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Ilya Lozovsky and the co-authors of his research article investigated nearly 50,000 internal emails obtained from a Russian foundation that pitches itself as offering legal aid to Russian "compatriots" abroad. In fact, "Pravfond" also helps numerous spies, criminals, and blatant propagandists, works hand-in-glove with intelligence services, and builds networks of Russian influence around the world. Today we will discuss this detailed look at the inner workings an influence machine that seeks to turn every Russian in the world into an agent of the Kremlin.----------Ilya Lozovsky is a Senior Editor and Writer at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). He is an Investigative Journalist with expertise in Democracy and Corruption. Based in Amsterdam, he writes about the intersection of corruption and democracy; covers Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. Ilya was a key editor on OCCRP's award-winning ‘Plunder and Patronage' and ‘Matraimov Kingdom' projects about smuggling and money laundering in Central Asia. He was also integrally involved in the ‘Azerbaijani Laundromat,' ‘Troika Laundromat,' ‘Paradise Papers,' ‘Russian Asset Tracker,' and other high-profile investigative series. Ilya's work has appeared in Foreign Policy, the Washington Post, The Atlantic, Haaretz, and other outlets.----------Links:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilyalozovsky/ https://www.occrp.org/en/project/dear-compatriots/russian-foundation-aimed-at-helping-compatriots-abroad-supports-spies-criminals-and-propagandists https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/make-a-molotov-cocktail-how-europeans-are-recruited-through-telegram-to-commit-sabotage-arson-and-murder ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.orgNGO “Herojam Slava”https://heroiamslava.org/kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyślhttps://kharpp.com/NOR DOG Animal Rescuehttps://www.nor-dog.org/home/----------PLATFORMS:Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSiliconInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqmLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain----------Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube's algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Ein Kommentar von Tilo Gräser.Regimewechsel, Staatsstreich, Putsch – das gehört seit Jahren zu den Mitteln, mit denen die herrschenden Kreise der USA mit Hilfe der Geheimdienste, Stiftungen und angeblicher Nichtregierungsorganisationen andere Länder unter Kontrolle bringen. Die Liste der Beispiele dafür ist lang, sie beginnt nicht erst im 20. Jahrhundert und wird in diesem Jahrhundert fortgesetzt. Ein deutliches Beispiel ist die Ukraine, wo die USA 2014 einen Staatsstreich gegen einen gewählten Präsidenten organisierten und finanzierten. Das Ergebnis war und ist ein gespaltenes Land, auf dessen Territorium der US-geführte Westen Krieg gegen Russland führt, um so auch in Moskau einen Regimewechsel zu erreichen.Die Übernahme andere Länder hat verschiedene Motive – entweder, um sie als mögliche Konkurrenten oder als potenzielle, störende Regionalmächte in US-Interessensphären auszuschalten oder um ihre Rohstoffe in Besitz zu nehmen und sie als Absatzmärkte für die eigenen Konzerne zu sichern. Wenn die Führung eines Landes Nein sagt, wird sie mit Hilfe eines Staatsstreiches ausgetauscht. Die dabei eingesetzten Mittel variieren, von „Wirtschaftskillern“, wie sie John Perkins beschrieb, der selbst einer war, über „Demokratieförderung“ mit viel Geld und Unterstützung von oppositionellen und subversiven Kräften in dem jeweiligen Land, bis zu eigenen verdeckten Operationen und zuletzt dem Einsatz der eigenen Militärmacht. Meistens bleibt den Ländern der direkte Einsatz des US-Militärs erspart, aber nichtsdestoweniger werden sie zerstört, zu „failed states“ oder zu Kolonien degradiert.Ein Beispiel dafür ist derzeit Serbien, das als eines der Überbleibsel des zerstörten Jugoslawiens dem US-geführten Westen weiterhin ein Dorn im Auge ist, wie Thomas Röper im Februar dieses Jahres feststellte. Er beschrieb, wie westliche Kräfte in dem Land wieder zündeln, weil ihnen die Politik von Präsident Aleksandar Vučić nicht passt, der den antirussischen Kurs nicht mitmacht.Röper machte deutlich, wie der Westen in dem Land die prowestliche Opposition finanziert, die angeblich für nichts anderes als Demokratie und gegen Korruption eintritt. Das geschieht demnach durch eine Reihe verschiedener Organisationen, die er samt ihrer Verbindungen in den Westen aufführt. Dazu gehört unter anderem das Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), das vorgeblich Organisierte Kriminalität und Korruption aufdecken will. Der Journalist erklärte:„Wenig überraschend liest sich die Liste der Finanziers des OCCRP auch wieder wie ein Who-Is-Who der Transatlantiker und der westlichen Oligarchen-Stiftungen, die sich auf Regimechanges und Farbrevolutionen spezialisiert haben. Unter anderem sind dabei: Das britische, dänische und US-amerikanische Außenministerium, USAID, das National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Rockefeller, der Sigrid Lausen Trust und natürlich die Open Society Foundation von George Soros.“...hier weiterlesen: https://apolut.net/farbrevolution-in-den-usa-von-tilo-graser/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OpenLux is an investigative project that unveiled the extensive use of Luxembourg's financial system for tax avoidance and potential money laundering by global elites, corporations, and criminal entities. In February 2021, a consortium of journalists, led by the French newspaper Le Monde and including partners like the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), analyzed approximately three million documents from Luxembourg's public registers. Their findings revealed that Luxembourg, a nation half the size of Delaware, hosts around 55,000 offshore companies managing assets worth at least €6 trillion. Notably, over half of these companies failed to declare their beneficial owners, highlighting significant transparency issues within the European Union's financial regulations.The investigation uncovered that approximately 80% of Luxembourg's private investment funds did not disclose their beneficiaries, raising concerns about the nation's vulnerability to money laundering activities. The leaked documents implicated various high-profile individuals and entities, including multinational corporations, celebrities, and political figures, in utilizing Luxembourg's financial structures for tax optimization and asset concealment. For instance, the investigation revealed that 29 out of 37 companies listed on France's CAC 40 stock index had subsidiaries in Luxembourg, with only 28% of these entities engaging in genuine economic activities. These revelations underscored the need for more robust anti-money laundering measures and greater financial transparency within the EU.To contact me:Bobbycapucci@protonmail.comSource:https://www.google.com/amp/s/promarket.org/2021/02/28/openlux-why-the-era-of-financial-secrecy-needs-to-end/%3famp

