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}}The '''Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project''' (OCCRP) was created by [[Paul Radu]] and [[Drew Sullivan]] in 2006. It shares an interest in [[Russian Propaganda]] with the [[Integrity Initiative]].
The '''Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project''' (OCCRP) was created by [[Paul Radu]] and [[Drew Sullivan]] in 2006,
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==Own Description==
 
==Own Description==
 
It is a cross-border network of Eastern European independent media and non-profit organisations, counting the ''Rise Project'' and ''Novaya Gazetta'' (the newspaper [[Anna Politkovskaya]] – the [[Russia]]n journalist murdered in 2006 for opposing [[Vladimir Putin]] – worked for) among its members.  
 
It is a cross-border network of Eastern European independent media and non-profit organisations, counting the ''Rise Project'' and ''Novaya Gazetta'' (the newspaper [[Anna Politkovskaya]] – the [[Russia]]n journalist murdered in 2006 for opposing [[Vladimir Putin]] – worked for) among its members.  
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With a resource centre and data visualisations, as well as all the documents used to support the articles freely available, the OCCRP also has something of an educational mission: to inspire people to pursue their own investigations.<ref>https://exposingtheinvisible.org/resources/occrp</ref>
 
With a resource centre and data visualisations, as well as all the documents used to support the articles freely available, the OCCRP also has something of an educational mission: to inspire people to pursue their own investigations.<ref>https://exposingtheinvisible.org/resources/occrp</ref>
==Criticism==
 
Many of the sponsors who generously endow the Project are connected to the US power apparatus, making the coverage decidedly tilted against official US enemies. Showing many signs of this bias, it publishes its stories through local media and in English and Russian through its website.
 
  
OCCRP worked on the [[Panama Papers]] project with the [[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists]] and [[Süddeutsche Zeitung]] producing more than 40 stories on corruption through the use of offshore entities, where the focus f.ex. was on "how friends close to" Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] were receiving large sums of money through offshore companies, but conspicuously few revelations of US activities.
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==Funding==
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The groups main sponsors are connected to the [[US deep state]], with predictable consequences on its reporting.{{cn}}
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==Activities==
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The group's activities overlap with those of the [[Integrity Initiative]]. It publishes its stories through local media and in English and Russian through its website.
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===Panama Papers===
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{{FA|Panama Papers}}
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OCCRP worked on the [[Panama Papers]] project with the [[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists]] and [[Süddeutsche Zeitung]] producing more than 40 stories on corruption through the use of offshore entities, where the focus f.ex. was on "how friends close to" [[Russian President]] [[Vladimir Putin]] were receiving large sums of money through offshore companies, but conspicuously few revelations of US activities.
  
Reminiscent of one of the work areas of the [[Integrity Initiative]] (a connection is suspected), it also looked at an massive money laundering scheme, the [[Russian Laundromat]], that allegedly moved tens of billions of dollars into Europe using offshore companies, fake loans and bribed Moldovan judges.
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===Azerbaijani Laundromat===
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{{FA|Azerbaijani laundromat}}
  
Since 2012, OCCRP has dedicated the Person of the Year Award that "recognizes the individual or institution that has done the most to advance organized criminal activity and corruption in the world"<ref>https://www.occrp.org/en/poy/2016/</ref>, an decidedly has a tilt against Western official enemies -[[Vladimir Putin]], [[Victor Orbán]], [[Nicolai Maduro]], [[Rodrigo Duterte]] etc.
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===Russian Laundromat===
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{{FA|Russian Laundromat}}
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The group's looked at an massive money laundering scheme, the [[Russian Laundromat]], that allegedly moved tens of billions of dollars into Europe using offshore companies, fake loans and bribed Moldovan judges.
  
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==="Person of the Year Award"===
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Since 2012, OCCRP has dedicated a "Person of the Year Award" that "recognises the individual or institution that has done the most to advance organised criminal activity and corruption in the world"<ref>''[https://www.occrp.org/en/poy/2016/ "Nicolás Maduro – 2016 PERSON OF THE YEAR IN ORGANIZED CRIME AND CORRUPTION"]''</ref>, and decidedly has a tilt against Western official enemies -[[Vladimir Putin]], [[Viktor Orbán]], [[Nicolas Maduro]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Duterte Rodrigo Duterte ''et al''.]
  
 
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==References==
 
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Latest revision as of 13:21, 18 April 2022

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AbbreviationOCCRP
Formation2006
Founder• Paul Radu
• Drew Sullivan
TypeInternational non-governmental organisation
Member ofEXPOSE Network
Sponsored byDutch Postcode Lottery, International Center for Journalists, Luminate, Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Sigrid Rausing Trust, UK/FCO, US/Department/State, USAID
Integrity Initiative connected group

The Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) was created by Paul Radu and Drew Sullivan in 2006. It shares an interest in Russian Propaganda with the Integrity Initiative.

Own Description

It is a cross-border network of Eastern European independent media and non-profit organisations, counting the Rise Project and Novaya Gazetta (the newspaper Anna Politkovskaya – the Russian journalist murdered in 2006 for opposing Vladimir Putin – worked for) among its members.

By publishing freely-accessible, groundbreaking investigative articles in English and Russian, the OCCRP hopes to help local populations realise the impact of organised crime and corruption on their lives.

With a resource centre and data visualisations, as well as all the documents used to support the articles freely available, the OCCRP also has something of an educational mission: to inspire people to pursue their own investigations.[1]

Funding

The groups main sponsors are connected to the US deep state, with predictable consequences on its reporting.[citation needed]

Activities

The group's activities overlap with those of the Integrity Initiative. It publishes its stories through local media and in English and Russian through its website.

Panama Papers

Full article: Panama Papers

OCCRP worked on the Panama Papers project with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and Süddeutsche Zeitung producing more than 40 stories on corruption through the use of offshore entities, where the focus f.ex. was on "how friends close to" Russian President Vladimir Putin were receiving large sums of money through offshore companies, but conspicuously few revelations of US activities.

Azerbaijani Laundromat

Full article: Azerbaijani laundromat

Russian Laundromat

Full article: Russian Laundromat

The group's looked at an massive money laundering scheme, the Russian Laundromat, that allegedly moved tens of billions of dollars into Europe using offshore companies, fake loans and bribed Moldovan judges.

"Person of the Year Award"

Since 2012, OCCRP has dedicated a "Person of the Year Award" that "recognises the individual or institution that has done the most to advance organised criminal activity and corruption in the world"[2], and decidedly has a tilt against Western official enemies -Vladimir Putin, Viktor Orbán, Nicolas Maduro, Rodrigo Duterte et al.


 

Sponsors

EventDescription
Dutch Postcode Lottery
International Center for JournalistsUS government funded organization to promote and finance a network of reliable journalists worldwide.
LuminatePierre Omidyar's foundation for financing global media and civil society groups. It is unknown how close it coordinates with certain deep state US government agencies.
Open Society FoundationsA NGO operating in more countries than McDonald's. It has the tendency to support politicians (at times through astroturfing) and activists that get branded as "extreme left" as its founder is billionaire and bane of the pound George Soros. This polarizing perspective causes the abnormal influence of the OSF to go somewhat unanswered.
Rockefeller Brothers FundRockefeller family "philanthropic" fund. One of the CIA's favorite cut-outs during the Cold War.
Sigrid Rausing Trust
UK/FCOThe UK government department dealing with foreign policy.
US/Department/StateSet up in 1789, the US State Department is the United States federal executive department responsible for international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministry of other countries.
USAIDUS govt organization to provide "international development", including funding of Ecohealth Alliance. Called "CIA's little sister".
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