk presenter and journalist Lester Kiewit chats with Janet and Beauregard regarding this best-seller. About the authors: JANET SMITH is a former newspaper editor and the author of Patrice Motsepe. She was also a co-author of The Coming Revolution: Julius Malema and the Fight for Economic Freedom and The Black Consciousness Reader. Award-winning journalist BEAUREGARD TROMP is the Africa editor of the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. He has also worked for the Mail & Guardian and The Star newspaper.

The day the war broke out in Ukraine, Valerie Hopkins (@VALERIEinNYT) was in Kiev unsure of what was about to happen. Only a few months into working for The New York Times, she was at the center of the biggest story in the world. She now reports on the war as one of a dwindling number foreign correspondents in Russia, interviewing Russians who see the conflict in very different terms than the rest of the world. We also discuss her many years reporting across the Balkans. Countries featured: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Ukraine, Russia Publications featured: Financial Times, New York Times, The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Reuters Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Rubix cube inventor's Lunch with the FT - https://bit.ly/3YphHeb Valerie's story about Ukrainians' Russian relatives not believing in war - http://bit.ly/3XKRKWv Valerie on The Daily podcast on the Russian draft office - http://bit.ly/3XQwSgo Her story Where have all the men in Moscow gone? - http://bit.ly/40aCjs5 Nanna Heitmann's Instagram - https://bit.ly/3Juo6Ax Novaya Gazeta - http://bit.ly/40aVXnR Holod - http://bit.ly/3JqolMW Josh Yaffa's story on rape victims in Ukraine - http://bit.ly/3RiaWbB Sigrid Schultz wikipedia - http://bit.ly/3Ha71Je Last Call at the Hotel Imperial - https://bit.ly/3Ri0VLw   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal and Mehraj D Lone of Newslaundry are joined this week by Krishn Kaushik of the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and independent journalist Sowmiya Ashok.They talk about the ongoing protests in China against severe Covid restrictions and how the communist regime is responding to them. Sowmiya, who has reported from China, explains why the mere act of people showing up to protest in that country is “brave and a big deal”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oficiálně skromný a nepříliš majetný politik Vladimir Putin vlastní ve skutečnosti ohromné majetky, zjistili ruští novináři, s nimiž spolupracuje. A přitom se investigativní novináři z celého světa léta roky marně snažili zjistit, co všechno ruský prezident a okruh jeho nejbližších lidí má. Proč to vyšlo najevo zrovna teď? Jak unikla data potřebná k této analýze? A zajímají ji majetky i jiných čelných politiků? Moderuje Barbora Tachecí.

Look, it's been a long week and it's only Wednesday. Sure, Trump's been going nuts over on Truth Social and Lindsey Graham is threatening mob violence on cable news, but who's up for a story instead? A story about a banking heiress and a Palm Beach club with lax security. Certainly nothing will go wrong. Note: to read more about the Anna de Rothschild story, check out the incredible reporting by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

We are in a golden age for organized crime and corruption, according to watchdog groups. Technological innovations like cryptocurrency have given criminals new tools for covering their tracks, and allowed them to spread out around the globe. Bad actors have spent decades building tangled webs of enablers and tactics, and they now have more resources and capital than ever to invest in new crime enterprises. The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project has reporters and editors on every continent who put their lives at risk to follow trails of laundered money and trace clues back to the guilty parties. Their reporting uncovers the ways corruption is chipping away at democracy, human rights, and quality of life for regular citizens. The co-founders of the OCCRP, Drew Sullivan and Paul Radu, along with Freezing Order author Bill Browder,  joined NPR host and reporter Mary Louise Kelly on stage at the Aspen Ideas Festival, to explain their methods, share their read on the magnitude of the problem, and speculate about the future of organized, globalized crime.

Credit Suisse found guilty! In a first of its kind case, the prestigious bank in Switzerland was convicted of failing to prevent money laundering. The case involves a former Bulgarian wrestler and his drug trafficking gang - and a bank insider - also a Bulgarian former national athlete. And this isn't the first time the bank has been embroiled in scandals with dubious characters... We hear from Rudolph Elmer, a former Swiss banker turned 'whistleblower' who gave bank secrets to Julian Assange and Wikileaks, Tom Stocks, a senior investigator with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, who worked on the Suisse Secrets report released in February this year, and Robert Mazur, author of 'The Betrayal' and former US Federal Agent who worked undercover as a money launderer and managed to infiltrate Pablo Escobar's Colombian drug cartel and the Cali Cartel in the 80's and 90's. He is also directly responsible for the collapse of the BCCI.

Guest: Jared Ferrie, core editor, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Today's podcast is a recording of a talk given by Drew Sullivan of the OCCRP at the University of Maryland. Drew is the co-founder and editor of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (the OCCRP), a global network of journalists working collaboratively to evaluate and mine enormous amounts of data to expose corruption. The OCCRP is also a past winner of the TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting. Special thanks to the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland in the School of Public Policy and the Philip Merrill College of Journalism for letting us record the event.

A complex web of shell companies, offshore banks and hidden transactions has concealed the wealth of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his oligarchs for years. With international sanctions aimed at staunching the flow of money that funds Russia's war in Ukraine, a new nonprofit reporting collaboration led by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and the Guardian, launched the Russian Asset Tracker. It's the most comprehensive database to date that catalogs the assets of Russians with links to Putin. On this episode of the podcast, we follow the money trail to better understand the connection between Putin's power and his oligarchs. Then we explore the legal mechanisms for seizing these assets.  Guests: Drew Sullivan, co-founder of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project  Karen Greenaway, former special agent in the FBI's International Corruption Unit Host:   Ray Suarez, co-host WorldAffairs If you appreciate this episode and want to support the work we do, please consider making a donation to World Affairs. We cannot do this work without your help. Thank you.

Listener emails, Microsoft and Okta reportedly hacked, Karina Shedrofsky - Head of Research at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project joins the panel to discuss their public database of oligarch assets.

Listener emails, Microsoft and Okta reportedly hacked, Karina Shedrofsky - Head of Research at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project joins the panel to discuss their public database of oligarch assets.

