OCCRP

The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) is a global investigative journalism network specializing in cross-border investigations into organized crime, corruption, and illicit financial flows. Founded in 2006, OCCRP connects independent journalists and media outlets across Europe, the Americas, and other regions to uncover complex criminal networks that operate across national borders. OCCRP focuses on long-term, data-driven investigations, often tracking money laundering, tax evasion, political corruption, and corporate malpractice. Its teams combine open-source intelligence, leaked documents, forensic accounting, and collaborative reporting techniques to map global networks of influence and wrongdoing. Through this approach, OCCRP produces high-impact stories that reveal the transnational dimensions of crime and corruption. A defining feature of OCCRP is its collaborative international model. By connecting journalists and media partners across countries, the network enables coordinated investigations that no single outlet could achieve alone. OCCRP also provides training, data tools, and methodological guidance to strengthen investigative journalism capacity worldwide. Funded through grants and philanthropic support, OCCRP maintains full editorial independence, free from political or commercial pressures. This model allows it to pursue complex, high-risk investigations and deliver transparent, evidence-based reporting that empowers citizens, civil society, and policymakers to understand, monitor, and respond to corruption and organized crime on a global scale.