OpenLux is an investigative project that unveiled the extensive use of Luxembourg's financial system for tax avoidance and potential money laundering by global elites, corporations, and criminal entities. In February 2021, a consortium of journalists, led by the French newspaper Le Monde and including partners like the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), analyzed approximately three million documents from Luxembourg's public registers. Their findings revealed that Luxembourg, a nation half the size of Delaware, hosts around 55,000 offshore companies managing assets worth at least €6 trillion. Notably, over half of these companies failed to declare their beneficial owners, highlighting significant transparency issues within the European Union's financial regulations.The investigation uncovered that approximately 80% of Luxembourg's private investment funds did not disclose their beneficiaries, raising concerns about the nation's vulnerability to money laundering activities. The leaked documents implicated various high-profile individuals and entities, including multinational corporations, celebrities, and political figures, in utilizing Luxembourg's financial structures for tax optimization and asset concealment. For instance, the investigation revealed that 29 out of 37 companies listed on France's CAC 40 stock index had subsidiaries in Luxembourg, with only 28% of these entities engaging in genuine economic activities. These revelations underscored the need for more robust anti-money laundering measures and greater financial transparency within the EU.To contact me:Bobbycapucci@protonmail.comSource:https://www.google.com/amp/s/promarket.org/2021/02/28/openlux-why-the-era-of-financial-secrecy-needs-to-end/%3fampBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: 3:05pm- “USIAD Drove Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax.” According to a new article written by independent investigators Alex Gutentag and Michael Shellenberger, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)—which is controlled by United States Agency for International Development (USAID)—ostensibly “fueled key” portions of the false narrative that Donald Trump's 2016 election team colluded with Russian officials. The now debunked claim ultimately led to an impeachment attempt that fell short in the U.S. Senate. OCCRP denies the report's findings. 3:20pm- The U.S. Senate has confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence in the Trump Administration. The final vote was 52-48 with only one Republican voting against her appointment, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY). 3:30pm- Constitutional Crisis! On Monday night, CNN host Kaitlan Collins claimed the U.S. is in the midst of a “constitutional crisis” as President Donald Trump and his administration attempts to reduce the size of the executive branch. Similarly, The New York Times newsroom accused the Trump Administration of ignoring court orders and creating a “constitutional crisis,” but amazingly concedes the “crisis” will likely be resolved with the Supreme Court ruling in Trump's favor! They conclude their article by preemptively accusing the court of “abdicating their responsibility.” 3:40pm- During Wednesday's White House press briefing, CNN's Kaitlan Collins accused the Trump Administration of “barring” an Associated Press journalist from a recent Oval Office Q&A with President Donald Trump. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed the claim and noted that the Associated Press has reporters in the briefing room RIGHT NOW. 3:50pm- Rich teases a big show announcement in the 5 o'clock hour. Although, his clues were probably too good and now Matt is convinced the audience already knows what the announcement is going to be.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: 6:05pm- After a lengthy conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump expressed optimism that the war in Ukraine may soon be coming to an end. While speaking from the Oval Office, Trump told reporters he plans on meeting with Putin in Saudi Arabia to finalize a deal. 6:10pm- Constitutional Crisis! On Monday night, CNN host Kaitlan Collins claimed the U.S. is in the midst of a “constitutional crisis” as President Donald Trump and his administration attempts to reduce the size of the executive branch. Similarly, The New York Times newsroom accused the Trump Administration of ignoring court orders and creating a “constitutional crisis,” but amazingly concedes the “crisis” will likely be resolved with the Supreme Court ruling in Trump's favor! They conclude their article by preemptively accusing the court of “abdicating their responsibility.” 6:20pm- The U.S. Senate has confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence in the Trump Administration. The final vote was 52-48 with only one Republican voting against her appointment, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY). 6:30pm- On Tuesday, the Trump Administration secured the release of Pennsylvania school teacher Marc Fogel from a Russian prison. Fogel was wrongfully detained in 2021 and had received a 14-year sentence at a hard labor camp. Fogel arrived at the White House and thanked President Trump for fulfilling his campaign pledge to bring Americans unjustly held overseas back home. 6:40pm- “USIAD Drove Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax.” According to a new article written by independent investigators Alex Gutentag and Michael Shellenberger, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)—which is controlled by United States Agency for International Development (USAID)—ostensibly “fueled key” portions of the false narrative that Donald Trump's 2016 election team colluded with Russian officials. The now debunked claim ultimately led to an impeachment attempt that fell short in the U.S. Senate. OCCRP denies the report's findings.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (02/12/2025): 3:05pm- “USIAD Drove Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax.” According to a new article written by independent investigators Alex Gutentag and Michael Shellenberger, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)—which is controlled by United States Agency for International Development (USAID)—ostensibly “fueled key” portions of the false narrative that Donald Trump's 2016 election team colluded with Russian officials. The now debunked claim ultimately led to an impeachment attempt that fell short in the U.S. Senate. OCCRP denies the report's findings. 3:20pm- The U.S. Senate has confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence in the Trump Administration. The final vote was 52-48 with only one Republican voting against her appointment, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY). 3:30pm- Constitutional Crisis! On Monday night, CNN host Kaitlan Collins claimed the U.S. is in the midst of a “constitutional crisis” as President Donald Trump and his administration attempts to reduce the size of the executive branch. Similarly, The New York Times newsroom accused the Trump Administration of ignoring court orders and creating a “constitutional crisis,” but amazingly concedes the “crisis” will likely be resolved with the Supreme Court ruling in Trump's favor! They conclude their article by preemptively accusing the court of “abdicating their responsibility.” 3:40pm- During Wednesday's White House press briefing, CNN's Kaitlan Collins accused the Trump Administration of “barring” an Associated Press journalist from a recent Oval Office Q&A with President Donald Trump. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed the claim and noted that the Associated Press has reporters in the briefing room RIGHT NOW. 3:50pm- Rich teases a big show announcement in the 5 o'clock hour. Although, his clues were probably too good and now Matt is convinced the audience already knows what the announcement is going to be. 4:05pm- During Wednesday's briefing, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that federal bureaucrats who overtly work to obstruct the Trump Administration's agenda “will be held accountable.” 4:15pm- Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, who is leading a task force on the declassification of secrets being withheld from American citizens by the federal government, revealed that she believes there were two gunmen involved in the John F. Kennedy assassination. According to a report from Axios, the FBI recently discovered 2,400 records tied to the Kennedy assassination. 4:40pm- Speaking from the Oval Office on Wednesday, President Donald Trump continued to call out documented instances of government waste—praising Elon Musk and DOGE for unearthing misappropriated taxpayer money. 5:00pm- Dr. Wilfred Reilly—Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University & Author of “Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show and reacts to the Pod Save America hosts, all former Obama Administration staffers, admitting they wish they had thought of a Department of Government Efficiency. Plus, did Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) REALLY marry her own brother? And does the Department of Education actually do anything meaningful? (No). 5:30pm- Rich makes a big announcement—the Trump Administration has invited the show to the White House next week! Interestingly, Matt received the invitation from the White House…so, does that mean Rich is technically the plus one? 6:05pm- After a lengthy conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump expressed optimism that the war in Ukraine may soon be coming to an end. While speaking from the Oval Office, Trump told reporters he plans on meeting with Putin in Saudi Arabia to finalize a deal. 6:10pm- Constitutional Crisis! On Monday night, CNN host Kaitlan Collins claimed the U.S. is in the midst of a “constitutional crisis” as President Donald Trump and his administration attempts to reduce the size ...