Das Schweizer Bankgeheimnis ist unmoralisch – das steht in einem Schreiben, das die Quelle den geleakten Daten beigelegt hat. Darin tauchen besonders viele frühere Bankkonten von Kunden aus Venezuela auf. Trotz des Ölreichtums in diesem Land, leben die meisten Menschen dort in bitterer Armut. Hat die Quelle Recht, wenn sie schreibt, dass die Entwicklungsländer die Hauptleittragenden sind, wenn eine Großbank wie die Credit Suisse korrupte Politiker als Kunden akzeptiert? Wie hat euch der Podcast gefallen? Schreibt uns: rechere[at]ndr[punkt]de Und abonniert gerne diesen Kanal, damit ihr die nächste investigative Recherche nicht verpasst. Die schmutzigen Geschäfte in Venezuela: https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/ndr-wdr/suisse-secrets-venezuela-101.html Suisse Secrets - der Film. 30 Minuten exklusiv in der ARD Mediathek: https://1.ard.de/suisse_secrets Die Recherche der Journalisten im "Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project": https://www.occrp.org/en Autor des Podcasts: Benedikt Strunz Twitter: https://twitter.com/B_Strunz Redaktion: Lena Gürtler Regie: Hannah Brünnjes An den Suisse Secrets-Recherchen beteiligt waren: Massimo Bognanni, Lisa-Maria Hagen, Volkmar Kabisch, Elena Kuch, Johannes Jolmes, Antonius Kempmann, Benedikt Strunz und Julia Wacket Technische Realisation: Georg Czoske, Sven André Köpke und Dennis Schröder Podcast-Tipp: Breitscheidplatz https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/breitscheidplatz/95788832/

Die Suisse-Secrets-Recherchen führen bis nach Nigeria. Wie kommt ein ehemaliger deutscher Siemens-Manager an 54 Millionen Schweizer Franken? So viel Geld liegt zeitweise auf seinem Konto bei einer Credit Suisse Tochter. Jahrelang hatte er systematisch in Nigeria Politiker und Beamte geschmiert, damit Siemens an Aufträge gelangte. Später musste sich der Ex-Manager dafür vor der deutschen Justiz verantworten. Doch sein prall gefülltes Konto bei der Schweizer Bank kannten die Ermittler nicht. Bis heute. Eure Fragen zur Recherche? Schreibt uns: rechere[at]ndr[punkt]de Eine neue Spur im Siemens-Schmiergeldskandal: https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/ndr-wdr/suisse-secrets-siemens-101.html Suisse Secrets - der Film. 30 Minuten exklusiv in der ARD Mediathek: https://1.ard.de/suisse_secrets Die Recherche der Journalisten im "Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project": https://www.occrp.org/en Autor des Podcasts: Benedikt Strunz Twitter: https://twitter.com/B_Strunz Redaktion: Lena Gürtler Regie: Hannah Brünnjes An den Suisse Secrets-Recherchen beteiligt waren: Massimo Bognanni, Lisa-Maria Hagen, Volkmar Kabisch, Elena Kuch, Johannes Jolmes, Antonius Kempmann, Benedikt Strunz und Julia Wacket Technische Realisation: Georg Czoske, Sven André Köpke und Dennis Schröder Podcast-Tipp: Winterkorn und seine Ingenieure, was geschah wirklich beim Dieselskandal? https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/winterkorn-und-seine-ingenieure/92870586/

Eine anonyme Quelle spielt der Süddeutschen Zeitung streng vertrauliche Daten zu. Sie stammen aus dem Inneren der Schweizer Großbank Credit Suisse. Gemeinsam machen sich mehr als 150 Journalistinnen und Journalisten weltweit an die Auswertung der Kontodaten. Dabei stoßen sie auf Kriminelle, korrupte Autokraten und fragwürdige Manager. Und hier in Deutschland fördern sie dabei eine Kontonummer zutage, die eine neue Spur legt in einem der größten deutschen Wirtschaftskrimis – dem Siemens-Schmiergeldskandal. Eure Fragen zur Recherche? Schreibt uns: rechere[at]ndr[punkt]de Die krimminellen Kunder der Credit Suisse: https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/ndr-wdr/suisse-secrets-105.html Suisse Secrets - der Film. 30 Minuten exklusiv in der ARD Mediathek: Film in der ARD-Mediathek: https://1.ard.de/suisse_secrets Die Recherche der Journalisten im "Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project": https://www.occrp.org/en Autor des Podcasts: Benedikt Strunz Twitter: https://twitter.com/B_Strunz Redaktion: Lena Gürtler Regie: Hannah Brünnjes An den Suisse Secrets-Recherchen beteiligt waren: Massimo Bognanni, Lisa-Maria Hagen, Volkmar Kabisch, Elena Kuch, Johannes Jolmes, Antonius Kempmann, Benedikt Strunz und Julia Wacket Technische Realisation: Georg Czoske, Sven André Köpke und Dennis Schröder Podcast-Tipp: Slahi - 14 Jahre Guantanamohttps://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/slahi-14-jahre-guantanamo/92249100/

*ep starts at 18 mins The Serbian mafia has its origins in the arrival of increasing numbers of Yugoslavian immigrants to Western Europe in the 1970's and 1980s. Operating in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and France, groups of Serbian expatriates engaged in a pattern of robberies and thefts. Much of this was supported by the communist Yugoslavian intelligence service, who employed gangsters overseas as informants and assassins, and in exchange provided them with firearms and legal protection. The combination of Yugoslavian government support and the money earned from brazen heists, made Yugoslavian criminals some of the most powerful in Western Europe in the 1980s. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and its allies in Eastern and Southern Europe, many Serbian criminals overseas returned to Yugoslavia, taking advantage of the chaos to embark on new criminal careers. Many served in paramilitary and militia organisations created ostensibly to protect ethnic Serbs and government property, but quickly they became known for criminal activity and their role in the ethnic cleansing of Bosnians, Croats and Slovenes from Serb territories. With the end of the Yugoslav wars, these militias became entwined with the criminal “clans” of Serbia, with both enjoying the support of the former communist intelligence and security forces. With the overthrow of Slobodon Milosovic, a period of reform was ushered in. In response, the most violent and powerful Serbian crime group - the Zemun Clan - partnered with Serbian special forces to assassinate the Prime Minister, in order to protect the status and privilege that they are garnered during the bloodshed of the 1990s Guest is Dave Williamson @davewcomedy Spaic, Igor. The Long Trial of the Balkan Cocaine King. Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. 9 February 2016. https://www.occrp.org/en/blog/4910-the-long-trial-of-the-balkan-cocaine-king Anastajevic, Dejan. “Ljubisa Buha Cumet: Great Paving.” VREME. 25 June 2009. https://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=872105 Partos, Gabriel. “Marathon Djindic Trial.” BBC News. 23 May 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6683133.stm Ciric, Milos. “The Third Bullet and the Political Background of the Assassination of Zoran Dindic.” ANTIDOT: Independent Media and Campus Network. 11 March 2017. https://www.anti.media/en/istrazivanja/files/treci-metak-i-politicka-pozadina-atentata-na-zorana-indic a/ Stonajovic, Dusan. “Group Named in Plot on Serbia Chief.” Global Policy Forum. Associated Press. 9 April 2003. https://archive.globalpolicy.org/intljustice/tribunals/yugo/2003/0409plot.htm

