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Covers:  Latin America, Eastern Europe, Financial Crime, Organised Crime, Environmental Crime, Trafficking, Money Laundering, Offshore Finance, Corruption, Lobbying
Investigative reporter in Latin America / periodista de investigación en latinoamérica @OCCRP / organized crime & corruption, money laundering, environmental

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Trail of Drug-Linked Planes Leads Back to California Seller - and U.S. Aviation Regulatory 'Blind...

Trail of Drug-Linked Planes Leads Back to California Seller - and U.S. Aviation Regulatory 'Blind...

OCCRP reviewed the sales of 30 planes by Lance Zane Ricotta's companies since 2014, and found evidence that 1…

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Fear is the Message: How the Jalisco New Generation Cartel Weaponized Algorithms to Paralyze Mexi...

Fear is the Message: How the Jalisco New Generation Cartel Weaponized Algorithms to Paralyze Mexi...

In the hours after Mexican drug lord "El Mencho's" killing by the military, his Jalisco New Generation Cartel…

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ANALYSIS: Alleged Mexican Cartel Members Buy Time With Legal Mechanism

ANALYSIS: Alleged Mexican Cartel Members Buy Time With Legal Mechanism

Men accused of murder, drug trafficking, and cartel activity have used "amparos," which are supposed to prote…

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El Salvador Overpaid $7 Million to Shell Company for Undelivered Milk During Pandemic

El Salvador Overpaid $7 Million to Shell Company for Undelivered Milk During Pandemic

In the chaotic first week of the Covid pandemic, El Salvador paid an offshore company $27 million USD to prov…

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The Dictators' Bank - OCCRP

The Dictators' Bank - OCCRP

The Central American Bank for Economic Integration was supposed to give the region more control over its own …

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Cocaine Everywhere All at Once: How Drug Production Is Spreading Into Central America, Europe, an...

Cocaine Everywhere All at Once: How Drug Production Is Spreading Into Central America, Europe, an...

Drug traffickers are redrawing the map of the cocaine trade for the 21st century: Cultivation is spreading fu…

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En medio de tensiones políticas, Panamá investiga a una naviera holandesa

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By Jonny Wrate Verified, Errol E. Caballero, Eli Moskowitz Verified
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Por: Jonny Wrate El Ministerio Público sospecha que la compañía VT Shipping International, filial de la holandesa VT Group, puede haber evadido millones de dólares en impuestos en más de una década. La revelación surge un mes después de que José Raúl Mulino, presidente de Panamá, mostrara enojo en sus redes sociales con Países Bajos por la inclusión del país en «listas discriminatorias» del Consejo Europeo.
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As Political Tensions Rise, Panama Investigates Dutch Shipping Company

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By Jonny Wrate Verified, Eli Moskowitz Verified
| Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) Verified
Amid diplomatic friction sparked by the Netherlands blacklisting Panama as a tax haven, authorities in the Central American country are probing tax breaks granted to the local subsidiary of a Dutch shipping company. A spokesperson for VT Group, an inland tanker operator headquartered in Rotterdam, said the company is unaware of the Panamanian tax probe referenced in a document obtained by OCCRP.
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The Venezuelan Connection to El Salvador’s Pandemic Food Aid Swindle

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By Jonny Wrate Verified
| Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) Verified
The 2021 audit –– which probed the entire food distribution program, involving several firms and products –– revealed little about the company tapped to deliver milk powder. Now, reporting by OCCRP and the Salvadorian investigative journalism outlet El Faro has shed light on the opaque company. Aroum Group Inc is registered in the British Virgin Islands, where regulations provide corporate anonymity. But the company’s website reveals the identity of one person involved with the firm.
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