Danny and Derek speak with Ryan Grim of Drop Site News and Yann Philippin of the European Investigative Collaborations (EIC) about Drop Site's story on revelations about the US government being the largest funder of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), the journalistic organization working with outlets to bring to light such stories as the Panama Papers or the Pandora Papers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the holiday travel season approaching, we're revisiting a podcast episode featuring Paul Radu, the co-founder and co-executive director of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). Paul describes his team's work in uncovering an international team of cash machine skimmers that ultimately skimmed hundreds of millions of dollars, largely from tourist hot spots. Travelers often don't realize their accounts are being drained until after they return home. This episode was originally published on 9 June 2020.

After spending more than five years in the UK's Belmarsh prison, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was released at London's Stansted airport on Monday, where he board a flight to Australia. In an agreement with US authorities, Assange will plead guilty to charges and go free, spending no time in US custody and will receive credit for the time spent incarcerated in the UK. Lester Kiewit speaks to Beauregard Tromp, Africa editor with Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project  (OCCRP), to discuss Assange's role in exposing corruption and cover-ups.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

W Podcaście Demagoga staramy się zaglądać do różnych zakątków świata, aby sprawdzić, jakie fałszywe treści się tam rozprzestrzeniają. Tym razem sprawdzimy, co dzieje się na Bałkanach, konkretniej w Serbii. Serbia jest krajem kandydującym do Unii Europejskiej. Jednocześnie relacje medialne donoszą o wizycie Xi Jinpinga, a Chiny oraz Rosja przedstawiane są jako alternatywa dla Zachodu. Czy Serbia faktycznie „patrzy na wschód”? Jak rozwijają się fałszywe narracje na Bałkanach? Jak dezinformacja wykorzystuje lokalne napięcia, konflikty i, naturalne dla Bałkanów, różnice kulturowe? Czy może wpłynąć na proces integracji Serbii z Unią Europejską? Jaką rolę odgrywają fałszywe narracje z zakresu medycyny alternatywnej?  O tym opowie nam Natalia Żaba, dziennikarka i ekspertka do spraw Bałkanów. Bio Natalia Żaba – stypendystka Google Teaching Fellow dla Europy Środkowej i Wschodniej. Przed dołączeniem do zespołu dydaktycznego Google News Initiative, pracowała jako starsza redaktorka śledcza w Fundacji Reporterów, partnera Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) w Polsce. Wcześniej spędziła 10 lat na Bałkanach, pracowała jako kierowniczka projektu i reporterka dla Balkan Initiative Reporting Network (BIRN), Sky News, Al Jazeera i wielu innych mediów regionalnych i międzynarodowych. Była również badaczką w Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. Jest absolwentką wspieranej przez Harvard Leadership Academy for Poland i dwukrotnie pełniła funkcję asystentki dydaktycznej w tym programie.

