NEWS EXCLUSIVE ‘I terminated this channel’: Inside the Fake Copyright Racket Silencing News Outlets
Hired hands in an underground takedown market are charging up to $5,000 to scrub reporting from social media by filing fake copyright claims.
Spanish-Led Operation Busts Violent Mediterranean Smuggling Ring
News
Aug 7, 2026
US Charges NFT Founder in Alleged $10M Investor Fraud
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Aug 6, 2026
Spain and Ecuador Bust International Drug Ring, Seize 21 Tonnes of Cocaine
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Aug 6, 2026
Six Years On, Victims of Beirut Port Blast Still Waiting For Justice
News
Aug 4, 2026
Scoop
Alleged ‘Enforcer’ in Prince Group Scam Network Identified
A U.S. federal indictment against Prince Group Chairman Chen Zhi anonymized his alleged co-conspirators, but personal...
Investigation
From Tehran to Texas: How a Convicted Iranian Pyramid Scheme Ringleader Built a New Life in the U.S.
Mazyar Mahan, convicted in absentia in Iran in connection with a $25 million pyramid scheme that defrauded hundreds of...
Investigation
Pentagon Fuel Subcontractor Owned by Alleged Front for U.S.-Blacklisted Brothers
A man alleged by a U.S. Treasury official to have acted as a front for U.S.-sanctioned Lebanese brothers was the owner of a...
Investigation
The Alleged Mastermind of a $2 Billion U.S. Telemedicine Scam Is Enjoying the Luxury Life in Russia
Brian Sutton, accused of masterminding one of the largest fraud schemes to ever be unraveled in the United States, is living...
Investigation
A Police HQ, Wind Farms, and Natural Gas: Mapping China's Investments in Europe
Through an opaque network of shell companies in the British Virgin Islands and Luxembourg holding firms, an agency that...
Investigation
European Password Manager Shares Origins and Updates with State-Certified Russian Firm
Passwork, a Spain-based password manager used by European government agencies and universities, shares technological ties...
The Pegasus Project
Investigation
Moroccan Government Used Powerful Israeli Pegasus Spyware, Former Intelligence Officer Says
Morocco’s government has long denied using the Israeli spyware Pegasus to surveil its citizens. Now, a former Moroccan...
The Pegasus Project
Investigation
Co-Founder of Controversial Spyware Firm Had Israeli Diplomatic Passport
Spyware company NSO Group’s co-founder Shalev Hulio used an Israeli diplomatic passport to enter Panama in 2013, raising...
Project
Dear Compatriots
Under the banner of legal aid for fellow Russians in trouble abroad, a state-backed foundation in the center of Moscow has for years advanced the Kremlin’s agenda across the world.
Impact following our reporting:
Dear Compatriots
Sanctioned Russian Propaganda Body Funded EU-Based Analyst’s Presentation to Global Security Conference
An EU-based researcher has been secretly applying for money from a sanctioned Russian state organization to produce and...
Dear Compatriots
Russian State-Backed Foundation Paid Allies in the EU Despite Sanctions
Pravfond, a Russian legal-aid foundation for “compatriots” abroad, has continued to fund people and organizations across the...
Dear Compatriots
Russian Foundation, Aimed at Helping ‘Compatriots’ Abroad, Supports Spies, Criminals, and Propagandists
For over a decade, ‘Pravfond’ has been providing legal aid to Russians across the world. Internal emails obtained by...
Project
Scam Empire
An unprecedented leak of nearly two terabytes of data from two major scam operations — thousands of hours of phone calls, screen recordings, spreadsheets, and other files — enabled journalists to enter the world of scammers and even to watch them at work.
Impact following our reporting:
Exposed Tbilisi Call Center Scammers Delete Social Media Accounts
News
Mar 5, 2025
Georgia Launches Criminal Probe Into Scam Call Center Exposed by Journalists
News
Mar 7, 2025
From Rumors to Ugly Reality: Georgians Stunned by Scam Call Center’s Cruelty
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Mar 14, 2025
Georgia Freezes Assets of Top Scammers in Massive Call Center Fraud
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Mar 13, 2025
Scam Empire
These 81 Investment Platforms Were Part of a Scam Network. Here’s What We Learned About Them.
They looked like different brokers competing for your investment. Underneath, they shared the same staff, the same...
Scam Empire
Despite Criminal Probe, Georgian Call-Center Scammers Are Back At Work
Last month, more than 30 media outlets reported on a global scam operation based in Tbilisi, prompting Georgian authorities...
Scam Empire
Huge Ecosystem of Unregulated Payment Providers Helps Scammers Collect Victims’ Money
Leaked documents reveal how scam call centers drew on a secret industry of service providers that used shell companies,...
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Podcast: White Collars, Dirty Hands
Episode 5: Ciao Carmelo
Back in Miami, journalist Laura Weffer observes the ruins of a criminal empire and reflects on the intersection of global...
Podcast: White Collars, Dirty Hands
Episode 4: Carmelo, Carmelo...
As Venezuela's stolen oil money is being “cleaned abroad,” back home tens of thousands of protesters opposing corruption,...
Conflict-Tainted Venezuelan Gold Entered World Market Through Caribbean Island, Documents Indicate
The Caribbean island of Curaçao has no natural gold deposits. So why did dozens of tons of gold refined at a prestigious...
Podcast: White Collars, Dirty Hands
Episode 2: Carmelo, Where Are You?
With reporting from Miami to Madrid, Venezuelan journalist Laura Weffer unpacks the mechanics of the corrupt loan schemes...
Podcast: White Collars, Dirty Hands
Episode 1: Hola, Carmelo
Exiled Venezuelan journalist Laura Weffer travels to Florida to look for Carmelo Urdaneta, a former oil ministry official...
Podcast: White Collars, Dirty Hands
Behind Closed Doors: Secret Tape Reveals Plans To Launder Venezuela’s Oil Money
An undercover recording from 2017 reveals the financial maneuvers of shadow bankers called upon to launder millions of...
Venezuela News
Cabinet of the Blacklisted: Sanctioned Loyalists Take Charge of Venezuela’s Quake Relief
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Jun 29, 2026
Netherlands Refused All Involvement in US Operations Against Venezuela: Minister
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Jan 9, 2026
Netherlands to Limit Joint Anti-Drug Operations with US After Venezuela Attack
News
Jan 7, 2026
From Lima to Buenos Aires to Madrid, Millions of Phones Buzzed the Night Maduro Fell
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Jan 4, 2026
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