Syria’s new government says it dismantled dozens of drug labs, many in areas once controlled by Assad’s brother, aiming to shut down the Captagon trade that thrived under the former regime.| OCCRP
The technical infrastructure that underpins Telegram is controlled by a man whose companies have collaborated with Russian intelligence services.| OCCRP
As protests escalate in Georgia, the government’s purchase of high-tech Chinese surveillance cameras—linked to AI-powered facial recognition—has sparked fears among demonstrators and human rights groups that authorities are using technology to monitor, intimidate, and suppress dissent.| OCCRP
I wrote a story that was cited by a whistleblower complaint that led to Donald Trump’s first impeachment. Now, it’s being used to attack foreign aid and the free press as part of a conspiracy theory. Here’s what really happened.| OCCRP
An Egyptian military agency imported over 20,000 tons of wheat carried by a Russian vessel originally destined for Syria. The company behind the shipment had a history of selling grain from occupied regions of Ukraine.| OCCRP