"It takes a network to fight a network" (D. S.)   In the labyrinth of global corruption and organized crime, a beacon of truth shines through the data-driven work of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). This episode takes a deep dive with co-founder Drew Sullivan as he shares the story behind the most comprehensive database on international corruption.    By aggregating billions of data points, from public records to leaked documents, OCCRP empowers journalists worldwide to uncover the intricate networks of criminal activity. But the journey wasn't simple. Drew recounts the organic evolution into a robust, open-source platform that serves as an indispensable resource for investigative journalism.   The conversation also explores the critical role of a tech-savvy vision within nonprofits, the necessity of a mission-driven CTO, and the importance of building an ecosystem rather than an empire. As OCCRP continues to lay the groundwork for a more transparent world, their work stands as a testament to the transformative power of technology when aligned with unwavering dedication to the public interest.   > Transcript on website   RATE, WRITE, SUBSCRIBE Be sure to leave us a rating on Spotify or a review on Apple Podcasts!   Wicked problems require more than one line of thought — was there anything you agreed or disagreed with? Anything you'd like us to explore further? Write us a note at podcast@techmatters.org and follow us on LinkedIn! 

This week, Emily Hart gets the inside story on the #NarcoFiles - a new investigation into The Global Criminal Order, the largest investigative project of its kind to originate in Latin America. She speaks to OCCRP's Latin America Editor Nathan Jaccard, who has led and coordinated this project - right from its earliest seeds in the 2022 hack to the incredible flourishing of reporting we've seen this week, and which continues to emerge. Last year, a group of 'hacktivists' known as Guacamaya infiltrated the Microsoft Exchange server, enabling them to hack the system of the Colombian Attorney General's Office, the entity in charge of investigating and prosecuting crimes in Colombia. Five terabytes in size, the leak contains more than 7 million emails, including exchanges between the Fiscalia and numerous embassies, law enforcement groups, and others. The documents in the leak reveal unique details about the inner workings of international criminal gangs as well as law enforcement efforts to dismantle them. The Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), the Centro Latinoamericano de Investigación Periodística (CLIP), Vorágine, and Cerosetenta gained early access to the data, and then shared the leak with more than 40 other media outlets. Journalists from over 23 countries worked on the investigation. Nathan will be giving us the who, what, and how of this story, as well as his insights into the new world of organised crime and cocaine trafficking revealed by this hack – from the changes in where cocaine is grown and produced to corruption of top officials in Suriname, as well as the narco-nexus between huge banana companies and Colombia's political right wing, Israeli mafia in Colombia, links to the Odebrecht scandal and more – stories involving fruit, shark fins, and DEA Agents. Emily will also be sharing with supporters and subscribers her top picks from the NarcoFiles reporting from a number of outlets, with translated versions - subscribe now to our Patreon to get access!

Kira Zalan, Investigative Editor of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) discusses the continuing need for investigative journalism, the dangers of reporting, and some examples from their various projects and stories.

Welcome To Dirty Deeds: Tales of Global Crime & Corruption.Are you ready to venture into the shadows? Dirty Deeds unravels the hidden stories of the fraud and deceit behind some of the biggest international scandals in recent years, told by the investigative journalists who uncovered them.Every other week, we'll bring you reporting from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), a worldwide network of journalists who cross borders and bad guys to shine a bright light on some of the world's most dangerous criminal networks. We'll travel the globe from the oil fields of Venezuela to the rosewood forests of Namibia to the steppes of Central Asia. And don't forget the posh London real estate where much of the dirty cash ends up. These are the inside stories of how the powerful, unscrupulous, and well-connected can acquire unimaginable wealth — and of what it takes to expose them.Dirty Deeds is a Little Gem production for OCCRP. The host is Nick Wallis. The producer is Lindsay Riley at Rethink Audio, with research from Phoebe Adler-Ryan and Riham Moussa.More information on OCCRP:Keep up with the latest in global organized crime and corruption at OCCRP and sign up for our weekly newsletter.Follow on X, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn to get the latest updates.Support investigative journalism in the public interest. Donate to OCCRP.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 A new investigation has revealed that a biofuel company called System Ecologica scammed the International Sustainability Carbon Certification, petrol companies, and EU governments, in a biofuel fraud case totalling tens of millions of euros. Regulators are increasingly worried that other companies may similarly be passing off unsustainable, imported vegetable oil as used cooking oil (UCO). This would have severe implications for emissions, deforestation, and the viability of a key EU climate initiative.The findings were reported by Eli Moskowitz from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and Mira Sys from Follow the Money, along with Mubarek Asani from the Bosnian Center for Investigative Reporting. Bertie caught up with Eli and Mira to get the full story. Further reading: Read Eli, Mira and Mubarek's story on OCCRP here.'Multimillionaire convicted of tampering with biodiesel', Follow the Money, 22/7/23 (Dutch) 'Europe Battles Flood of Green Fuel Suspected to Be Fraudulent', Bloomberg, 27/4/23'Industry suspects fraud as flood of Chinese biodiesel destabilises market', Euractiv, 8/6/23Click here to visit The Future Unrefined, our curated collection of articles and podcasts on raw materials and extraction. Find more podcasts and articles at www.landclimate.org

John and Elliot discuss several items this week, including a posting by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a comment letter by a group of bank trade associations on the FinCEN Beneficial Ownership Registry proposal, and the announcement that the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

In the final installment of our investigative journalism miniseries, host Alex Pillow is joined by The Sentry's Michelle Kendler-Kretsch, Investigative Coordinator and Data Specialist, and Debra LaPrevotte, Senior Investigator and former FBI supervisory special agent. Their engaging, dynamic conversation drives home how investigative journalism plays a critical role in the anti-financial crime ecosystem. A few of the many highlights include:How deeply concentrated insight from investigative journalists strengthen due diligence processes in the private sectorWhat signs to look for when assessing shell companiesWhy data transparency is paramount for an AFC network to defeat bad actorsVisit The Sentry's website to learn about the work it is doing to defeat predatory networks. You will find all their reports, including the recent report Michelle mentions, Constructing Corruption: Identifying the Enablers Helping Build Violent Kleptocracies.Additional resources about investigative journalism include the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).

