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Organised Crime And Corruption Reporting Project
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) is a global network of investigative journalists. It was founded in 2006 and specializes in organized crime and corruption. It publishes its stories through local media and in English and Russian through its website. OCCRP works with and supports more than fifty independent media outlets across six continents. In 2017, NGO Advisor ranked it 69th in the world in their annual list of the 500 best non-governmental organizations (NGO). History OCCRP was founded by veteran journalists Drew Sullivan and Paul Radu. Sullivan was serving as the editor of the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) and Radu worked with an early Romanian center. The team paired with colleagues in the region on a story looking at energy traders. The project showed traders were buying power at below production rates while the public was paying increasingly higher fees. In 2019 the project received a Global Shining Light Award Citation of Excel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Radu
Paul Radu (born 1975–76) is an Investigative journalism, investigative journalist from Romania. He is the co-founder of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, for which he and co-founder Drew Sullivan received the Special Award by the European Press Prize. He is also one of the cofounders of the Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism. Early life Radu was born in Deva, Romania, Deva, Hunedoara County, in a family with roots both from the region and from Timișoara. While studying at the West University of Timișoara, University of Timișoara, he started working for a local newspaper. After graduation, he moved to Bucharest, where he was assigned investigative work and also covered criminal affairs for several newspapers. Awards and recognition He is the recipient of numerous awards including in 2004, the Knight International Journalism Award and the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award, in 2007, the Global Shining Light Award, the Tom Renner Inve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vienna Review
''The Vienna Review'' was founded in 2006 by American journalist and director of the Vienna Journalism Institute Dardis McNamee. It was a monthly English language newspaper based in Vienna, Austria, available in print and online. The paper's target audience was the permanent English-speaking community in Austria and Central Europe, as well as expatriates and tourists. Content The Vienna Review started out as a student newspaper based in the Vienna campus of Webster University. Although Vienna was the focus, the paper made use of Austria's Central European location in covering both Western and Eastern European news and events, and seeking to provide a voice and a forum for Vienna's international community. Contributors to the paper included writing professionals, academics from think tanks in the area. The paper was a member of Project Syndicate, the Prague-based syndication service supported by the Open Society Foundations Open Society Foundations (OSF), formerly the Open So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Money Laundering
Money laundering is the process of illegally concealing the origin of money obtained from illicit activities (often known as dirty money) such as drug trafficking, sex work, terrorism, corruption, and embezzlement, and converting the funds into a seemingly legitimate source, usually through a front organization. Money laundering is illegal; the acts generating the money almost always are themselves criminal in some way (for if not, the money would not need to be laundered). As financial crime has become more complex and financial intelligence is more important in combating international crime and terrorism, money laundering has become a prominent political, economic, and legal debate. Most countries implement some anti-money-laundering measures. In the past, the term "money laundering" was applied only to financial transactions related to organized crime. Today its definition is often expanded by government and international regulators such as the US Office of the Comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RISE Moldova
RISE Moldova (; The Association of Investigative Reporters and Editorial Security) is an independent, non-governmental and nonprofit organization consisting of investigative journalists, programmers and activists from Moldova and Romania. Investigations made by RISE Moldova journalists were shortlisted for the European Press Prize for two years in a row. History RISE Moldova was founded in March 2014 by ex-Ziarul de Gardă journalists Iurie Sanduta, Nicolae Cuschevici and ex-Adevărul Moldova reporter Ion Preasca. Current members list also includes but not limited to the following journalists: Mihai Munteanu, Olga Ceaglei, Vladimir Thoric, Dumitru Lazur, Doina Ipatii and Dumitru Stoianov. Project's activity was launched with grants from United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor and Open Society Foundations. Notable investigations Since its launch RISE Moldova has investigated and published materials, stories and filmed short documentaries on such subjects as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanko Subotić
Stanko Subotić ( sr-Cyrl, Станко Суботић; born 9 September 1959) is a Serbian businessman and the founder and owner of the Luxembourg-based holding company EMI Group (Emerging Marketing Investments APS) which owns Moj Kiosk Group and the French holding company Louis Max. To the public, Subotić was known as a close friend of Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić and an active supporter of the democratic opposition in Serbia while Slobodan Milošević was still in power. For this, he had faced oppression by the Milošević regime and decided to leave Serbia in 1997. Later, he supported pro-European reforms steered by the Đinđić government. In 2003, after the assassination of Zoran Đinđić, and during the rule of his political opponents Vojislav Koštunica and Boris Tadić, the government administration set in motion a politically motivated process against Subotić, indicting him for alleged abuse of office. In spite of a strong media campaign against him, he was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sveti Nikola Island