*ep starts at 26:30 The Serbian mafia has its origins in the arrival of increasing numbers of Yugoslavian immigrants to Western Europe in the 1970's and 1980s. Operating in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and France, groups of Serbian expatriates engaged in a pattern of robberies and thefts. Much of this was supported by the communist Yugoslavian intelligence service, who employed gangsters overseas as informants and assassins, and in exchange provided them with firearms and legal protection. The combination of Yugoslavian government support and the money earned from brazen heists, made Yugoslavian criminals some of the most powerful in Western Europe in the 1980s. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and its allies in Eastern and Southern Europe, many Serbian criminals overseas returned to Yugoslavia, taking advantage of the chaos to embark on new criminal careers. Many served in paramilitary and militia organisations created ostensibly to protect ethnic Serbs and government property, but quickly they became known for criminal activity and their role in the ethnic cleansing of Bosnians, Croats and Slovenes from Serb territories. With the end of the Yugoslav wars, these militias became entwined with the criminal “clans” of Serbia, with both enjoying the support of the former communist intelligence and security forces. With the overthrow of Slobodon Milosovic, a period of reform was ushered in. In response, the most violent and powerful Serbian crime group - the Zemun Clan - partnered with Serbian special forces to assassinate the Prime Minister, in order to protect the status and privilege that they are garnered during the bloodshed of the 1990s Guest is Dave Williamson @davewcomedy Spaic, Igor. The Long Trial of the Balkan Cocaine King. Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. 9 February 2016. https://www.occrp.org/en/blog/4910-the-long-trial-of-the-balkan-cocaine-king Anastajevic, Dejan. “Ljubisa Buha Cumet: Great Paving.” VREME. 25 June 2009. https://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=872105 Partos, Gabriel. “Marathon Djindic Trial.” BBC News. 23 May 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6683133.stm Ciric, Milos. “The Third Bullet and the Political Background of the Assassination of Zoran Dindic.” ANTIDOT: Independent Media and Campus Network. 11 March 2017. https://www.anti.media/en/istrazivanja/files/treci-metak-i-politicka-pozadina-atentata-na-zorana-indic a/ Stonajovic, Dusan. “Group Named in Plot on Serbia Chief.” Global Policy Forum. Associated Press. 9 April 2003. https://archive.globalpolicy.org/intljustice/tribunals/yugo/2003/0409plot.htm

Miranda Patrucic, a senior Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project journalist who worked on the Pandora Papers, explains how she followed the money as part of the biggest journalism investigation in history. Paul Massaro reveals the reaction from the US Congress: an ENABLERs Act to tackle professional facilitators of transnational corruption.

The "Pandora Papers," written by a worldwide consortium of journalists, reveal how world leaders and the mega-rich can hide billions of dollars in secret offshore accounts, which investigators say drain money from government treasuries and can undermine national security. Nick Schifrin talks to Drew Sullivan, co-founder and editor of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, or OCCRP. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Drew Sullivan, co-founder and publisher of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project says using the Pegasus software from the NSO Group, "corrupt and troubled regimes across the world can gain access to vast troves of personal information on just about anyone they want." Follow us on twitter @TUSAPodcast

In this Nov 20 episode of the Tax Justice Network's monthly podcast, the Taxcast: We look at the terrible Beirut explosion and how the story of tracing those responsible tells us everything that's wrong with our world. Plus, we discuss what President Biden's win could mean for tax and economic policies: one thing with big potential could be tackling monopoly corporate power which has cross-party support. Featuring: Rana Sabbagh, OCCRP, the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and founder of the Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism, Thom Townsend, Executive Director, Open Ownership & John Christensen, Tax Justice Network. Hosted and produced by Naomi Fowler of the Tax Justice Network www.taxjustice.net/taxcast, distributed by www.realagenda.org

This weeks guests: Journalist - Adam Klasfeld Comedian - Boris Khaykin Whether in a U.S. courtroom, the halls of Congress or a rainforest in the Amazon, Adam reports stories that make a global impact. During President Trump’s impeachment, his questioning of the House’s top Republican drew national headlines, and his investigations into a related criminal case made waves. His reporting on a multibillion-dollar money laundering scheme helped Turkish citizens thwart censorship by the country's largely state-controlled media. His live coverage of the cases of Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen and wealthy sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein became known for its speed, depth and detail. He has interviewed multiple heads of state, grilled more than a dozen U.S. lawmakers, and run five miles along Cuban coastline for a roaming interview with Guantánamo’s chief prosecutor. A senior investigative reporter and editor for Law&Crime, Adam appeared as a guest on MSNBC’s “The Last Word” with Lawrence O’Donnell to analyze the Mueller report and litigation between Trump over his finances at Deutsche Bank. International television appearances include Sky News, CBC, and CTV, discussing Jeffrey Epstein’s thwarted prosecution. Radio appearances: National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” “Here and Now,” and “Trump, Inc.”; BBC (World, Scotland and Wales); Radio New Zealand; SXM Canada Talks; Sirius FM and more. He cut his teeth at the legal news beat for a decade at Courthouse News, and his bylines also have appeared on NBC, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, and other outlets. Other broadcast: Mother Jones, Reason, and BuzzFeed’s “AM to DM”. Most major news outlets have cited his scoops and reporting, including the New York Times, Washington Post, NBC, The Guardian, The Atlantic, Al Jazeera, Newsweek, Reuters, U.S. News and World Report and the Associated Press. CNN Türk aired a segment highlighting his coverage of the Zarrab case, which was also cited on BBC Türkçe, Deutsche Welle, and other outlets from London to Amsterdam to Istanbul. Adams Website is https://www.adamklasfeld.com/ From the comedy Cellar - Live From America Podcast with Noam Dworman and Hatem Gabr. Follow Live From America YouTube www.youtube.com/channel/UCS2fqgw61yK1J6iKNxV0LmA Twitter twitter.com/AmericasPodcast www.LiveFromAmericaPodcast.com LiveFromAmerica@ComedyCellar.com Follow Hatem Twitter twitter.com/HatemNYC Instagram www.instagram.com/hatemnyc/ Follow Noam Twitter twitter.com/noamdworman?lang=en #Epstien #AdamKlasfeld #Journalism

