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
After IStories and OCCRP exposed ties between Telegram’s backend providers and Russian intelligence services, the company issued denials, its infrastructure partner launched a media offensive, and cybersecurity experts warned of systemic privacy risks.| 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