We are living in the golden age of fraud.But we're also in a golden age for data leaks.In the last six years we've seen a cascade of information from places like Panama, Switzerland and Dubai—these are countries where lawyers, accountants and bankers promise secrecy while serving the rich and powerful. The tens of millions of leaked documents have helped shine light on the financial affairs of the wealthy and well-connected. But they've also opened the ill-gotten gains of many corrupt politicians and bureaucrats to public view. For every money movement through a tax haven, there's a digital record that can be traced by a growing army of citizen journalists and activists. In the latest New Money Review podcast I'm joined by someone who's helped organise that activist army and tell some of their data-driven stories.Paul Radu is an investigative journalist and co-founder of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).Paul is a winner of the Daniel Pearl Award, the Global Shining Light Award, the European Press Prize, and the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. He was also part of the Panama Papers team that won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Journalism.When oligarchs, corrupt politicians or criminals seek to move their money out of the public eye, the OCCRP is there to shed light on what they are doing.This is a global and a growing problem. The amounts being looted are increasing exponentially, reaching trillions a year. The money launderers are becoming ever more sophisticated in hiding what they are doing. There's a global network of bankers, accountants, lawyers and PR agents supporting them. And in many countries, the oligarchs and criminals are effectively above the law.This is a topic we should all know something about. Listen in for a fascinating discussion of large-scale financial crime, including:Why transnational organised crime groups are now more powerful than statesHow investigative reporting can combat their influenceWhy criminal money flows often follow a patternHow the OCCRP discovered the ‘laundromats' that service multiple criminal groupsWhy banks didn't notice the problem at the outsetWhy criminals are some of the cleverest entrepreneursHow money launderers exploit geopolitical riftsWhy some countries with low corruption scores are enablers of financial crimeHow open-access real estate and property registries can combat money launderingCriminals' Achilles heel—where to place their stolen moneyThe Russia/Ukraine war and political grand corruptionCoping with the enormous scale of leaked dataStaying current with ‘follow-the-money' techniquesHow a new generation of citizen investigative journalists can help

A particularly dangerous gang of heroin dealers is forcing vulnerable people who have been trafficked into selling drugs. A major investigation by VICE World News and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has exposed the scale of the operation. Jerry speaks to one of the journalists who’ve broken this story, Paulie Doyle. Paulie and his colleagues’ story may be accessed here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dgk8k/lithuania-ireland-heroin-the-russians

The recent Suisse Secrets data leak from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) exposed unethical business dealings within the global banking system. These leaks are the tip of the iceberg when it comes to widespread misconduct in the financial system. These suspicious transactions fuel a vast range of illegal activities like tax evasion, money laundering, drug trafficking, and modern slavery.Host Alex Pillow and Hugo Veazey, explore flaws embedded in the foundation of legal and banking systems around the globe and their devastating consequences. Listen along as they discuss the power organizations have to shift this dangerous and immoral paradigm by making systematic compliance changes to their tools, training, and accountability standards.

Ratcheting up the financial sanctions that followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden announced a dedicated Department of Justice task force to go after Vladimir Putin's oligarchs during Tuesday night's State of the Union address: "We are joining with our European allies to find and seize your yachts, your luxury apartments, your private jets. We are coming for your ill-begotten gains," the U.S. president declared.Investigative journalists have long traced the opaque flows of Russian oligarch money around the world, and few have done it as tenaciously and effectively as the European collective Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).On the latest episode of Law&Crime's podcast "Objections: with Adam Klasfeld," OCCRP's co-founder and publisher Drew Sullivan describes how Putin and his oligarchs hide their money through what he calls the "criminal services industry.""These law firms and banks are really helping these relatively provincial, Eastern European leaders to suddenly find that they could steal money and move it offshore, bring it back in another form and get done what they wanted to get done," he noted.Sullivan also details the "laborious" process through which reporters uncover assets hidden in layers of "nested," anonymous corporations. Devastating sanctions to Russia's most important banks prompted Putin over the weekend to effectively threaten nuclear war, a development Sullivan construes as a sign that the global financial backlash to his war on Ukraine has hit the autocrat where it hurts.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Alta tensione Russia-Ucraina dopo che Mosca ha riconosciuto l'indipendenza delle due repubbliche separatiste del Donbass, inviandovi sue truppe. Kiev difende la sua integrità e accusa il Cremlino: 'vogliono risuscitare l'Urss, ma siamo pronti a difenderci, avremo perdite ma vinceremo'. Ma Putin dice: 'Non vogliamo ricostruire un impero'. 'I separatisti di Lugansk e Donetsk approvano l'accordo con Mosca, la quale riferisce di 120mila soldati ucraini sulla linea di contatto. Nel pomeriggio a Parigi, il Consiglio Affari Esteri informale. Nella capitale francese, in occasione del Forum indo-pacifico, presenti i ministri degli Esteri europei. Sul tavolo del Consiglio Affari Esteri straordinario ci sarà l'ok ad un primo pacchetto di sanzioni contro la Russia. Credit Suisse e le migliaia di conti legati ad attività criminali «Suisse Secrets» è il nome dato a un inchiesta congiunta condotta da 163 giornalisti di 48 testate in 39 Paesi, coordinata dal quotidiano tedesco Suddeutsche Zeitung e dall Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (Occrp). Per l Italia hanno partecipato il quotidiano La Stampa e IrpiMedia. L'inchiesta, dopo una vasta fuga d informazioni, ha portato a far emergere oltre 18mila conti gestiti dall istituto di credito riferiti ad attività criminali, personaggi coinvolti in violazioni dei diritti umani o soggetti sottoposti a sanzioni.Questi conti si riferiscono a oltre 30 mila persone e società, in cui erano contenuti più di 100 miliardi di euro. I conti vanno da alcuni aperti negli anni Quaranta fino ad altri aperti negli ultimi dieci anni. Inflazione mai così alta dal 1996 Nel mese di gennaio 2022, si stima che l'indice nazionale dei prezzi al consumo per l'intera collettività (NIC), al lordo dei tabacchi, registri un aumento dell'1,6% su base mensile e del 4,8% su base annua (da +3,9% del mese precedente), confermando la stima preliminare. Lo comunica l'Istat diffondendo il dato definitivo, che conferma la stima diffusa il 2 febbraio. "L'inflazione a gennaio registra una forte accelerazione, raggiungendo un livello (+4,8%) che non si registrava da aprile 1996, quando il NIC registrò la medesima variazione tendenziale", spiega l'Istituto di statistica. Ospiti: Adriana Cerretelli, editorialista Sole 24 Ore Bruxelles, Arturo Varvelli, direttore dell'Europan Council on Foreign Relations, Angelo Mincuzzi, Il Sole 24 Ore, Mariano Bella, direttore dell'Ufficio studi di Confcommercio.

