Paul Radu

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Dealing with Leaks in the Age of AI and Disinformation This webinar will offer concrete strategies to equip journalists with the tools they need to navigate leaks with integrity, rigor, and security. It is co-sponsored by The Journalist's Resource.

How can journalists navigate the ethical, technical, and security challenges of leak-based reporting in the age of AI? OCCRP’s @paulradu.bsky.social‬ will join experts at Harvard Kennedy School to offer concrete strategies.

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Five Finalists Announced in $100 Million Competition

This is a huge honor for the hardwork by OCCRP and partners: www.macfound.org/press/press-...

OCCRP Announces a New Chapter for Its Investigative Data Platform — Aleph Pro We've been rebuilding Aleph from the ground up, and will launch Aleph Pro in October 2025, combining a modern technical foundation with user-centered design and major performance gains.

The next gen: Aleph Pro

www.occrp.org/en/announcem...

Huawei targeted in new European Parliament corruption probe Chinese tech giant Huawei is at the centre of a new corruption case in Europe’s capital. On Thursday, Belgian police raided the homes of its lobbyists, Follow the Money and its media partners Le Soir ...

🚨BREAKING🚨

Huawei lobbyists are suspected of paying bribes to Members of the European Parliament.

Belgium’s federal police have raided Huawei’s EU office as well as the homes of its lobbyists.

Around 15 former and current MEPs are “on the radar” of the authorities.

More on @ftm.eu

When their Messiahs don’t deliver, they try to make excuses for them and keep on taking agency away from themselves.

Until it’s too late.

At the same time, they put a lot of trust in their own version of “Soros”. They take agency away from them.

The Conspiracy Theory Problem.
People who believe in conspiracy take agency away from other people. They believe everything is determined by Soros or the likes.

Scam Empire

What makes scammers succesful? Our new big collaborative project is out: www.occrp.org/en/project/s...

Bring your data journalism on!

Action speakes louder than words and it is puzzling to me that still too many people are in a sort of a denial and await for some hidden brilliant plan to be revealed from the USG in relation to Ukraine.

Miranda Patrucic, @occrp.org’s editor in chief, sat down with Belgian journalists from Knack to discuss the severe consequences of the Trump administration’s decision to cut funding for investigative journalism. Read the full conversation in English: www.occrp.org/en/feature/w...

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Cuts at USAID and Elsewhere Strain Global Journalism Investigative journalists around the world relied on funding from the U.S. Now, those watchdogs are scrambling to survive a sudden cash crunch.

$10B returned to public coffers. That’s the impact of @OCCRP’s investigations since 2006.

We were featured in this @nytimes.com story on how U.S. funding crackdown imperils global newsrooms, alongside great colleagues like Slidstvo and @meduza.io

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/b...

Czech Police Arrest 22 in $167M EU Funds Corruption Case Czech officials uncover alleged multimillion-dollar fraud scheme at top hospital, arresting 22 in EU funds probe.

Czech police searched the country's largest hospital in Prague and arrested 22 people over suspected corruption involving 160 million euros in EU funds, EU prosecutors said.

The suspects allegedly demanded and provided illicit payments for contracts.

Brazilian Cop-Turned-Banker Arrested in Major Money Laundering Bust Brazilian authorities have arrested a police officer who owns a fintech allegedly used to launder money for the powerful criminal group First Capital Command (PCC). The case highlights the infiltratio...

The organized crime infrastructure is spreading through new technologies and fintech. This can greatly distort markets and affect legit business. www.occrp.org/en/news/braz...

For 3 years, Ukrainian journalists have risked everything – reporting from the front lines, exposing war crimes, and telling the truth. Many have fled, faced danger, or lost their lives.

We have collected 7 simple ways for you to support Ukrainian media on February 24.

UK hits Russia with fresh sanctions as part of ‘triple whammy’ attack on Putin Sir Keir Starmer is planning a ‘triple whammy’ of measures to support Kyiv, including the fresh sanctions as well as military aid and a crackdown on Russian dirty money in the UK

UK hits Russia with fresh sanctions as part of ‘triple whammy’ to tighten the screws on Putin
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

We should expect the quality of cross border cooperation at the level of law enforcement agencies to decrease. This will give more space to organized crime to build up infrastructure. It’s the time investigative reporters need to come together more than ever before. Cross border journalism 3.0.

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A strong and united Europe may be the last bastion against the assault of organized crime and corrupt politicians.

This is wrong on so many levels. Source: www.ft.com/content/3f95...

The Trump official currently dismantling USAID was caught in a secret meeting with a group of pro-Russian separatists in the Balkans.

Those he met with are under American sanctions for trying to restart the Bosnian war in the name of Christian nationalism. 1/

Trump Official Destroying USAID Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy Now one of the most powerful people in the U.S. government, Peter Marocco’s turbulent tenure during the first Trump administration sheds light on his current efforts to dismantle the American foreign…

2/ The rogue episode was one of the first in what diplomats and officials see as a yearslong campaign to transform U.S. foreign policy into his own.

Now one of the most powerful people in government, Peter Marocco has the means to do it.

By Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social

Kleptocrats & Co are trying to vilify and dismantle an entire investigative reporting ecosystem because experienced investigative reporters stay in the way of their success.

The global kleptocratic alliances are formed out of convenience but weaken and become antagonistic over time. We must accelerate their fragmentation.

I've been taking a look at recent posts by Russia's ongoing social media campaign, where they've most recently started using deepfaked audio from people like me to push their lies, and there's been a clear uptick in videos making up various allegations about USAID funding.

Inside the Global Online Betting Empire of a Slain Turkish Cypriot Businessman Halil Falyali, a Turkish Cypriot businessman known for his flashy lifestyle and political connections, was shot dead in 2022. Behind the scenes, he allegedly ran a sprawling illegal online betting emp...

NEW: In 2022, Halil Falyali was shot dead in his SUV.

Turkish authorities were probing what they said was a massive gambling network he allegedly ran.

Now, his ex-head of finance is telling all, revealing to OCCRP what he claims was a vast money-laundering operation www.occrp.org/en/investiga...

Amphora Media: the investigative journalism platform of @daphne-foundation.bsky.social.

Our aim is to deliver in-depth journalism, committed to the highest professional standards.

Collaboration will drive our work. Our doors are open.

Our first collaborative investigation launches soon.