Notices by OCCRP (occrp@mastodon.cloud)

Spanish police are raising questions about #Bitcoin ATMs, which they say are currently not covered by the #EuropeanUnion’s anti-#moneylaundering regulations.

https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/10200-bitcoin-atms-a-hole-in-eu-anti-money-laundering-rules

#Mexico’s Finance Ministry announced on Monday that it had frozen the bank accounts of Emilio Lozoya Austin, the former head of the state-owned #oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), due to allegations of corruption.

https://www.occrp.org/en/27-ccwatch/cc-watch-briefs/9825-mexico-blocks-bank-accounts-of-former-pemex-ceo

NEW: Today we’re publishing a new investigative package on the #TroikaLaundromat, the vast financial scheme we revealed in March that allowed Russian elites, including oligarchs, politicians, and criminals, to channel billions of dollars out of the country. From the company that set up the Laundromat’s infrastructure to the bank that hosted its accounts, we bring you new revelations on the billion-dollar system.

https://www.occrp.org/en/troikalaundromat/

The leader of a multi-billion dollar scheme involving the sale of fraudulent #cryptocurrency #OneCoin, was arrested on Friday at Los Angeles International Airport, according to the U.S. Justice Department. https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/9340-king-of-crypto-empire-arrested-for-fraud

Failure to curb corruption is contributing to a worldwide crisis of democracy, corruption watchdog Transparency International said in its 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), released today.

#transparency #corruption #democracy #authoritarianism

https://www.occrp.org/en/27-ccwatch/cc-watch-briefs/9172-ti-democracy-weakens-as-corruption-festers

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Environmental crime is a bigger source of funding for militias and terrorist groups like #AlQaeda and #AlShabaab than the drug trade, kidnapping and extortion.
https://www.occrp.org/en/27-ccwatch/cc-watch-briefs/8653-study-environmental-crime-is-largest-source-of-income-for-militias

Environmental crimes are now the biggest source of funding for non-state militias and terrorist organizations, bringing in 38 percent of their revenue, according to a new study released by Interpol and researchers on global organized crime.

Two years after the original Panama Papers leaks, the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung has received a fresh trove of leaked documents from Mossack Fonseca, the now-defunct Panamanian law firm.
https://www.occrp.org/en/panamapapers/

To analyze and report on the new data, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has once again organized a collaborative investigation which includes the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and its partner centers

#PanamaPapers

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Find us at #34C3 and ye shall receive. Stay #Cyber my friends!

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The #ParadisePapers is a major new leak of documents from two offshore services firms based in Bermuda and Singapore, as well as from 19 corporate registries maintained by governments in secret offshore jurisdictions. The documents were obtained by the Süddeutsche Zeitung and shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which organized a collaborative investigation with dozens of outlets across the world, including the OCCRP.

https://www.occrp.org/en/paradisepapers/

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