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NEW: Despite a criminal probe in Georgia, call center from our #ScamEmpire investigation appears to be back. According to newly obtained records, the scammers have continued making calls using a VoIP service that allows them to disguise their country of origin. www.occrp.org/en/project/s...

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🌎🌍🌏WEEKLY UPDATE🌏🌍🌎 Here's this week's round-the-world roundup of OCCRP's biggest stories and scoops 👇

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Fugitive Ukrainian MP Serhii Shakhov has not attended parliament for the past two years, joining instead via video link from a location that remained a mystery — until now. Shakhov has been calling from a Dubai apartment rented by his partner, Schemes reports. www.occrp.org/en/news/excl...

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A U.S. court has convicted the wife of former senator Robert Menendez for helping to accept bribes in exchange for political favors. Senator Menendez was convicted in January of using his political position to push for the interests of foreign actors.

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A U.S. judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate all staff at @voanews.com.web.brid.gy, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks. The government broke the law when it shut down the U.S. Agency for Global Media in March, the court ruled.

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An Italian criminal gang allegedly evaded 260 million euros in tax by generating fake invoices via shell companies when importing fuel from Croatia and Slovenia — then selling it at artificially low prices.

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Today marks 1 year since OCCRP's Cyprus member center @cirency.bsky.social was launched. CIReN is exposing the crime and corruption that plagues the island. Here is the link if you want to support their work ciren.cy/support-us/

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Chinese authorities arrested former top anti-corruption official Li Gang on suspicion of accepting bribes, state-run media has reported. Li’s case adds to a growing tally of high-profile takedowns in President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign.

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Tunisian authorities have arrested prominent lawyer Ahmed Souab two days after he publicly denounced jail sentences for 40 opposition figures on conspiracy and national security charges.

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Libyan authorities are expanding their search for more mass graves of migrants after the remains of three people were discovered buried in the desert. The country has seen a string of mass grave discoveries in recent months.

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A Spanish weapons trafficking network allegedly sold military-grade guns to organized crime groups — and ran an underground shooting range to test the weapons, authorities say. Police arrested three suspects with extensive criminal records.

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Last chance to join: today we'll do a deep dive into how Reyl, one of Switzerland’s elite private banks, came under investigation for alleged gaps in its #AML efforts — and what the case reveals about the limits of AML enforcement in high-trust jurisdictions: mailchi.mp/occrp/risky-... #compliance

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A proposed Cypriot law would allow authorities to request searches of journalists’ homes, offices, and electronic devices — and even use spyware. Journalists and lawyers say the law would put press freedom at risk.

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At least six French prisons have been targeted in a wave of attacks allegedly in response to the government’s crackdown on drug trafficking, authorities say. But the group claiming responsibility for the attacks said they were defending human rights.

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An estimated 3,500 children have died or disappeared while crossing the Central Mediterranean to Italy over the past decade, @UNICEF reports. Seven out of 10 children who attempted the crossing were alone, the report states.

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Italian ferry company employees allegedly offered free tickets in exchange for favors from public officials, according to corruption charges against Tirrenia-Compagnia Italiana di Navigazione. Two employees appeared before a judge last week.

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Tunisia’s government is using arbitrary detention to crack down on dissidents and strip them of their civil and political rights, @hrw has warned in a new report. At least 50 people were being held on political grounds or for exercising basic rights.

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Lebanon’s embezzlement charges against former central bank governor Riad Salame have been welcomed by anti-corruption advocates — but some fear the case doesn’t address the full scale of his suspected financial misconduct. www.occrp.org/en/news/leba...

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EXCLUSIVE: A Kyrgyz firm tied to a body controlled by President Sadyr Japarov appears to be involved in building a massive stadium near the capital of Bishkek. The financing and other companies involved remains a mystery: www.occrp.org/en/news/excl...

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German authorities convicted three men involved in a VAT fraud scheme that cost European taxpayers 100 million euros. The men were part of a criminal group which faked transactions related to VoIP internet calling software. www.occrp.org/en/news/eppo...

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Join OCCRP for a deep dive into how one of Switzerland’s elite private banks came under investigation for alleged gaps in its anti-money laundering efforts — and what the case reveals about the limits of AML enforcement in high-trust jurisdictions: mailchi.mp/occrp/risky-...

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Lebanon has charged its longtime former central bank governor with embezzling $44 million in public funds. Salame allegedly took part in a complex financial scheme to manipulate billions and mask losses at the Banque du Liban. www.occrp.org/en/news/leba...

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Ethiopian authorities must drop terrorism charges against at least seven reporters who were arrested over a documentary, @pressfreedom said. Police raided the Ethiopian Broadcasting Service after a rape allegation made in a documentary was found to be false. www.occrp.org/en/news/watc...

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A former Russian governor has become the first person convicted in the U.K. for breaching sanctions on Russia. Dmitrii Ovsiannikov received £76,000 from his wife and a luxury vehicle from his brother despite being on the U.K. sanctions list since 2017. www.occrp.org/en/news/uk-c...

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⚖️ Last week saw the first-ever conviction for #sanctions evasion under the UK’s Russia sanctions regime, when former Russian Deputy Trade Minister Dmitrii Ovsiannikov and his brother Alexei Owsjanikow were found guilty at Southwark Crown Court.

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The U.K. has sanctioned Georgia’s chief prosecutor and three senior officials for “allowing brutal police violence” against anti-government protesters.

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Bulgaria’s opposition party has filed the second motion of no confidence in the government in a week, this time accusing Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov’s cabinet of corruption. MECh party leader Radostin Vassilev has not presented evidence.

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“OCCRP only works because there are individual reporters and organizations in each of these countries that have the local expertise, good investigative skills, and can do the reporting that’s necessary for all of us to piece together this problem.”

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Three arrested journalists in Burkina Faso may have been forcibly conscripted into the military, @hrw.org said, after video showed the men wearing military uniforms. Guezuoma Sanogo, Boukari Ouoba, and Luc Pagbelguem were arrested in late March.

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Kyrgyzstan will release investigative journalist Azamat Ishenbekov after President Sadyr Japarov granted him a pardon, OCCRP member center Kloop reports. He is one of four journalists from Temirov Live convicted of encouraging mass riots in January 2024. www.occrp.org/en/news/kyrg...

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An estimated 50 million people worldwide are trapped in modern slavery including forced labour and forced marriage, the Global Commission on Modern Slavery reports. Technology offers traffickers new tools to exploit victims, the commission said.

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A Spanish cryptocurrency fraud scheme stole $20+ million from victims by using AI-generated adverts and fake celebrity endorsements to trick them into investing in fake products, authorities said.

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“Today, when we hire people, we look for people who are good at collaboration, because they can leverage other people’s skills and make themselves better…In the end, every story is better because it draws from everybody else’s work.” -- Publisher @drewoccrp.bsky.social

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