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CORRUPTION NEWS

Who’s your most corrupt person of the year? Nominate them now!

Jair Bolsonaro, Rodrigo Duterte, Yevgeny Prigozhin, perennial favourite Vladimir Putin, and even the Danske Bank. Familiar names, especially for those who follow the ever more outrageous machinations of the corrupt. Besides their dodgy dealings, these stand-outs have one thing in common – they are some of the distinguished laureates of the Organized Crime and Corruption Read more >

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Pressure on independent media reflects investigative journalism’s impact

First published on OCCRP In this article, written for the 2021 World Press Freedom Day, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project lauds all those investigative journalists across the world who have “given corrupt governments something to fear”. The increasing levels of harassment, intimidation, incarceration and censorship these journalists face is a sure sign that Read more >

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Bank of Baroda played key role in SA’s Gupta scandal

By Khadija Sharife (OCCRP) and Josy Joseph (The Hindu) First published on OCCRP India’s state-owned Bank of Baroda – one of the country’s largest – played a crucial role in the financial machinations of South Africa’s politically influential Gupta family, allowing them to move hundreds of millions of dollars originating in alleged dirty deals into Read more >