NEW: Starting with a meeting the day before Trump’s inauguration, here’s the true story behind the "bromance" between President Trump and Turkey’s Erdoğan.
Starring: Trump’s top lobbyist, a Russian oligarch, a jailed shipping tycoon, and Lev Parnas. 1/ occrp.org/en/investigati…
The meeting led to two multi-million dollar contracts for the firm of Brian Ballard, a lobbyist with ties to Trump. It helped build a relationship btw. the two leaders, in which the US president has made foreign policy moves that have baffled both his adversaries and allies. 2/
Involved in setting up the deals was Lev Parnas, whose work with Rudy Giuliani led to Trump’s impeachment.
Also involved were Mübariz Mansimov, a Turkish shipping tycoon accused of terrorism, and Farkhad Akhmedov, a Russian oligarch listed by the US as a Kremlin ally. 3/
Parnas awaits trial on campaign finance charges, and was hit with fresh fraud charges by US prosecutors yesterday. He has since turned on his former allies in Trump’s circle, offering up evidence of int'l deal-making.
The International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) continues today with various panels and a plenary with our Co-Founder, Paul Radu (@Idashboard), and leaders from across the anti-corruption space. #IACC2024
Paul Radu(@Idashboard) will join @PublicEyeSuisse’s @AngelaMattli, @HenriThulliez of @PPLAAF, @FPCThinkTank’s @skcoughtrie & @eleanorrose of @TBIJ, for the session "Tackling SLAPPs: A Critical Frontier in The Global Fight against Corruption" #IACC2024
@IDashboard @PublicEyeSuisse @AngelaMattli @HenriThulliez @PPLAAF @FPCThinkTank @skcoughtrie @eleanorrose @TBIJ OCCRP Sr Investigator Tom Stocks (@TREStocks) will moderate “How to Catch an Enabler: Routes to Accountability for Corruption’s Professional Helpers” panel with @anticorruption's @ERostomashvili, @RUSI_org's Justyna Gudzowska, and others. #IACC2024 app.swapcard.com/widget/event/2…
Authorities in Moscow issued arrest warrants against two investigative journalists with Important Stories (IStories), accusing them of spreading fake news about the Russian army.
Both journalists –– editor-in-chief Roman Anin, and reporter Ekaterina Fomina – fled Russia after the government cracked down on free media, following the invasion of Ukraine.
Earlier this year, Russian authorities launched a case against Fomina for disseminating fake news after she published an interview with a corporal of the Russian Armed Forces who confessed to murdering a civilian in Ukraine.
Mining magnate Beny Steinmetz has faced negative headlines, outwitted business foes & confronted lawsuits.
OCCRP found that when he came under pressure, companies controlled by a Greek businessman struck deals that ended up helping him out.
Reporters used thousands of documents — including leaks and court filings from around the world — to uncover a paper trail of the deals between firms owned by Greek businessman Sabby Mionis and Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz.
OCCRP found that on at least five occasions, Mionis’s Bahamas-registerered GSOL — or other of his firms — took actions that ended up helping Steinmetz protect assets from creditors, fight corruption charges, and tackle rivals in business disputes.
🇮🇳Documents obtained by reporters at OCCRP and the @FT suggest that the politically powerful Adani Group – one of India’s biggest conglomerates – sold more than two dozen shipments of coal to a state power company for 3x its original price. 👇
The politically powerful Adani Group is a massive conglomerate with interests in everything from airports to television stations.
Led by billionaire Gautam Adani, it is perceived as close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Nearly 10 years ago, an Indian regulator opened an investigation into whether Adani Group had used offshore intermediaries to inflate the price of coal it supplied to utilities.
But Adani legally challenged regulators’ attempts to collect evidence.
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In the gleaming cityscape of Dubai, some of the world’s wealthy + most wanted have taken advantage of secrecy, lax regulations & a hot property market.
Who are they? Come see.
Welcome to #DubaiUnlocked.
Using leaked data obtained by @C4ADS, we worked with @e24 to lead an investigative project involving 140 journalists from 74 media outlets to compile a global picture of who owns what in Dubai.