Best Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP Podcasts (2024)

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How Did Venezuela’s Oil Riches End up in Swiss Banks? 39:52

8M ago39:52

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Repressed by Venezuela's government on one side. Muzzled by Swiss banking secrecy laws on the other. Yet against these odds, a team of reporters exposed how corrupt Venezuelan elites stashed stolen oil profits in Credit Suisse accounts. In this episode, Nick Wallis interviews OCCRP editor Nathan Jaccard and Armando.Info editor-in-chief Valentina La…

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Sanctioning an Oligarch is Not an Easy Task: Searching for Usmanov’s Millions 38:26

8M ago38:26

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As Russian forces escalated their war of aggression against Ukraine in 2022, Western governments scrambled to sanction oligarchs connected to Putin’s war machine. Yet the task is far from simple when Kremlin-connected tycoons hide their billions in offshore trusts and Swiss bank accounts — and even behind the names of their family members. In this …

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Russian Meddling in Catalonia: A Playbook In Destabilization 40:26

9M ago40:26

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A mysterious Russian offers Catalonia’s president $500 billion and 10,000 armed soldiers to make the break from Spain and create a cryptocurrency haven. This in the days running up to an historic vote to declare independence from Spain. In this episode, Nick Wallis talks with journalists Antonio Baquero, Marc Marginedas and Lorenzo Bagnoli on how t…

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Exposing a Former Czech PM’s Offshore Finances 33:51

9M ago33:51

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Pavla Holcová was greeted with an avalanche of threats when she woke up one morning. Her country’s former prime minister had publicly accused her of being a paid agent to undermine his re-election campaign. In this episode you’ll hear about the dangers OCCRP’s investigative journalists face when trying to get to the truth, the horrific abuse they f…

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Bleeding Trees: Tracking Illegal Loggers in Namibia 33:07

10M ago33:07

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John Grobler’s Namibian holiday led him on an unexpected journey tailing trucks and loggers to expose the interests behind illegal logging, a lucrative and illegal business making millions for Chinese companies and local elites. In this episode Nick Wallis traces OCCRP’s investigation into who is killing the last of Namibia’s protected rosewood tre…

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The Beirut Blast 38:37

10M ago38:37

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How do you begin to investigate the explosion that tore through the Lebanese capital city of Beirut, killing more than 200 people? In this episode Nick Wallis takes us back to August 2020, talking to Rana Sabbagh and Aubrey Belford about how OCCRP reporters activated the global network to unravel the opaque web of secrecy behind the cause of the ex…

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How Azerbaijan’s Ruling Family Launder Their Millions 37:46

11M ago37:46

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How did an Azerbaijani boy end up owning a building in London’s Mayfair that housed a restaurant with two Michelin stars, an art gallery, and the Condé Nast headquarters? Hint: His father is the country’s president, Ilham Aliyev. When two of our top editors got hold of the Pandora Papers — a vast trove of leaked documents from offshore service prov…

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Trailer 0:51

11M ago0:51

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Welcome To Dirty Deeds: Tales of Global Crime & Corruption. Are you ready to venture into the shadows? Dirty Deeds unravels the hidden stories of the fraud and deceit behind some of the biggest international scandals in recent years, told by the investigative journalists who uncovered them. Every other week, we’ll bring you reporting from the Organ…

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Dirty Deeds: Tales of Global Crime & Corruption

The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)

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How Did Venezuela’s Oil Riches End up in Swiss Banks? 39:52

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Sanctioning an Oligarch is Not an Easy Task: Searching for Usmanov’s Millions 38:26

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Russian Meddling in Catalonia: A Playbook In Destabilization 40:26

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Exposing a Former Czech PM’s Offshore Finances 33:51

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Bleeding Trees: Tracking Illegal Loggers in Namibia 33:07

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The Beirut Blast 38:37

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How Azerbaijan’s Ruling Family Launder Their Millions 37:46

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Trailer 0:51

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