Yesterday unidentified intoxicated man verbally and physically assaulted our journalist Dimitar Stoyanov while he was shopping with his wife, attacking him from behind.

.Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project partner Dimitar Stoyanov of Bird.bg in Bulgaria was attacked in Sofia by what he termed a drunk crazy man. It turned out to be a tax official and the journalist was arrested. Bird editor Atanas Tchobanov called the attack and arrest a provocation.

On #EarthDay , we celebrate reporters in our network exposing environmental crimes.

In Brazil, unsustainable practices threaten ecological balance & local communities. Brazil Editor Eduardo Goulart uses Aleph, AI, open-source intelligence, & traditional reporting techniques.

In Russia, May 9th is coming, a holiday of the most disgusting death cult. Russia does not celebrate the WWII end, as many believe, but suffering and death, as their slogan says 'we can (gladly) repeat it' (можем повторить). On this day, they dream of death for their children. /1

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Russell Bentley was raped and then killed by Russian military or ' DPR' militants

American Z-blogger Russell Bentley (call sign Texas), who was kidnapped in the 'DPR' and had been fighting in the ranks of pro-Russian militants since 2014, was raped and then killed by his fellow

A faction of the ’Ndrangheta mafia based in Toronto allegedly worked with insiders at two major Canadian banks to launder money, court records show.

Angelo Figliomeni’s group allegedly cultivated ties with staff at RBC and TD Bank. Here's how it worked: occrp.org/en/28-ccwatch/…

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We are honored that our project w/IStories Media, The Rotenberg Files, has been shortlisted for the European Press Prize.

With 17 partners, the stories reveal how the brothers — oligarchs & childhood friends of Russian President Vladimir Putin — avoid sanctions
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For years, alleged Italian mobsters have been amassing their power in Canada, experts say.

Among them? Angelo Figliomeni, a Toronto panini shop owner & alleged ’Ndrangheta boss who allegedly worked with employees at major Canadian banks to launder funds: occrp.org/en/investigati…

A clear pattern has already emerged in Russia: murderers and rapists kill and are not afraid of prison, because they go straight to war and then come back with honors.

A Russian Krasnoyarsk EMERCOM cadet who raped and killed a 16-year-old girl said in court he wanted to go to

Our latest....'Ndrangheta in Canada?

Our latest....'Ndrangheta in Canada?

📣The Journalism Cloud Alliance launched yesterday at #IJF24 to ensure watchdog journalism can perform its public service role by controlling the rising costs and constraints of #cloudcomputing and offering collaborative solutions to collective challenges: gfmd.info/briefings/jour…

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In Russia, specifically in the Republic of Dagestan, a curious incident unfolded. Local traffic officers attempted to detain the driver of a GMC truck who purportedly disregarded a police officer's signal at a checkpoint and even attempted to run down another officer before being

A court in France seizes Putin's ex-wife villa - Challenges

A court in France has decided to seize the €5.4 million Souzanna villa from businessman Arthur Ocheretny, the current husband of Lyudmila Putina, the Russian president's ex-wife. French authorities confiscated it back

Gaza, Iran and other violence was always related to Ukraine. Now, a leaked doc exposes Russia’s belief: the outcome of Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine will “to a great degree determine the outlines of the future world. washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

The Republic of Georgia passed on first reading a Russian style foreign agent law over large protests. The law, supported by the Georgia Dream party, is equally draconian to the Russian law and will cause large problems for small publishers. It's also anti-democratic.

Last night's Iranian strikes on Israel, as well as the Hamas attack on Israel last October and the war that has erupted in the region, are all consequences of the US and the Western world not reacting to Putin's invasion of Ukraine back in 2014, and then, some politicians taking