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Casey Michel, the author of “American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History”. Casey Michel is a writer, analyst, and investigative journalist working on topics ranging from kleptocracy, illicit finance, and foreign interference to developments in the post-Soviet space and dark money financing networks. His writing has appeared in outlets like Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, Vox, The New Republic, POLITICO Magazine, Washington Post, Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone, Just Security, Teen Vogue, Bellingcat, NBC, ThinkProgress, Quartz, The American Prospect, The American Interest, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), The Bulwark, openDemocracy, The Guardian, Texas Monthly, The National Review, World Politics Review, Al Jazeera, Slate, GEN, The Daily Beast, Roads & Kingdoms, Talking Points Memo, EurasiaNet, Houston Chronicle, Jamestown, Moscow Times, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Business Insider, among a host of other outlets. Visit our website: https://lithub.com/story-type/keen-on/ Email Andrew: a.keen@me.com Watch the show live on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajkeen Watch the show live on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankeen/ Watch the show live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lithub Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LiteraryHub/videos Subscribe to Andrew's newsletter: https://andrew2ec.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Pandora Papers leak exposed some of the shadowy offshore finances the world's wealthiest and most powerful people use to hide vast fortunes. But it only scratched the surface of an entrenched global financial system rife with loopholes. So what must be done to combat the illicit practices helping drive massive inequities and shake liberal democracies around the globe? Karen Greenaway, who investigated financial crimes at the FBI, and Drew Sullivan, founder of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), join The Cable to explain.

Save Meduza!https://support.meduza.io/enFor the last six months, Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny has been making headlines both in Russia and abroad. His near-fatal poisoning in August 2020 provoked international outcry and his immediate arrest upon returning to Russia after spending months recovering in Germany sparked a wave of protests that brought people to the streets countrywide.  With Navalny in jail, his supporters and associates sprang into action. The day after his arrest, his Anti-Corruption Foundation published an investigation about a billion-ruble palace allegedly built for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Meanwhile, his “Team Navalny” offices in cities across Russia worked to organize the demonstrations calling for his release. Nevertheless, on February 2, a Russian court sentenced Navalny to nearly three years in prison — as Meduza recorded this show, law enforcement in Moscow and St. Petersburg were detaining protesters opposing his sentence en masse. To assess the broader impact of Navalny's anti-corruption work and his influence on politics in Russia, “The Naked Pravda” spoke to Ilya Lozovsky, a senior editor at the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), and Yana Gorokhovskaia, an independent researcher focusing on politics and civil society in Russia. “The Naked Pravda” comes out on Saturdays (or sometimes Fridays). Catch every new episode by subscribing at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or other platforms. If you have a question or comment about the show, please write to Kevin Rothrock at kevin@meduza.io with the subject line: “The Naked Pravda.”

James Wright of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) discusses the FinCEN files. He describes the coalition of investigative reporters who dug into the leaked documents and what they found as they reviewed over 2000 Suspicious Activity Reports (SARS) spanning more than five years.

A court in Slovakia acquitted the alleged mastermind in the 2018 murder of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová. Where does the fight for justice go from here? Beata Balogová, editor-in-chief of the Slovak daily SME, and Pavla Holcová of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) offer their reactions and analysis.

Paul Radu, co-founder and executive director of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), describes his team’s work in uncovering an international team of cash machine skimmers that ultimately skimmed hundreds of millions of dollars, largely from tourist hot spots.

The recent World Press Freedom Day was a reminder of the growing threats faced by journalists around the world. The coronavirus pandemic only exacerbates things, especially for media navigating places where corruption and democratic backsliding are on the rise as some leaders seek to take advantage of the moment for political or financial gain. On the second episode of Out of Order, produced with GMF’s Frontlines of Democracy Initiative, GMF’s Jonathan Katz talks with Drew Sullivan, publisher and founder of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), about how the pandemic has affected an already difficult media landscape in countries like Russia, Serbia, and Hungary; and the potential impact on corruption and investigative journalism in the region.