Adam Klasfeld is a senior investigative reporter and editor for Law & Crime News and is the go to source for Faithful Politics when we want to get the most accurate and the latest on stories that interest us. Adam has spent more than a decade on the legal beat. Previously a reporter for Courthouse News, he has appeared as a guest on MSNBC, BBC, NPR, PBS, Sky News, and other networks. Will and Josh talk with Adam about his journalism career, the impact that previous administrations have had on media integrity, and a whole host of other topics that will hopefully have you look at the important role journalist play in our society. Follow Adam on Twitter: @KlasfeldReportsor https://lawandcrime.com/author/adam-klasfeld/Bio:Whether in a U.S. courtroom, the halls of Congress or a rainforest in the Amazon, Adam reports stories that make a global impact. During President Trump's impeachment, his questioning of the House's top Republican drew national headlines, and his investigations into a related criminal case made waves. His reporting on a multibillion-dollar money laundering scheme helped Turkish citizens thwart censorship by the country's largely state-controlled media. His live coverage of the cases of Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen and wealthy sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein became known for its speed, depth and detail. He has interviewed multiple heads of state, grilled more than a dozen U.S. lawmakers, and run five miles along Cuban coastline for a roaming interview with Guantánamo's chief prosecutor.A senior investigative reporter and editor for Law&Crime, Adam appeared as a guest on MSNBC's “The Last Word” with Lawrence O'Donnell to analyze the Mueller report and litigation between Trump over his finances at Deutsche Bank. International television appearances include Sky News, CBC, and CTV, discussing Jeffrey Epstein's thwarted prosecution. Radio appearances: National Public Radio's “All Things Considered,” “Here and Now,” and “Trump, Inc.”; BBC (World, Scotland and Wales); Radio New Zealand; SXM Canada Talks; Sirius FM and more. He cut his teeth at the legal news beat for a decade at Courthouse News, and his bylines also have appeared on NBC, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, and other outlets. Other broadcast: Mother Jones, Reason, and BuzzFeed's “AM to DM”. Most major news outlets have cited his scoops and reporting, including the New York Times, Washington Post, NBC, The Guardian, The Atlantic, Al Jazeera, Newsweek, Reuters, U.S. News and World Report and the Associated Press. CNN Türk aired a segment highlighting his coverage of the Zarrab case, which was also cited on BBC Türkçe, Deutsche Welle, and other outlets from London to Amsterdam to Istanbul.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/faithpolitics)

El periodismo de investigación ha convertido al periodista latinoamericano pero sobre todo al venezolano en un extraordinario protagonista de pesquisas y descifrador de pistas. Al menos 86 investigaciones se han abierto fuera de Venezuela. En 52 de estos expedientes, se sigue la pista a más de 30 mil millones de dólares que estarían relacionados con operaciones de lavado de activos, de acuerdo con la información recopilada por la página web, Chavismo INC, proyecto realizado por Transparencia Venezuela, la Alianza Rebelde Investiga (ARI) y la plataforma latinoamericana de periodismo Connectas. Fueron muchos los trabajos abordados este año. Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Armando.info, In Sight Crime, las unidades de investigación de Runrunes, El Pitazo y Tal Cual, entre otros, dan cuenta de la trascendencia de la labor del periodista de investigación. César Miguel Rondón sostuvo interesantes conversaciones al respecto con Mercedes de Freitas,@soymerchy, Directora ejecutiva y fundadora de Transparencia Venezuela; Joseph Poliszuk @jopoliszuk periodista de Armando.info; Nathan Jaccard, @NJaccard, periodista y editor para América Latina de Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project; Lisseth Boon,@boonbar, coordinadora de la unidad de investigación de Runrunes y Jeremy Mcdermott, @jerrymcdermott, Director ejecutivo y cofundador de InSight Crime. #Venezuela #Investigacion #PeriodismoDeInvestigación #Corrupción #Censura #LibertadDeExpresión --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sincodigo/message

În săptâmâna de după alegerile parlamentare cu cea mai scăzută participare din istoria post 1989, vorbim despre transparentizarea cheltuielilor din campania electorală, etică și bune practici în comunicarea politică, despre cum s-a văzut această campanie din această perspectivă și despre cum ar trebui să fie un proces electoral civilizat (scuzați aparenta contradicție în termeni) în viitor. INVITAȚI: >>> Sorin Ioniță – EFOR / Expert Forum Expert Forum e unthink tank înfiinţat de experţi cunoscuţi în politici publice şi reforma administraţiei. Domeniile acoperite sunt reforma administraţiei şi integritate; descentralizare şi finanţe publice; reforma justiţiei şi anticorupţie; politici sociale şi pensii; energie şi transporturi; sănătate; procese electorale şi cetăţenie activă. Sorin acooperat în calitate de consultant regional cu Consiliul Europei, United Nations Development Programme și Banca Mondială, publică opinii și comentarii în mai multe platforme. A terminat politehnica și folosofia și e doctor în științe politice, a colaborat cu Oxford University, și Georgetown. >>> Cosmin Nițu – Quick Data / Zoom Report Cosmin a adunat în carieră 12 ani la Webstyler în zona de comunicare digitală plus 9 ani Quick Data în domeniul data visualization. Quickdata e primul studio de vizualizari de date din Romania, lansat in 2011, care operează și startup-ul de location intellingence, Zoom Report - care își propune să faciliteze accesul antreprenorilor, consultanților și analiștilor la date socio-economice detaliate și localizate geografic. E primul om care mi-a spus că AUR va intra în Parlament fluierând. Am râs apoi am cercetat și n-am mai râs. >>> Andrei Ciurcanu – RISE Project RISE Project este o comunitate de jurnaliști, programatori și activiști care investighează crima organizată și corupția care afectează România și țările din regiune. Proiect afiliat al Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. Andrei a lucrat in mai multe televiziuni și în presa scrisă și este autorul mai multor reportaje-anchetă, cum ar fi sistemul de șpăgi din CNA DNR, dar și culisele “afacerii Bechtel”. În 2011, documentarul “Orașul Otrăvit”, realizat de Andrei, a câștigat premiul “Best Investigative documentary – TV” la gala premiilor International Media Excellence Awards acordate de The Association for International Broadcasting. Ediția podcast UPGRADE 100 e oferită de Banca Transilvania și BT Talks

Alat rapid test merek Biozek yang didatangkan Kimia Farma dari Belanda, diragukan akurasinya. Dua riset independen di Inggris dan Spanyol menemukan bahwa klaim akurasi di atas 90 persen atas alat ini ternyata tidak terbukti. Selain itu, penelusuran konsorsium Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project yang Tempo juga tergabung di dalamnya, mengungkapkan bahwa rapid test kit Biozek tidak diproduksi di Belanda, melainkan di Cina. Temuan ini menguatkan anggapan bahwa hasil rapid test tidak bisa digunakan sebagai acuan dalam menentukan kurva pandemi Covid-19. Baca laporan lengkapnya di majalah.tempo.co atau Tempo Apps.

