James O’Brien

Saying that, not sure if steel is the best material for a prosthetic leg for running, but good for them.

YouTube video by Jindal Steel & Power Jindal Steel - The Steel Of India

There is no reason for an Indian steel company to make such a banging advert, no reason at all, but I love them for it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvGw...

Move fast and break things in full effect 🫠

Reckon he’s involved in the design process or just a big pictures guy?

The new whitehouse.gov site is quite something...

🏆OCCRP’s 2024 Corrupt Person of the Year is … Bashar al-Assad.

🇸🇾The ousted Syrian president turned Syria into a narco-state, financing his authoritarian regime through an array of organized crime, including the production and trafficking of Captagon, an addictive street drug.

Where do Hong Kong’s domestic workers sleep? 3 personal stories Personal stories of three migrant workers in Hong Kong and their grim accommodation

Another great bit of visual storytelling from @scmp.com, their graphics team are so good at these.

multimedia.scmp.com/infographics...

This is fun from @bellingcat.com, some challenges to test your OSINT skills. challenge.bellingcat.com

Only two left for me, but I'm stuck on the clouds!

Putin takes a ride on the Polar Express... incredibly it's a genuine film!
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

More Polar Express... also would have worked as a title.

The Hiscox Building - Make Architects A better, brighter office space in a forgotten part of York’s medieval heart – that was the challenge set for us by insurance firm Hiscox. The Hungate was once a wool market, a place where people came...

"An undulating 'woven' brickwork facade, inspired by the former wool market, wraps around the gently rippling south and west-facing elevations."

www.makearchitects.com/projects/his...

Nicely done comic book vibes here, some really nice design touches throughout.

No designer is safe from feedback...

Loooove this from Der Spiegel, great fun.

The Highway to Europe: Inside a Global Drug Collaboration - OCCRP Think of the drug trade, and you might think of rigid hierarchies run by drug lords like Pablo Escobar or Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Today, the reality is far more complex.

“Outstanding subject matter. Best visuals and design. Excellent storytelling. Best use of multiple media sources. Compelling.”

Our Narcofiles project also won an eppyawards.com!

See it here cdn.occrp.org/projects/nar...

How Dirty Money Finds a Home in Dubai Real Estate - OCCRP OCCRP maps the most questionable real estate owners from a new trove of leaked property data from Dubai, and investigates how the glamorous emirate courts dirty cash.

"Dubai Unlocked stands out for its interactive elements and comprehensive database... The interactive maps and searchable database provide valuable insights into the global issue of illicit financial flows...”

Our Dubai project just won an eppyawards.com!

See it here cdn.occrp.org/projects/dub...

Oh to swim to in the forbidden hot tub!

The pitch looks nice at least?

The Crime Messenger: How Sky ECC Phones Became a Tool of the Criminal Trade

The team looked into how Sky Global's specially modified encrypted phones were an essential tool for fugitive bank robbers, global drug traffickers, and Serbian criminal organizations.

www.occrp.org/en/project/t...

YouTube video by Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project The Chilling Story of Serbia's Human Slaughterhouse

Some great work from my OCCRP colleagues, looking into brutal Serbian gangland murders and how they were uncovered by the gang's liberal use of encrypted mobile phones that were often sold by the gangsters themselves.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZZH...

A few stories from a Russian organization, Idite Lesom ("Go by the forest"), which helps Russians desert from the military. These really say a lot about modern Russia.

(And, I'd say, they show the lengths authorities are going to keep their numbers up)

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How Dirty Money Finds a Home in Dubai Real Estate - OCCRP OCCRP maps the most questionable real estate owners from a new trove of leaked property data from Dubai, and investigates how the glamorous emirate courts dirty cash.

A project I worked on a few of months ago, a nice little visual investigation into why Dubai has become home to so much dirty money over the last few years. Design by me, build by our web team, and of course reporting by my incredible
@occrp.bsky.social colleagues.

cdn.occrp.org/projects/dub...