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Dear OCCRP Reader,

Transnational crime and corruption have become far more sophisticated compared to when I started my career as an investigative reporter. But I’ve also noticed something encouraging.

Throughout the world, I see more and more citizens — like you — who want to learn about how these financial criminals operate and how they can be stopped.

In case you’re new to OCCRP, I wanted to share a few of our major investigations to give you a better sense of the breadth of our work.

- The Pegasus Project ([link removed]) : Working with Forbidden Stories, Amnesty International, and 16 media partners around the world, this wide-ranging investigation showed how Pegasus spyware was used by governments to spy on journalists, activists, and politicians.

- Riviera Maya Gang ([link removed]) : How a Romanian criminal syndicate stole over $1 billion from rigged ATMs mainly in tourist hotspots in Mexico. (Our reporting is being adapted into a dramatic series).

- Lebanon’s Offshore Governor ([link removed]) : With Daraj.com, we revealed that Lebanon’s central bank governor, Riad Salame, has almost $100 million in hidden wealth of assets and investments overseas.

- Rosewood Plunder ([link removed]) : We exposed how foreign companies and local elites profit from the illegal logging of Rosewood in Namibia and Madagascar ([link removed]) .

- Laundromats ([link removed]) : OCCRP and partners have uncovered three large-scale money laundering schemes, which we call “Laundromats,” that allowed elites to secretly buy assets and influence around the world.
1. Azerbaijani Laundromat ([link removed]) : A $2.9 billion scheme that allowed Azerbaijan’s ruling elite to secretly pay off European politicians, buy luxury goods, launder money, and otherwise benefit themselves.
2. Troika Laundromat ([link removed]) : Reporters obtained one of the largest releases of banking information ever — involving some 1.3 million leaked transactions — to show how a once prestigious bank helped influential Russians channel billions out of the country as well as secretly buy stakes in state-owned firms.
3. Russian Laundromat ([link removed]) : The first Laundromat we uncovered moved $20.8 billion to over 5,000 companies in 96 countries. The scheme involved creating fake debt in some companies, which was then paid off by other firms in the Laundromat.
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