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OCCRP
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] |
Global Investigative Journalism Network
The Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) is "an international association of nonprofit organizations that support, promote and produce investigative journalism." The association is headquartered in the United States, and its membership is open to "nonprofits, NGOs, and educational organizations" that are active in investigative reporting and data journalism. The organisation's projects include a help desk for journalists, a resource center and training conferences. History In 2001, veteran journalists Brant Houston, then director of Investigative Reporters and Editors, and Nils Mulvad organized a conference of investigative 400 invetigative journalists from 40 countries in what would become GIJN. GIJN was officially formed in Copenhagen as a loose network in support of the biennial ''Global Investigative Journalism Conference'' (GIJC). The GIJN secretariat was officially formed after participants of the 7th GIJC in Kyiv voted for the formation of a provisional secretari ... [...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] |
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] |
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] |
Russian Laundromat
The Russian Laundromat was a scheme to move $20–80 billion out of Russia from 2010 to 2014 through a network of global banks, many of them in Moldova and Latvia. The ''Guardian'' reported that around 500 people were suspected of being involved, many of whom were wealthy Russians. The money laundering scheme was uncovered by Global Laundromat, an investigation. ''The New Yorker'' says that that operation was known as "The Russian Laundromat," "The Global Laundromat," or "The Moldovan Scheme.""Deutsche Bank, Mirror Trades, and More Russian Threads" in ''The New Yorker'' by Ed Caesar '' The Herald'' wro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montenegro
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Sergei Magnitsky
Sergei Leonidovich Magnitsky (, ; ; 8 April 1972 – 16 November 2009) was a Russian tax advisor responsible for exposing corruption and misconduct by Russian government officials while representing client Hermitage Capital Management. His arrest in 2008 and subsequent death after eleven months in police custody generated international attention and triggered both official and unofficial inquiries into allegations of fraud, theft and Human rights in Russia, human rights violations in Russia. His posthumous trial was the first in the Russia, Russian Federation. Magnitsky alleged there had been large-scale theft from the Russian state, sanctioned and carried out by Russian officials. He was arrested and eventually died in prison seven days before the expiration of the one-year term during which he could be legally held without trial. In total, Magnitsky served 358 days in Moscow's Butyrka prison. He developed gall stones, pancreatitis, and a blocked gall bladder, and was deni ... [...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] |
Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a media organization broadcasting news and analyses in 27 languages to 23 countries across Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East. Headquartered in Prague since 1995, RFE/RL operates 21 local bureaus with over 500 core staff, 1,300 freelancers, and 680 employees. Nicola Careem serves as the editor-in-chief. Founded during the Cold War, RFE began in 1949 targeting Soviet empire, Soviet satellite states, while RL, established in 1951, focused on the Soviet Union. Initially funded covertly by the Central Intelligence Agency, CIA until 1972, the two merged in 1976. RFE/RL was headquartered in Munich from 1949 to 1995, with additional broadcasts from Portugal's Glória do Ribatejo until 1996. Soviet authorities jammed their signals, and Second World, communist regimes often infiltrated their operations. Today, RFE/RL is a private 501(c)(3) corporation supervised by the United States Agency for Global Media, which ... [...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] |
501(c)3 Organization
__NOTOC__ Year 501 (Roman numerals, DI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Avienus (consul 501), Avienus and Pompeius (consul 501), Pompeius (or, less frequently, year 1254 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 501 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Britannia * Domangart Réti succeeds his father Fergus Mór, after he dies during a campaign against the Picts. He becomes the new king of Dál Riata (modern Scotland) (according to the ''Annals of Tigernach''). Europe * Burgundian Civil War: King Gundobad breaks his promise of tribute and regains his military power. He besieges his brother Godegisel at the city of Vienne, Isère, Vienne (Kingdom of Burgundy, Burgundy), and murders him in an Arianism, Arian church along with the bishop.Gregory of Tours, ''H ... [...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] |
