Dec 13 2025
Slovenia’s non-profit investigative outlet Oštro is facing a wave of legal and administrative attacks from public officials. Officials accuse the newsroom of violating personal data rules in what press groups describe as an effort to obstruct its reporting. The pressure began in October, when the municipality of Ljutomer filed both a criminal complaint and a …
Dec 12 2025
Bosnian, German and regional police arrested three suspects and seized millions of euros in assets this week. The operation targeted a transnational criminal network involved in multi-tonne cocaine shipments from Colombia to Europe. The suspects were identified as high-value targets residing in Germany and believed to be key figures in the cartel. More than 500 …
Dec 12 2025
OCCRP spoke with a dozen of the Nepalis rescued in recent months. Myanmar’s military authorities have ed, ed and ed some cyber-scam compounds along the Myanmar-Thailand border. “I was not paid my salary. In one punishment, I was hung up by my arms for 18 hours and locked in a cell for three days. When …
Dec 11 2025
Since September 19, the country’s Financial and Economic Analysis Unit has ordered regulators to block accounts belonging to several groups. The freezes coincided with demonstrations against President Daniel Noboa’s plan to eliminate diesel subsidies and approve a controversial mining project. The account freezes were imposed under the , passed in August, which allows authorities to …
Dec 11 2025
The plan aims to close legal loopholes and strengthen the country’s defenses against illicit finance. Lawyers, accountants, bankers and trust and company service providers are explicitly named as priority targets for disruption and enforcement. A key element of the plan is reforming how professional-services firms are regulated for anti–money-laundering. The document aims to go after …
Dec 11 2025
Seven senior Fijian Police officers are under investigation. Allegations of police corruption and collusion with organized crime figures roil the nation’s police force. Screenshots of what appeared to be dozens of Viber chats wereon social media last week, purporting to show members of the Fiji Police Force chatting with drug traffickers. The discussions included the …
Dec 09 2025
Nepal’s top anti-graft body has filed corruption charges against 55 senior officials and a Chinese company. The agency alleges they embezzled millions of dollars during the construction of Pokhara International Airport. The high-profile project was built under Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative. A Nepalese consulting firm had determined the project could be …
Dec 09 2025
China’s national security office in Hong Kong summoned senior journalists from major international outlets. Officials declined to say whether those media had done anything wrong. The meeting came after allegedly critical reporting on the blaze, which killed at least 159 people. The fire dominated local news coverage for more than a week and led to …
Dec 08 2025
Christos Christodoulides absconded from a U.K. prison after a 2005 sentence for immigration fraud. He was allowed to serve his sentence in 2023 and 2024 under house arrest in Cyprus. He continued to practice law during that time. Now, the Cyprus Bar Association has ordered his legal license suspended for 14 months, beginning December 17. …
Dec 07 2025
The UN General Assembly has called on Russia to return Ukrainian children forcibly taken to Russia. The resolution passed with 91 votes in favor, 12 against, and 57 abstentions. Russia rejected the resolution, with its ambassador, Maria Zabolotskaya, calling it a “particularly cynical lie.” The Ukrainian government says several hundred thousand children have been forcibly …