Čierna Kia Rio. Na prvý pohľad nenápadné, priam tuctové auto. V skutočnosti akýsi pojazdný archív Mariána Kočnera skrývajúci množstvo listín o miliónových kauzách, ale aj brilianty či luxusný kočnerov telefón. Takzvaná kočnerova knižnica – teda databáza dokumentov, ktoré získala medzinárodná sieť investigatívnych novinárov Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project vydala ďalšie plody. V tomto prípade ide o fotografie zo zaistenia auta, ktoré Peter Tóth odovzdal policajtom. Tento automobil bol totiž kočnerovým pojazdným trezorom odhaľujúcim veľa zo života tohto muža.

Guest: Lucy Komisar. A deep dive into the story behind the “Magnitsky Hoax”. Lucy tells the story of Bill Browder, Hermitage (his hedge fund) and how he managed to create a massive political weapon called the Magnitsky Act to protect himself and his benefactors and to use against others. The story also involves shell companies, tax havens, money laundering, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Robert Maxwell, Gazprom, HSBC, Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Trump Tower meeting, the resurgence of the Cold War with Russia, Russiagate, the Mueller Report, and more.  Lucy Komisar is a New York City-based journalist with a long history of investigating offshore banks and corporate secrecy and abuses. One of her current long term projects is the investigation of the Browder/Magnitsky hoax.  FOLLOW Lucy on Twitter @LucyKomisar where there is lively and active participation in this investigative work and find her work at her website TheKomisarScoop.com.  Around the Empire is listener supported, independent media. Pitch in at Patreon: patreon.com/aroundtheempire or paypal.me/aroundtheempirepod. Find all links at aroundtheempire.com.  SUBSCRIBE on YouTube. FOLLOW @aroundtheempire and @joanneleon.  SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW on iTunes, iHeart, Spotify, Google Play, Facebook or on your preferred podcast app. Recorded on September 24th and 27th, 2019. Music by Fluorescent Grey. Reference Links: The Komisar Scoop The Man Behind the Magnitsky Act, 100Reporters, Lucy Komisar The BBC and the European Court get the Magnitsky story wrong, Lucy Komisar The Man Behind the Magnitsky Act: Did Bill Browder’s Tax Troubles in Russia Color Push for Sanctions?, Lucy Komisar Documentary: The Magnitsky Act: Behind the Scenes, Andrei Nekrasov Timestamps: 2:00 Intro, Lucy’s background, how she met Bill Browder, investigating money laundering, Khodorkovsky, Avisma, Browder, Yukos, Peter Bond, Russia 9:00 The Magnitsky Hoax, how Browder/Magnitsky ties into other things like Russiagate, resurgence of the Cold War, Robert Maxwell, etc.  11:30 Bill Browder background, Robert Maxwell, Salomon Brothers, telecom Peter Star, Edmond Safra, IMF funds, Beny Steinmetz, Hermitage hedge fund, Mossack Fonseca, Ziff Brothers 16:30 Offshore shell companies, fall of USSR, “shock therapy”, shares/vouchers, Cyprus, Gazprom, Russia-Cyprus double taxation treaties, fraud, Kalmykia region in Russia, Browder tax evasion 23:45 Sergei Magnitsky (Browder’s accountant) investigated 2006, Browder lost Russian visa 2005, Putin, 2007 Browder companies docs seized, Firestone Duncan, Browder says companies stolen 31:00 Magnitsky interrogated 2008, prepares to flee, arrested & imprisoned, HSBC (trustee for Hermitage fund), tax refund fraud, Renaissance, Prevezon, OCCRP, Browder media stenographers, Rimma Starova blew the whistle, Russian reporter Oleg Lurie met Magnitsky in prison, Magnitsky doesn’t mention abuse to Lurie or human rights orgs, Browder doesn’t mention to US House Human Rights Committee,  Magnitsky dies in prison in Nov 2009 poor medical treatment, Russian authorities investigate and report terrible prison conditions, medical neglect 46:00 Russia still pursuing Browder for tax evasion, Jonathan Winer worked for John Kerry’s State Dept and later APCO, Khodorkovsky also client of APCO, Winer helps Browder craft a new story & strategy (“Magnitsky Hoax”) of Magnitsky murder, forgeries, used by media and govt for The Magnitsky Act, in his fraudulent document Browder names new culprits 54:30 Browder and Magnitsky Act help advance US anti-Russia foreign policy, OCCRP (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project) helps Browder create docs, Magnitsky Act includes a section protecting Khodorkovsky 1:01:00 Documentary “The Magnitsky Act: Behind the Scenes” debunks Browder’s story, banned from broadcast  1:03:00 Ken Dilanian’s May 2016 reporting on Magnitsky and Browder was killed by NBC, Robert Otto State Dept emails leaked 1:11:45 Trump Tower meeting, Natalia Veselnitskaya, Rob Goldstone, Prevezon case, Russiagate narrative, Fusion GPS, Glenn Simpson 1:32:30 Trump-Russia investigation, The Mueller Report repeats Browder’s Magnitsky hoax story 1:43:00 in 2016 Browder found guilty in Russian court and new embezzlement charges filed as a result of his tax refund fraud 1:51:00 Complexity of tax havens, shell companies, money laundering, purpose of Global Magnitsky Acts campaign as a political weapon  