Sveti Nikola Island () is an island in the Adriatic Sea, in the Montenegrin municipality of Budva. Description Sveti Nikola island is located opposite to the town of Budva, from Budva's old town. The island is long, and it has an area of . The highest point on the island is a cliff that rises above the sea. The island is a popular excursion site in the Budva area. It has three bigger sandy beaches with a total length of , and numerous small beaches around the island, accessible only by boat. Deer A deer (: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family). Cervidae is divided into subfamilies Cervinae (which includes, among others, muntjac, elk (wapiti), red deer, and fallow deer) ... inhabit the uncultivated part of the island. The island is called ''Školj'' by locals, which comes from Italian ''scoglio'' or from Venetian ''scogio'' meaning islet or reef.https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%A1kolj See also Budva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smuggling Cigarettes
The illicit cigarette trade is defined as "the production, import, export, purchase, sale, or possession of tobacco goods which fail to comply with legislation" by the intergovernmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Illicit cigarette trade activities fall under 3 categories: # Contraband: cigarettes smuggled from abroad without domestic duty paid; # Counterfeit: cigarettes manufactured without authorization of the trademark holders, with intent to deceive consumers and to avoid paying duty; # Illicit whites: brands manufactured legitimately in one country, but smuggled and sold in another without duties being paid. Cigarette smuggling, also informally referred to as "buttlegging", is the illicit transportation of cigarettes or cigars from an administrative division with low taxation to a division with high taxation for sale and consumption. The practice, commonly used by the tobacco industry, organized crime syndicates and rebel groups, is a form of tax evasion. Intersta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Mafia
Criminal organizations have been prevalent in Italy, especially in the southern part of the country, for centuries and have affected the social and economic life of many Italian regions. There are major native mafia-like organizations that are heavily active in Italy. The most powerful of these organizations are the Camorra from Campania, the 'Ndrangheta from Calabria and the Cosa Nostra from Sicily. In addition to these three long-established organizations, there are also other significantly active organized crime syndicates in Italy that were founded in the 20th century: the Sacra Corona Unita, the Società foggiana and the Bari crime groups from Apulia; the Stidda from Sicily and the Sinti crime groups, such as the Casamonica, the Spada and the Fasciani clan from Lazio. Four other Italian organized crime groups, namely the Banda della Magliana of Rome, the Mala del Brenta of Veneto, and the Banda della Comasina and Turatello Crew, both based in Milan, held considerabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darko Šarić
Darko Šarić (Cyrillic: Дарко Шарић; born in 1969 in Pljevlja, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Montenegrin drug trafficker. Career Šarić was charged with drug smuggling (primarily cocaine) in April 2010. He is said to have planned the murders of well-known politicians and police officers. According to the police, the list included Serbian President Boris Tadić, Minister of Justice Snežana Malović, Secretary of State for Justice Slobodan Homen, and Special Prosecutor against Organized Crime, Miljko Radisavljević. The initial plans for the assassination attempts had been known since March 2010. In October 2009, an attempt to smuggle around 2.7 tons of cocaine from South America was foiled. The criminal group led by Šarić had its headquarters in Montenegro. The police estimated the proceeds at five billion euros. According to the State Secretary in the Serbian Ministry of Justice, Slobodan Homen, Darko Šarić earned one billion euros a year. There were di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The American Interest
''The American Interest'' (''AI'') was a bimonthly magazine founded in 2005, focusing primarily on foreign policy, international affairs, global economics, and military matters. History The magazine was founded in 2005 by a number of members of the editorial board of '' The National Interest'', led by Francis Fukuyama, who opposed changes to that journal's editorial policy implemented by its new publisher, the Nixon Center. Several people formerly associated with ''The National Interest'' have been associated with ''The American Interest'', including former ''National Interest'' editor Adam Garfinkle (the founding editor of ''The American Interest''); Fukuyama, who serves as chairman of the journal's executive committee; Ruth Wedgwood, formerly a ''National Interest'' advisory council member and now an ''American Interest'' editorial board member; and Thomas M. Rickers, formerly the managing editor of ''The National Interest''. In October 2018, Jeffrey Gedmin was appoin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prva Banka
Prva banka Crne Gore AD is a Montenegrin bank. Formerly known as Nikšićka banka AD, the bank was renamed in March 2007. Prva banka CG assumes continuity from a bank, existing under various forms of ownership, that was founded in 1901. History In 1901, Niksic Saving Bank became the first bank in Montenegro. Its name is derived from the city where it was founded. Beginning a more progressive society in the city was also driving business growth. The founding of the Montenegrin brewery "Onogost" in 1896, and the First Niksic Saving Bank in 1901, also meant the beginnings of industrial and banking capital. This was a key moment in the further development of Niksic industry and society. The promoter of the First Niksic Saving Bank (originally called First Niksic Money Cooperative) was Joco Petrovic, a renowned finance expert. At the incorporation general meeting on 6 January 1901, an interim board of directors included traders, craftsmen, and aristocrats, voted in favour of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milo Đukanović
Milo Đukanović (, ; born 15 February 1962) is a Montenegrin politician who served as the President of Montenegro from 2018 to 2023, previously serving in the role from 1998 to 2002. He also served as the Prime Minister of Montenegro (1991–1998, 2003–2006, 2008–2010 and 2012–2016) and was the long-term president of the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro, originally the Montenegrin branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, which governed Montenegro alone or in a coalition from the introduction of multi-party politics in the early 1990s until its defeat in the 2020 parliamentary election. He is the longest-ruling contemporary politician in Europe, having held key positions in the country for over 33 years. However, he was defeated by the 36-year-old centrist former economy minister, Jakov Milatović, after the presidential run-off held on 2 April 2023. When Đukanović first emerged on the political scene, he was a close ally of Slobodan Milošević d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