How does Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and its global network of editors and journalist fight global financial corruption? Drew Sullivan, co-founder of OCCRP, discusses how a network of investigative journalists expose the rich and powerful's illegal gains, and why journalism needs to be reinvented not only to better combat global corruption, but also to better serve the public.

In this episode of the Power 3.0 podcast, featured guest Miranda Patrucic discusses how the cross-border networking of investigative journalists can be an effective tool for countering the challenge of modern transnational kleptocracy by following the money across international borders. Miranda Patrucic is an investigative reporter and regional editor for the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) focusing on Central Asia, the Balkans, and the Caucasus. Christopher Walker, NED vice president for studies and analysis, and Shanthi Kalathil, senior director of NED’s International Forum for Democratic Studies, cohost the conversation. The views expressed in this podcast represent the opinions and analysis of the participants and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for Democracy or its staff.  

A recently released report by RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service, known locally as Azattyk, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), and its Kyrgyz member center Kloop, details an elaborate scheme involving Kyrgyzstan’s Customs Service that saw hundreds of millions of dollars of alleged ill-gotten gains transferred outside the country.

CITIZENS OF EVIDENCE: Independent Investigations for Change The Art of Exposing Injustice - Part 3 The 17th conference of the Disruption Network Lab WHAT INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATORS DON'T USUALLY DISCLOSE Matthew Caruana Galizia (Investigative Journalist & Software Engineer, MLT). Moderated by Crina Boros (Investigative Reporter, UK). This keynote speech will address issues freelancers who investigate high-level corruption face in silence and isolation, often with tragic consequences. Calling all journalists, due diligence investigators, whistleblowers and human rights professionals, Matthew Caruana Galizia, in conversation with Crina Boros, will look at what impacted murdered Maltese blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia personally and professionally during her dangerous work, and will discuss a freelancer's personal responsibility, as well as the shield owed by employers, cross-border networks, as well as state regulators and legislators. Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed by a car bomb in Malta on 16 October 2017. The investigation into her killing is ongoing, but “there is little doubt that she was murdered because of her work. With a brazen, unapologetic and uncompromising style, she denounced corruption, nepotism, clientelism, and all kinds of criminal behaviors in her tiny EU member state”, as stated on the website of The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) https://www.occrp.org/en/thedaphneproject/. Read more about The Daphne Project: https://forbiddenstories.org/case/the-daphne-project/ (investigation coordinated and led by Forbidden Stories). https://www.disruptionlab.org/citizens-of-evidence Photo credit: Elena Veronese Produced by Voice Republic For more podcasts visit http://voicerepublic.com

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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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.