Friedrich Lindenberg talks me through the investigative journalism data tools developed by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and details of the Azerbaijani Laundromat. He is optimistic about the potential for lasting and significant structural change to dismantle the complex financial industries that support organised crime & money laundering worldwide. We agree on the importance of pirate radio! Organised Crime + Money Laundering + Data Journalism + OCCRP + #DNL15 ----more---- Data Team Lead, OCCRP, Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, DEFriedrich Lindenberg leads the data team at OCCRP. He is responsible for the development of OCCRP Data and supports ongoing investigations where data analysis is needed. In 2014/2015, Friedrich was a Knight International journalism fellow with the International Center for Journalists, working with the African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting (ANCIR), and in 2013 he was a Knight-Mozilla Open News fellow at Spiegel Online in Hamburg. Prior to that, Friedrich was an open data activist, and worked to promote the release of government information about public finance, lobbying, procurement and law-making across the world. Twitter: @pudo OCCRP: Azerbaijani Landromat OCCRP: The Russian Laundromat Exposed OCCRP: Investigative Tools (Find online sources / Search for leads / Map your investigation) OCCRP: Database for Researchers (145 Million entries) OCCRP: Data Visualisation Tools (for investigators) Guardian: Everything about the Azerbaijani Laundromat Reuters: National Crime Agency Account Freezing Order The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) is an investigative reporting platform formed by 40 non-profit investigative centers, scores of journalists and several major regional news organizations around the globe. Our network is spread across Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America. We teamed up in 2006 to do transnational investigative reporting and promote technology-based approaches to exposing organized crime and corruption worldwide. We help journalists anywhere to trace people, companies and assets across the globe. Our team has worked on dozens of award-winning investigations in different regions. Their support is free for reporters from anywhere in the world. DARK HAVENS PANEL LEAKING MASSIVE DATASETS: Security, Openness, and Collective Mobilisation Ryan Gallagher (Investigative Reporter & Editor, The Intercept, UK)Friedrich Lindenberg (Data Team Lead, OCCRP, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, DE)Moderated by Tatiana Bazzichelli (Director, Disruption Network Lab, IT/DE) This panel poses issues of security and openness related to the analysis of data leaks and strategies of indexing data, to journalists, technical experts, researchers, and the larger civic society. In the case of the Panama Papers (April 2016) 11.5 million financial and legal records were leaked in 2015 from the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca; those were followed by the Bahamas Leaks (September 2016), where 1.3 million internal company register files were leaked; later, the Paradise Papers (November 2017) were a set of 13.4 million leaked confidential electronic documents about offshore investments. This huge amount of information was all leaked to the Süddeutsche Zeitung reporters Frederik Obermaier and Bastian Obermayer, who shared it with the Washington-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) who coordinated a worldwide investigation. Ryan Gallagher (The Intercept) and Friedrich Lindenberg (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, OCCRP) discuss the ethics of massive data leaks, security and secrecy vs. openness and transparency, as well as source protection and collective mobilisation in the analysis of the material. DARK HAVENS Confronting Hidden Money & Power #DNL15 DARK HAVENS brings together people from around the world who have been part of global investigations and leaks, have blown the whistle on corporations, been put on trial, and who have taken severe personal risks to confront hidden money and power. 15th conference of the Disruption Network Lab. Curated by Tatiana Bazzichelli. In cooperation with Transparency International. Disruption Network Lab: Dark Havens Twitter: @disruptberlin    Thank you for tuning in, we hope you enjoyed listening as much as we did talking! Transit Lounge Radio is 100% independently produced, and ad-free. Your generous support, event invitations and sharing to community networks will help to keep the conversation free-flowing! Support independent radio! 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This week, we’re exploring President Donald Trump’s efforts to do business in Moscow. Our team — Heather Vogell, Andrea Bernstein, Meg Cramer and Katie Zavadski — dug into just who Trump was working with and just what Trump needed from Russia to get a deal done. (Listen to the podcast episode here.) First, the big picture. We already knew that Trump had business interests involving Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign — which he denied — that could have been influencing his policy positions. As the world has discovered, Trump was negotiating to develop a tower in Moscow while running for president. Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen has admitted to lying to Congress about being in contact with the Kremlin about the project during the campaign. All of that explains why congressional investigators are scrutinizing Trump’s Moscow efforts. And we’ve found more: •  Trump’s partner on the project didn't appear to be in a position to get the project approved and built. On Oct. 28, 2015 — the same day as a Republican primary debate — Trump signed a letter of intent with the partner, a developer named Andrey Rozov, to build a 400-unit condominium and hotel tower in Moscow. In a letter Rozov wrote to Cohen pitching his role, he cited his work on a suburban development outside of Moscow, a 12-story office building in Manhattan’s Garment District (which he bought rather than constructed) and two projects in Williston, North Dakota, a town of around 30,000.We looked into each of them. Rozov’s Moscow project has faced lawsuits from homeowners, some of which have settled and some of which are ongoing, and the company developing it filed for bankruptcy. It remains unfinished. Property records show that Rozov owned his New York building for just over a year. He bought it for about $35 million in cash, took out an almost $13 million loan several months later, made no significant improvements and then sold it for a 23 percent profit. Trump’s former business associate, Felix Sater, who once pleaded guilty to financial fraud and reportedly later became an asset for U.S. intelligence agencies, is listed on the sale as an “authorized signatory.” We did find a developer with a workforce housing project in Williston, as well as approved plans for a mall/hotel/water-park. (The town attracted interest from developers as the center of North Dakota’s oil boom earlier in the decade.) Rozov’s name doesn’t appear on materials relating to the company, but a person familiar with the project confirmed that this is what Rozov was bragging about in his letter. Oil prices cratered and the mega-mall was never built. Rozov did not respond to an email seeking comment. Here is a rendering of the plan: Plans for "Williston Crossing," a 218 acre site in Williams County, North Dakota. (Williston Crossing Major Comprehensive Plan Amendment Presentation/Gensler) •  An owner of a sanctioned Russian bank that vouched for the Trump Organization in Moscow had a criminal history that included involvement in a Russian mafia gas-bootlegging scheme in the U.S. Making a business trip to Russia requires an official invitation. According to correspondence published by BuzzFeed, Sater arranged for an invitation from Genbank, a small Russian bank that expanded significantly in Crimea after Russia invaded in 2014. One of Genbank’s co-owners is Yevgeny Dvoskin, a Russian-born financier who grew up in Brighton Beach at the same time as Sater. Dvoskin pleaded guilty to tax evasion in federal court in Ohio for the bootlegging scheme and spent time in prison. He was later deported to Russia, according to press accounts. In Russia, he remained tied to criminal networks, according to the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. (We were unable to reach Dvoskin for comment.) •  We also get a hint about why Trump may have needed the Kremlin to get his deal done. Some of the sites under consideration for a potential Trump Tower Moscow were in historic areas with strict height restrictions. Just a few years before the 2015 letter of intent that Trump signed, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin pledged to do all he could to prevent the city from being overrun by skyscrapers. If Trump’s deal was to move forward in some place like the Red October Chocolate Factory, one of the spots that was considered, getting around zoning restrictions would need help from the very top. Sater and Cohen were also kicking around a plan to offer Putin the building’s $50 million penthouse, according to BuzzFeed. That need for special help, combined with the potential offer of a valuable asset, raises questions about whether the plan ran afoul of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, according to Alexandra Wrage, the president and founder of Trace International, an organization that helps companies comply with anti-bribery laws. “What you describe is certainly worrying,” she said. The Trump Organization, the White House, and Michael Cohen did not respond to requests for comment. For his part, Sater is scheduled to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on March 27. The committee members will undoubtedly have plenty of questions. You can contact us via Signal, WhatsApp or voicemail at 347-244-2134. Here’s more about how you can contact us securely. You can always email us at tips@trumpincpodcast.org. And finally, you can use the Postal Service: Trump, Inc. at ProPublica 155 Ave of the Americas, 13th Floor New York, NY 10013 “Trump, Inc.” is a production of WNYC Studios and ProPublica. 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This week on From Russia With News, we discuss the explosive Troika Laundromat investigation with Paul Radu, the executive director of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, which revealed the scheme. We'll also talk to Guardian correspondent Andrew Roth on why the return of hundreds of women and children from Iraq and Syria has become a major problem for Russia

