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Mexico Arrests Suspected Mastermind in Killing of Uruapan Mayor Mexican authorities say the arrested suspect led a CJNG-linked cell that tracked and killed Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo, the seventh mayor slain this year in the country.

Mexican authorities say the arrested suspect led a CJNG-linked cell that tracked and killed Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo, the seventh mayor slain this year in the country.

U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”

A new U.S. Coast Guard policy effective next month will reclassify the swastika as “potentially divisive” instead of a hate symbol. Because killing 6 million people because of who they are is potentially divisive.

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Sentinel Awarded $100 Million to Prevent Pandemics

Congratulations to Sentinel for winning the $100 million 100&Change award. Having spent time hearing their proposal, they meet a vital need and are a great organization. OCCRP was a finalist and appreciate such grants designed to make a real difference.

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Goetz teamed with Stefan Candea, a disgruntled OCCRP employee, to write the story. When editors killed it, they pushed it to Drop Site News and Mediapart. The controversial story was widely criticized but led to global attacks by the right against small non-profit media across the world.

Despite NDR German television killing a story about OCCRP by reporter John Goetz, a version of the story was leaked online. Grossly inaccurate and done in a purposefully misleading propaganda style, it is being used by the Hungarian government to try to shut down independent media Atlatszo.hu.

Criminal Intelligence: How Organized Crime is Weaponizing AI. Join the upcoming OCCRP Briefing.

We bring together leading experts in digital forensics, financial crime, and governance to expose how AI is reshaping the criminal landscape.

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The staff, members & partners of OCCRP won or placed five times for our work in the 2025 EPPY awards. Our Scam Empire collaboration with SVT, our Dr Evil project with Schemes/RFE and our Steward Healthcare story with Boston Globe and Times of Malta all won or were runners up. www.eppyawards.com

Russians invent first drunk AI robot.

🌎Here's this week's round-the-world roundup of OCCRP's biggest stories and scoops:

Jailed Moldovan Oligarch Hid Behind a Global Maze of Fake Identities From Europe to the Pacific, the Moldovan fugitive used at least six aliases and a web of forged documents - including passports from Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Russia, Iraq, and Vanuatu - to move, and...

From Europe to the Pacific, the Moldovan fugitive used at least six aliases and a web of forged documents - including passports from Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Russia, Iraq, and Vanuatu - to move, and hide from justice.

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Is This Luxurious ‘Hotel Complex’ a Future Residence for Belarusian Dictator Alexander Lukashenko? Newly obtained documents reveal the people and companies who paid for the elite development near the Russian resort city of Sochi. Many have ties to Viktor Sheiman, a regime enforcer often described…

If you live in the exclusive Russian ski resort town of Krasnaya Polyana, you might soon have a new neighbor: Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko.

Here’s what we know about an elite new ‘hotel complex’ — and the money behind it.

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UK Jails Crypto Fraud Masters After Record 60,000-Bitcoin Seizure Masterminds of a massive crypto fraud linked to a China investment scheme are sentenced following the UK’s record 60,000-Bitcoin seizure.

Masterminds of a massive crypto fraud linked to a China investment scheme are sentenced following the UK’s record 60,000-Bitcoin seizure.

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How are banned doctors crossing borders undetected? Why does information sharing between countries fail so often? What does this mean for patient safety?

Hear the answers to these questions and more at our OCCRP Briefing.

Wednesday, November 5, 4 p.m CET

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UK Sanctions Iranian Tycoon for Allegedly Financing Iran’s Revolutionary Guard UK accuses Iranian banker of funding Revolutionary Guard, imposing an asset freeze and travel ban against him.

UK accuses Iranian banker of funding Revolutionary Guard, imposing an asset freeze and travel ban against him.

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Police Officers and Ex-Lawmaker in Bosnia Accused of Sexually Exploiting Orphaned Minors A top anti-corruption police chief, a former lawmaker, and other officials are accused of running a child sex trafficking ring that preyed on girls from an orphanage in Bosnia.

A top anti-corruption police chief, a former lawmaker, and other officials are accused of running a child sex trafficking ring that preyed on girls from an orphanage in Bosnia.

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Serbian Prosecutors Threaten KRIK with Fine if it Fails to Submit Recording of a Conversation Prosecutors in Belgrade have once again asked KRIK to hand over the recording of a conversation between the director of Telekom Srbija, and the new CEO of United Group Stan Miller, in which they discuss...