There's a special guest on the show - Adam "Roothlus" Levy. He's going to help us navigate these murky waters of scams, bullshit stories, and more. Why is Coinbase losing good will? Why is Kraken gaining it? Why wasn't Brent hired at Kraken? Also - Brent got hacked on this edition. # Episode 165 - Flagship Friday [QuadrigaCX Granted 45 More days to repay funds](https://u.today/quadrigacx-granted-45-more-days-to-recover-lost-140-mln-exchange-may-be-sold-later-on) [Bitgrail CEO must repay 170mil](https://whichblockchain.com/news/bitgrail-ceo-must-repay-170-million-in-missing-funds/) [XRP and XLM were approved by Thailand SEC](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/aw52k8/xrp_xlm_approved_by_thailand_sec/) [IOTA Released a Testnet without the COO - AND they went fully discord transparent.](https://blog.iota.org/a-coo-less-testnet-879ad17ca1af) [ENJ Released their SDK for Unity](https://twitter.com/enjin/status/1102362183462195200?s=09) - They're not on Samsung though. - You know we gotta do our weekly QuadrigaCX Update. - [First of all last week Kraken offered a $100k reward](https://blog.kraken.com/post/2155/were-offering-a-100000-reward-for-discovery-of-quadriga-coins/) for any information regarding the QCX situation that leads to the discovery of funds. - They also put out two full podcast episodes about it. ([Their 3rd](https://www.kraken.com/#episode3) and [4th episode](https://www.kraken.com/en-us/learn/podcast#episode4)). They're combined almost 3 hours worth of information. I didn't listen. - [It fuckin worked somehow.](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/avwzce/breaking_over_600k_ethereum_belonging_to/) They found over 600k in ETH the next day. Roughly 90-100M depending on the ETH price at the time. - Some of it was on Kraken lol. Most of it was on Bitfinex. - Even though some was found, this doesn't necessarily mean that it was QCX or that it can be recovered. - There's somehow more. - ***[Their cold wallets were found empty.](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/ax6i7q/quadrigacx_plot_thickens_as_cold_wallets_are/)*** - Guess who was never audited before now? - Guess who else still hasn't been audited? - Guess where most of that found ETH was? - [New Bitcoin Betting Game Adds Thousands of Waitlisted Users](https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-betting-game-hxro) - You can bet on MOON (up) or REKT (down) with a new card where you can place bets starting every five minutes. - The company is called HXRO (Hero) and they plan on releasing new betting games down the road. - Beta started Jan 1st and over 115k people on the waiting list - Guess this is a simplified version of Augur? - Seems popular thus far. - COINBASE IS SCUM!!! - [So Coinbase acquired a team called Neutrino](https://www.coindesk.com/what-coinbase-needs-to-learn-from-the-neutrino-scandal). - They had a team that all worked on a project called [Hacking Team](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacking_Team#Controversies), which was a startup that specifically aided some shady governments in some authoritarian practices. - They helped surveillance of citizens by selling its project to - Sudan, Bahrain, Venezuela, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and Kazakhstan - The UN actually got involved and told them they were selling weapons to Sudan, and they were worried about them being used to target Darfur belligerents. Hacking Team said they never had dealings with Sudan. - After the UN Got involved the Italian government froze any exports that the team could make. - Someone hacked them and their Twitter and release a 400GB data dump, which Wikileaks even retweeted. Dealings with Sudan confirmed, and there was even an invoice to Lebanon. How did "Hacking Team" get hacked? Well their password was P4ssword, and they also used wolverine and universo. - Standard response - don't download that leak it has a virus and it's also all not true (paraphrasing Christian Pozzi, team member). His Twitter was immediately hacked. - As of 2016 they were still allowed to sell spyware...just not outside of the EU. They had 70 clients as of 2015. - They won an award in 2013 - One of 5 Corporate Enemies of the Internet! - Coinbase original statement -It was “aware that Neutrino’s co-founders previously worked at Hacking Team, which we reviewed as part of our security, technical and hiring diligence,” adding that “Coinbase does not condone nor will it defend the actions of Hacking Team,” but “it was important for Coinbase to bring this function in-house to fully control and protect our customers’ data and Neutrino’s technology was the best we encountered in the space to achieve this goal.” - [But they got their act together and fired them all, except the board.](https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-pushes-out-ex-hacking-team-employees-following-uproar) - [They were also aware that whoever Neutrino was supposed to replace was selling user data.](https://messari.io/article/coinbase-executive-says-customer-data-was-resold-by-analytics-vendors) - The quote was plain as day ""We are aware of the backgrounds of some of the folks that were involved in Neutrino and we are looking into that,” said Christine Sandler, Coinbase’s head of sales." - [Coinbase clarified that she totally misspoke.](https://www.coindesk.com/coinbases-reputation-crisis-crypto-client-data) - They say they're totally not sharing *personally identifiable data* with 3rd party vendors. I wonder if there's a thin legal definition for that? - **[Thread on Worst Investment You Made](https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/axxy5p/bag_holders_whats_been_your_worst_investment_what/)** - Bullish or Bullshit? - Thailand's SEC Approves Bitcoin, Bans Bitcoin Cash First of all the link was literally to a [BCH/USD Technical Analysis](https://www.fxstreet.com/cryptocurrencies/news/bitcoin-cash-technical-analysis-bch-usd-within-potentially-deadly-ascending-channel-201903011416) blog post One little bullet point that says 'News flow - Thailand SEC removed BCH, LTC, & ETC from ICO Fundraising....that's it lol Found the actual statement from Thai SEC [here](https://www.sec.or.th/en/Pages/News/Detail_News.aspx?tg=NEWS&lg=en&news_no=23&news_yy=2019) They just update the list regularly, last paragraph really hypes it down TLDR didnt affect anything and the rest are definitely not legal tender lol. BS ## Crypto Around the World - **[Argentina Blockchain Adoption](https://www.binance.com/en/blog/309988869718880256/Binance-Labs-BUIDLing-Argentinas-Crypto-Future](https://www.binance.com/en/blog/309988869718880256/Binance-Labs-BUIDLing-Argentinas-Crypto-Future))** - Argentina is committed to matching the investment up to $50k USD for every Argentine blockchain project that receives funding from Binance Labs. - Argentina already allows you to top up train cards with Bitcoin. - [Leaked Transactions Link Major Banks to $8.8 Billion Money Laundering Scheme](https://news.bitcoin.com/leaked-transactions-banks-billion-money-laundering/) - The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) non-profit - published a set of reports this week detailing a complex money laundering scheme “to channel billions of dollars out of Russia” - over 1.3 million leaked transactions from 238,000 companies, - OCCRP Executive Director Paul Radu elaborated > *Among the counterparties on these transactions were major Western banks such as Citigroup Inc., Raiffeisen, and Deutsche Bank. The dozens of companies in the system also generated $8.8 billion of internal transactions to obscure the origin of the cash.* - Citigroup did not respond to a request for comment, Raiffeisen declined to comment, and Deutsche Bank refused to comment for legal reasons, claiming to have limited access to information on the transactions in question. - Troika Laundromat. “The Laundromat wasn’t just a money laundering system. It was also a hidden investment vehicle, a slush fund, a tax evasion scheme, and much more - Goes deep son - [Death in Vienna](https://www.occrp.org/en/troikalaundromat/death-in-vienna) the story of Erich Rebasso - OCCRP gives out a Corrupt Actor of the Year award. Notable winners - 2013 - Entire Romanian Parliament - 2014 - Putin "Putin has been a finalist every year so you might consider this a lifetime achievement award" - 2016 - Nicolas Maduro - 2017 - Rodrigo Duterte - 2018 [Danske bank](https://www.occrp.org/en/poy/2018/) - "In the past 20 years, they’ve globalized organized crime and autocracy and helped everyone from Mexican drug cartels to Russian President Vladimir Putin to terrorists, autocrats, and almost every global threat," - Runnerups - Putin, Hungarian President viktor Orban, Mohammed bin salman, & Donald Trump - SHOTS FIRED! [Ripple CEO says JPM coin won't be used. LOL](https://www.coindesk.com/ripple-ceo-brad-garlinghouse-on-jpm-coin-other-banks-wont-use-it) [Kraken blasts Coinbase](https://twitter.com/jespow/status/1102346122138333184?s=21) - Rants Getting Hacked Samsung Wallet sucks - Mailbag - Patreon - Exit Please join the conversation in the Discord. We're in there all the time. Rate us on iTunes. 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