In 2017, investigative journalist Rosemary Armao left her post as the head of the journalism program at The University at Albany and began working with The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism in Jordan.

Drew Sullivan is mede-oprichter en hoofdredacteur van OCCRP, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, gevestigd in Sarajevo. Een internationale onderzoeksjournalistieke organisatie die grote corruptieonderzoeken doet, vooral in Oost-Europa. Jan Kuciak, de Slowaakse journalist die op 25 februari in zijn huis werd doodgeschoten, werkte voor OCCRP. En ook andere medewerkers werden met de dood bedreigd of gearresteerd. Drew Sullivan houdt vrijdagavond een lezing in Amsterdam, bij de uitreiking van de onderzoeksjournalistieke prijs De Loep. Argos sprak met Sullivan over de bedreiging van journalisten en het belang van onderzoeksjournalistiek.

In 2016 , the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists released The Panama Papers — a massive cache of 11.5 million records leaked from the law firm Mossack Fonseca — revealing that several heads of state have been sheltering their personal wealth in offshore accounts to evade taxes. This wasn’t surprising, after all dictators are known for draining public coffers and hoarding the ill-gotten funds in secret accounts. What’s more disturbing is learning that well-known global corporations and civic leaders have been doing the same thing for decades, and getting away with it. Mossack Fonseca specializes in setting up untraceable shell companies. There’s nothing overtly illegal about them, but they’re often used by political and financial elites to hide assets, dodge taxes, and launder money. Creating shell companies is a big business, and Mossack Fonseca is just one of many firms that do it. The Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency Coalition says shell companies house up to $21 trillion globally. (By way of comparison, the US gross domestic product for 2015 was $18 trillion.) The firms employing the services of Mossack Fonseca include a rogues’ gallery of brand name corporations with a track record of breaking financial regulations with virtual impunity. Remember back in 2013 when HSBC was slapped with a $1.9 billion fine by the U.S. Justice Department for laundering drug cartel money? Its fine amounted to less than one tenth of its annual profits. And remember when UBS was caught in 2012 spreading false information to manipulate banking exchange rates? It was fined $1.5 billion, which sounds like a lot, until you learn that UBS’ revenues are almost $40 billion a year. Both banks are clients of Mossack Fonseca. The reason banks and financial institutions are ignoring regulations comes down to simple economics. The organized criminal economy is over $2 trillion a year, and someone has to launder it, says journalist Drew Sullivan, co-founder and editor of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and a 2014 Institute for the Future (IFTF) Fellow. “You can either be a bank that takes that money or a bank that doesn’t take that money. Because nobody is penalizing you seriously for this, and nobody holds it against you, you don’t get a reputation of being a bad bank, and you can keep doing this.” These slap-on-the-wrist fines are simply the cost of doing business, says Sullivan, who compares the bank’s criminal behavior to the Koch Brothers’modus operandi: violate sanctions and fight the fines in court for as long as possible. “It’s a risk minimization plan, rather than honorable business,” he says. I interviewed Sullivan in 2016 shortly after the release of the Panama Papers.

Op 20 juli 2016 komt in Kiev de van oorsprong Wit-Russische journalist Pavel Sheremet om het leven door een autobom. Er zijn meteen vragen over wie er achter deze moord zit. Pavel stond bekend als een kritische journalist. Dat was ook de reden dat hij eerst Wit-Rusland en later Rusland ontvluchtte om zich uiteindelijk in Kiev te vestigen. Oekraïne kondigt aan onderzoek te doen naar de toedracht van Pavels dood, maar een team van Oekraïense onderzoeksjournalisten start ook meteen een eigen onderzoek.In mei dit jaar komt een documentaire uit over de dood van Pavel en het onderzoek ernaar. Oekraïense onderzoeksjournalisten van Slidstvo en OCCRP (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project) hebben negen maanden lang onderzoek gedaan en komen erachter dat het politieonderzoek niet grondig genoeg is geweest. Ook vinden ze een lead naar een mogelijke verdachte. Waarom werd Pavel vermoord? Wat hebben de onderzoeksjournalisten ontdekt? En liepen zij niet extra risico omdat ze de moord op een journalist onderzochten? Kun je veilig onderzoeksjournalist zijn in Oekraïne? We duiken in de moord op Pavel en de onderzoeksjournalistiek van Oekraïne met Hubert Smeets, oud-correspondent in Rusland en één van de oprichters van het kennisplatform Raam op Rusland, en Eva Cukier, Oost-Europa-redacteur bij NRC. Ook bellen we met Leon Willems,directeur van Free Press Unlimited. En we interviewen één van de Oekraïense documentairemakers.