Serbian Prosecutors Threaten KRIK with Fine if it Fails to Submit Recording of a Conversation

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Farage, Reform and the 'Russia question' that won't go away | Searchlight Nigel Farage with Nadia Borodi, wife of Oleg Voloshin the spymaster who bribed Nathan Gill In the wake of Nathan Gill’s guilty verdict on multiple counts of ...

🇷🇺 "Farage’s engagement with Russian media is well documented: he appeared repeatedly on the state-controlled network RT (Russia Today) while an MEP."

https://searchlightmagazine.com/2025/10/farage-reform-and-the-russia-question-that-wont-go-away/

Nearly 90 journalists across 50 media outlets worked together to expose doctors who lost their licences due to serious misconduct — but were still able to practice elsewhere.

Find out how the reporters did it at our newest OCCRP Briefing.

Wednesday November 5, 4 p.m CET

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‘Corruption Kills’: Thousands March in Serbia to Mark Tragedy’s Anniversary One year after the deadly train station canopy collapse in Novi Sad, tens of thousands gathered in the Serbian city for a silent vigil. Following months of student defiance, the protest movement used...

‘Corruption Kills’: Thousands March in Serbia to Mark Tragedy’s Anniversary

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What if the doctor treating you had been banned in another country for harming patients — and no one checked?

Join investigative journalists as they discuss how they exposed systemic failures leaving patients across Europe vulnerable.

November 5, at 4 p.m. CET

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Journalists Under Attack in Sudan and Senegal as Watchdog Warns of Escalating Crackdowns The Committee to Protect Journalists, an international press freedom organization, warns of mounting assaults on journalists across Africa, from Sudan’s deadly RSF offensive to raids on media outlets...

The Committee to Protect Journalists, an international press freedom organization, warns of mounting assaults on journalists across Africa, from Sudan’s deadly RSF offensive to raids on media outlets in Senegal.

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Interpol Rejects Kyrgyzstan’s Request for a Warrant against Independent Media Co-Founder Kyrgyzstan requested a Red Notice for Rinat Tuhvatshin, co-founder of Kloop, in an apparent attempt to silence him abroad. The government has been cracking down on all independent media critical of its...

Kyrgyzstan requested a Red Notice for Rinat Tuhvatshin, co-founder of Kloop, in an apparent attempt to silence him abroad. The government has been cracking down on all independent media critical of its actions.

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Hong Kong Customs Intercepts 150-tonne Shipment of Donkey Skins Despite global calls for a ban on the donkey trade, donkey skins remain in high demand in China, where the collagen extracted from them is used to make a traditional medicinal ingredient called 'Ejiao'.

Despite global calls for a ban on the donkey trade, donkey skins remain in high demand in China, where the collagen extracted from them is used to make a traditional medicinal ingredient called 'Ejiao'.

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US Lifts Sanctions Against Pro-Russian Bosnian Serb Leader The Trump administration lifted U.S. sanctions on Milorad Dodik, the pro-Russian leader of Bosnia’s Republika Srpska, along with his children, allies, and companies, following extensive lobbying in...

The Trump administration lifted U.S. sanctions on Milorad Dodik, the pro-Russian leader of Bosnia’s Republika Srpska, along with his children, allies, and companies, following extensive lobbying in Washington.

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Mexican Journalist Murdered Amid Cartel Coverage, Advocates Demand Action Miguel Ángel Beltrán is the 13th journalist killed this year in Mexico, making the country one of the world’s deadliest for members of the press.

Miguel Ángel Beltrán is the 13th journalist killed this year in Mexico, making the country one of the world’s deadliest for members of the press.

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Thank you Grok for killing me off in 2021. This is a very specific hallucination (July 29???) but the rest of there report on OCCRP is equally bad. Garbage.

Europe Confronts Serbia Over Corruption, Deadly Negligence, and Media Repression The European Parliament’s resolution condemns President Aleksandar Vučić’s government for widespread corruption, attacks on journalists, and violent crackdowns on protesters following the Novi Sad…

Europe Confronts Serbia Over Corruption, Deadly Negligence, and Media Repression
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Here's this week's round-the-world roundup of OCCRP's biggest stories and scoops 👇

EU Sanctions Prison Medic Exposed by OCCRP, RFE/RL, as Torturing Ukrainian POWs The identity of Ilya Sorokin, known to prisoners as “Dr. Evil” for his cruelty and denial of medical treatment, was uncovered by OCCRP reporters in an investigation published in July. Sorokin was...

EU Sanctions Prison Medic Exposed by OCCRP, RFE/RL, as Torturing Ukrainian POWs