Pete Jones

Deputy Editor in Chief (Investigations) at @OCCRP, former Reuters DRC. Opinions are my own.

[Drew Sullivan @DrewOCCRP]

The most outrageous act in "investigative" journalism this year was an attack on @OCCRP by @Mediapart and @DropSiteNews. Their deeply flawed and biased story damaged numerous small investigative media across the globe. A new analysis shows how bad it was: https://t.co/EhtA44wocK

[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @OCCRP]

OCCRP is a 100&Change finalist!

This competition from @macfound and managed by @LeverforChange – awards a $100 million grant to help solve one of the world's most critical social challenges.

Our proposal would further empower journalists to expose and help defeat organized crime and corruption globally.

Learn more: https://t.co/iQvlO31uU9 #100andChange

[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @OCCRP]

NEW: Co-founders of Lithuanian crypto token Bankera quietly scooped up luxury properties seemingly with the help of the proceeds of their coin sales — despite the token’s subsequent collapse in value, an investigation by @OCCRP and @15minlt has revealed https://t.co/FLsBVH2frX

[Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office @FCDOGovUK]

The @OCCRP, a network of independent journalists, has returned $11 billion to consumers worldwide. Their work enables governments to sanction corrupt individuals and states, and the UK will continue its crackdown on dirty money.

Hear from Drew Sullivan, OCCRP's co-founder⤵️

[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @OCCRP]

NEW: In January 2023, Mexican activist Antonio Diaz & his lawyer Ricardo Lagunes disappeared after a community assembly against a mine, their truck found abandoned & shot up.

The case shows how local cartels benefit from the presence of mining companies like steelmaker Ternium.

[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @OCCRP]

OCCRP has no limits on its journalism.

No donor influences our reporting.

Do you have questions about our editorial policies around donations?

Here are the answers to some FAQs, now in multiple languages: https://t.co/Jr6r3PeaP1

[Miranda Patrucic @MirandaOCCRP]

Last week @Mediapart published a defamatory, biased, and factually incorrect story about @OCCRP and our sources of funding. They did so despite numerous exchanges in which we provided them with the facts. Their misguided interpretation has since been spread by other media.

[antonio baquero @antoniobaqueroi]

Après avoir fabriqué une enquête pleine de mensonges et d'inexactitudes sur l'OCCRP, Mediapart nous traite aujourd'hui déjà directement de criminels. @Mediapart vous mentez et vous savez que vous mentez. Les dictateurs et les kleptocrates du monde entier vous applaudissent

[Aubrey Belford @AubreyBelford]

In their deliberately misleading hit piece, @yphilippin @ryangrim etc claim to uncover @OCCRP's "hidden" US funding.

Nonsense. We've always disclosed this: https://t.co/EC3H57q6IQ

This is spin, not an "investigation". They are smearing and endangering investigative reporters

[Nick Donovan @nickpdonovan]

New from me in the Economist this week. How the children of Congo-Brazzaville’s President Sassou Nguesso allegedly embezzled millions from a hospital building contract, including thru buying a Trump tower condo: https://t.co/kO5Qw7f1ze

[Ilya Lozovsky @ichbinilya]

Our reporters went undercover to see how Europeans are being recruited on Telegram to commit pro-Russian acts of sabotage.

The goal, security experts say, is to undermine support for Ukraine.

Read our latest.

https://t.co/oUizbijHU0

[PPLAAF @PPLAAF]

1/ In 2020, sanctioned businessman Dan Gertler and his associates launched a series of #SLAPP lawsuits against @PPLAAF, @Global_Witness, and @Haaretz following the “Undermining Sanctions” report and media articles based on information from whistleblowers @KokoGradi and @NavyMalela.
The two whistleblowers were sentenced to death in the Congo for revealing the information.
https://t.co/DYEr0pdYYa

[Laurent Richard @laurentrichard0]

"Forbidden Stories and its partners denounce these heinous threats against a journalist and his loved ones, and stand by Samuel and his family." #RwandaClassified

[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @OCCRP]

NEW #DubaiUnlocked: In Singapore, a dramatic 2023 police raid on an alleged money laundering ring led to the seizure of over $2 billion in assets.

Three people arrested in the raid invested a combined $30 million in Dubai real estate. 👇

https://t.co/Y6pL8Kuoih

[Pete Jones @PSJones01]

Great reporting from our partners @Effy_Yeomans @GeorgeGreenwood from @thetimes in #DubaiUnlocked showing, among other things, how alleged crooks liquidated assets in Dubai even while wanted

[Emma Yeomans @Effy_Yeomans]

Fraudsters, bankrupts, fugitives, tax cheats: they're all among the real estate owners in Dubai. Some even bought their property from jail. Now we know what they own.

Investigation, with @GeorgeGreenwood and media partners in 58 countries #DubaiUnlocked https://t.co/h33GaJcRP8

[Pete Jones @PSJones01]

A $4bn scam, an international manhunt, a daring escape from detention, and luxury Dubai apartments. Read how the ppl behind the OneCoin pyramid scheme managed to sell up even while on the run. Latest #DubaiUnlocked from @OCCRP @reporter_lu @svt @paper_trail_m

[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @OCCRP]

NEW #DubaiUnlocked: Authorities don't know if the so-called CryptoQueen is dead or alive.

But records reveal she sold a flat in Dubai after being charged in the U.S. for her alleged role in a $4bn fraud.

Is Dubai ignoring anti-money laundering rules?

https://t.co/JAuKtcwx5M

[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @OCCRP]

NEW #DubaiUnlocked: The U.S. poured billions into rebuilding Afghanistan, relying on contractors for much of the work.

Some allegedly misappropriated reconstruction funds — and some alleged profiteers own millions of dollars worth of property in Dubai.

https://t.co/Q7J76nXDC3

[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @OCCRP]

Drug lords.
Notorious politicians.
Terrorism financiers.

In the gleaming cityscape of Dubai, some of the world’s wealthy + most wanted have taken advantage of secrecy, lax regulations & a hot property market.

Who are they? Come see.

Welcome to #DubaiUnlocked.

[Pete Jones @PSJones01]

Here it is: leaked Dubai property data lifts the veil on how criminals, politicians, and sanctioned people have taken advantage of lax regulations to pour huge sums into the city's villas and high rises #DubaiUnlocked with @OCCRP https://t.co/73hxntS2Bc

[Pete Jones @PSJones01]

🧐 Incoming! #DubaiUnlocked

[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @OCCRP]

Dubai is a jet-set influencer’s paradise.

It's also home to convicted criminals, fugitives & sanctioned individuals who need a place to stash illicit wealth.

COMING SOON: 70+ media outlets launch a global investigation of foreign property ownership IN UAE.

#DubaiUnlocked