Op 20 juli 2016 komt in Kiev de van oorsprong Wit-Russische journalist Pavel Sheremet om het leven door een autobom. Er zijn meteen vragen over wie er achter deze moord zit. Pavel stond bekend als een kritische journalist. Dat was ook de reden dat hij eerst Wit-Rusland en later Rusland ontvluchtte om zich uiteindelijk in Kiev te vestigen. Oekraïne kondigt aan onderzoek te doen naar de toedracht van Pavels dood, maar een team van Oekraïense onderzoeksjournalisten start ook meteen een eigen onderzoek.In mei dit jaar komt een documentaire uit over de dood van Pavel en het onderzoek ernaar. Oekraïense onderzoeksjournalisten van Slidstvo en OCCRP (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project) hebben negen maanden lang onderzoek gedaan en komen erachter dat het politieonderzoek niet grondig genoeg is geweest. Ook vinden ze een lead naar een mogelijke verdachte. Waarom werd Pavel vermoord? Wat hebben de onderzoeksjournalisten ontdekt? En liepen zij niet extra risico omdat ze de moord op een journalist onderzochten? Kun je veilig onderzoeksjournalist zijn in Oekraïne? We duiken in de moord op Pavel en de onderzoeksjournalistiek van Oekraïne met Hubert Smeets, oud-correspondent in Rusland en één van de oprichters van het kennisplatform Raam op Rusland, en Eva Cukier, Oost-Europa-redacteur bij NRC. Ook bellen we met Leon Willems,directeur van Free Press Unlimited. En we interviewen één van de Oekraïense documentairemakers.

Årets upplaga av Grävseminariet ägde rum i Uppsala 7-8 april. Sveriges Radios Robert Jacobsson var där och pratar i denna podd med Medieormens Cecilia Djurberg om vad han fick med sig hem. Robert Jacobsson bloggade även från Gräv, och här finns hans blogginlägg om grävande journalistik, där du hittar länkar till de tips han pratar om i podden. Vardagsgräv tips och trix för att granska makten i vardagen Marja Grill visar hur du kan arbeta metodiskt i vardagen för att kunna gräva. Du får tips om alltifrån arbetsbok till saker du inte får missa till ansvarsutkrävande intervjun. Hur du blir grymt bra på research på nätet Brittiska BBC-grävaren Paul Myers föreläste om användbara verktyg, som Truecaller, sync.me och Spokeo  och om hur man gräver på Facebook och Twitter. Hur du hittar och kartlägger människor på nätet Paul Myers andra föreläsning kretsade runt personkartläggning där du fick tips om allt ifrån hitta unika identifikationsmarkörer till verktyg som ger dig privata mailadresser och telefonnummer. Förbättra din intervjuteknik tips och trix Julian Sher från The Fifth Estate hade en bra modell för att planera och strukturera en ansvarsintervju samt dos and donts vid svåra intervjuer. Granska internationell korruption Miranda Patrucic var en väldigt inspirerande grävare ifrån Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. Här får du konkreta verktyg där du kan hitta dokument från företag och databaser där du kan skrapa data. Mobilapparna som varje journalist måste ha Fredrik Laurin från Uppdrag granskning gick igenom appar för att messa och maila säkert, banda samtal och ljud samt hur du skyddar kollegor. Så gräver du via Darknet Researchspecialisten My Vingren berättade om hur konkret kan gräva via Darknet, steg för steg hur du kommer in och gav tips om hur du kan genomföra granskningar här. Grunderna i kriminaljournalistik krimgrävets ABC Evalisa Wallin och Kina Pohjanen visar här konkreta checklistor för vad du inte får missa när det kommer till nu har det hänt något, personen grips och hur du överklagar när du inte får dokumenten du behöver.  Dramaturgi i det långa formatet Dramaturgen Michael Hancock visar här hur du bygger upp din historia i en dramaturgisk modell, för att få publiken att sitta klistrade mysteriet, huvudpersonen, avslöjandet och kronologin.

The largest document leak in recent history, the Panama Papers, was facilitated by 400 journalists at 107 news organizations in some 80 countries, working for a year, in secret, without word getting out. Smari McCarthy, who helped process the Panama Papers, as chief technology officer for the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, calls it "a conspiracy to inform the public," and hopes making it harder to hide money will lead to more money being more equitably distributed. He talks about the project, about the Icelandic Pirate Party he cofounded, and his work to increase transparency and direct democracy around the world.

In many countries, investigative reporters face the threat of violence and physical harm. About a third of the nearly 700 journalists killed worldwide since 1992 were slain for exposing crime and corruption. In addition, the increasingly dangerous terrain for investigative journalism is a source of psychological stress for journalists. Bruce Shapiro, director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, will talk about psychological threats and the ways groups and individuals around the world have tried to counter those threats. Joel Simon, director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, will speak on campaigns to end impunity in the killings of journalists in Latin America, the Philippines and Russia. Kwame Karikari, head of the Media Foundation of West Africa (MFWA) as well as one of the founders of the Network of African Freedom of Expression Organizations (NAFEO) will represent African media concerns. Drew Sullivan will talk about cross-border investigations on crime and corruption in the Balkans. Moderator: Josh Friedman, director of International Programs, Columbia Journalism School Bruce Shapiro, executive director, Dart Center: Trauma and threats to the psychological well-being of investigative reporters Joel Simon, executive director, Committee to Protect Journalists: Anti-Impunity Campaigns in Latin America, Russia and the Philippines Kwame Karikari, head of the Media Foundation of West Africa (MFWA): The Situation in Africa Drew Sullivan, advising editor, Center for Investigative Reporting, Bosnia; Director Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina : Transnational investigative reporting on crime and corruption in the Balkans

In many countries, investigative reporters face the threat of violence and physical harm. About a third of the nearly 700 journalists killed worldwide since 1992 were slain for exposing crime and corruption. In addition, the increasingly dangerous terrain for investigative journalism is a source of psychological stress for journalists. Bruce Shapiro, director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, will talk about psychological threats and the ways groups and individuals around the world have tried to counter those threats. Joel Simon, director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, will speak on campaigns to end impunity in the killings of journalists in Latin America, the Philippines and Russia. Kwame Karikari, head of the Media Foundation of West Africa (MFWA) as well as one of the founders of the Network of African Freedom of Expression Organizations (NAFEO) will represent African media concerns. Drew Sullivan will talk about cross-border investigations on crime and corruption in the Balkans. Moderator: Josh Friedman, director of International Programs, Columbia Journalism School Bruce Shapiro, executive director, Dart Center: Trauma and threats to the psychological well-being of investigative reporters Joel Simon, executive director, Committee to Protect Journalists: Anti-Impunity Campaigns in Latin America, Russia and the Philippines Kwame Karikari, head of the Media Foundation of West Africa (MFWA): The Situation in Africa Drew Sullivan, advising editor, Center for Investigative Reporting, Bosnia; Director Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina : Transnational investigative reporting on crime and corruption in the Balkans

In 2017, investigative journalist Rosemary Armao left her post as the head of the journalism program at The University at Albany and began working with The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism in Jordan.