A Kenyan Jacob Riis | Cities | 'Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized.' - Daniel Burnham
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Breaking: our new investigation reveals a major shift in the funding of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), one of the deadliest armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The ADF previously relied on external financing support from ISIL, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Now the ADF has become self-reliant, supplying most of their own financing through proceeds from conflict gold, cocoa production, racketeering, and kidnapping for ransom.
The investigation draws on more than 100 interviews with miners, traders, transporters, smugglers, financiers, armed-group collaborators, former hostages, security officials, government representatives, civil society actors, researchers, and international experts.
The UN Security Council, United States, United Kingdom, and European Union should investigate and sanction conflict gold supply chains that link the ADF to Ugandan trading, refining, and export networks.
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From @lemondefr: France and Equatorial Guinea are locked in a bitter row over a luxury mansion in one of the swankiest districts of Paris, with the West African nation refusing to relinquish the premises after French authorities put it up for sale. buff.ly/tDsqSOz
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FBI Cybercrime Operation Nets Nine Arrests in Nigeria
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Megafon Digital Incubator Center ran political advertising campaigns supporting the party of Hungary’s former prime minister, Viktor Orbán. Financial records show that Megafon received donations from a firm owned by László Szíjj, a businessman whose companies won lucrative contracts under Orbán.
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As criminal syndicates flee crackdowns in Southeast Asia, Sri Lankan police have detained over 1,000 foreign fraud suspects this year—yet an outdated legal code has left authorities unable to secure a single conviction.
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Cypriot officials faced questioning from parliamentarians following an investigation by OCCRP and partners, which found that corporate services firms backdated documents to help companies tied to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich transfer billions offshore.
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JUST OUT: 🔴 A Backdoor for Serbian Votes Via a Vienna Bakery
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A trove of emails shows that Deloitte Cyprus helped firms beneficially owned by Roman Abramovich attempt to skirt tax and disclosure obligations by retroactively transferring assets to British Virgin Islands companies using backdated paperwork.
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Who has done the most to empower organized crime and corruption this year?
OCCRP’s Person of the Year public nominations are open!
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When community members in Siaya rejected Shanta Gold's land acquisition, state security stepped in.
Local activist Silas Omondi was arrested at gunpoint, paraded on DCI social media, and had his phones seized, with court orders to return it ignored.
Was the police doing their job or we're they weaponized to silence committee members genuinely opposing land consents?
Watch #LandGoldandPower.
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Putin’s “Doppelgängers”: The Insider gets inside the operations of the Kremlin's foreign disinformation network
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The EU’s sanctions envoy said alumina from Ireland’s Aughinish refinery is reaching Russia’s military-industrial complex and something should be done about that. The statement adds pressure on Brussels to close a loophole that allows the material to be exported despite its use in the supply chains of Russian weapons makers.
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World Center of Baby plunged surrogates and prospective parents into chaos when it announced it was filing for bankruptcy. Now the agency’s U.S. corporate entity must pay out tens of thousands of dollars to a couple after failing to respond to a civil suit alleging breach of contract and fraud.
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In a new piece for Investigative Reporters and Editors (@IRE_NICAR), OCCRP Chief Impact Officer Alexandra Gillies examines the key opportunities and challenges journalists face when reporting on state capture.
Read the full article: ire.org/2026/10/19/chronicli…
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After acquiring exploration rights in Siaya for $14.5 million, Shanta Gold was delisted from the London Stock Exchange. Ownership was transferred to Mauritius registered entities, removing mandatory ongoing public reporting obligations.
This offshore restructuring has left local communities in gold rich Ramula with little public financial scrutiny and visibility into the true value extracted from their land.
📺 Watch #LandGoldandPower on YouTube.
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Did a multinational mining company allegedly forge consent forms to take community land for a multi-billion-dollar gold project in Ramula , Siaya County?
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Excellent piece here by @bonareri_tracy on what's been happeing in Ramula - Siaya, between Shanta gold and residents of the town. From fake land consent forms to trumped up charges and killings, to the seeming tacit approval of impunity by the state, what should be an opportunity for mutual benefit is turning into a land and power grab - for gold. youtube.com/watch?v=Nnuu7OFV… @HassanAliJoho
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Commercial gold mining in Western Kenya promises economic growth, but local communities face land dispossession and environmental disruption.
Africa Uncensored's latest investigation, #LandGoldandPower, produced by @bonareri_tracy, examines the struggle between corporate interest and a community's survival.
Watch the new documentary now on YouTube: youtu.be/Nnuu7OFVv2E?si=9PPd…