Erika Di Benedetto

Photo editor at @OCCRP | Investigative Journalist & Multimedia | Former Visual producer @POLITICOeurope

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Looking for an interesting weekend read #DubaiUnlocked 🇦🇪 @OCCRP

Here you go!
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[Erika Di Benedetto @EDBenedettoph]

Do you know what is happening in Dubai? 🇦🇪

Warlords, drug lords, corrupt rulers, scam artists, they've all stashed their cash in Dubai.

@OCCRP and https://t.co/1zrw9z9vGo along with 70 media partners across the world published #DubaiUnlocked for you!

https://t.co/DgzF6t3beX

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Independent reporting in Kyrgyzstan shouldn’t be a crime.

Let Kyrgyz journalists know that they aren't alone.

Share your video in support of press freedom in Kyrgyzstan and tag it with #FreeKyrgyz11

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Our senior editor @ichbinilya reports on the noose tightening around freedom of expression in Bishkek:

https://t.co/ZtfKHacYtQ

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.@OCCRP has won an intermediary ruling in what the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition called a SLAPP suit designed to harass reporters. Lawyers for Mr. Hawrami, the former Kurdish oil minister, asked the court for a summary judgment against us. It was rejected. https://t.co/CasAS6CEL2

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Did you know that your data is used for political ads and campaigns?

Data such as gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity, to target citizens with only political ads will be banned in the EU. The use of data of minors will be banned as well.

https://t.co/oisSkfnoJm

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The U.K. Home Secretary, Suella Braverman had urged big tech giants such as TikTok, Snapchat, and Stability AI, to take action to fight against AI-generated child sexual abuse material, which is increasingly proliferated on dark web forums.

https://t.co/S42EQ8KdGv

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Australian Chinese-born journalist, Cheng Lei, has returned to Australia after China released her from nearly three years of detention on spying charges.

https://t.co/Jjit970K7B

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Typically, criminals target individuals in precarious economic situations seeking better financial prospects.

Many of the job advertisements offer opportunities abroad, with the aim of isolating potential victims.

https://t.co/M5QyMRrUlo

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The draft published on Tuesday by the European Parliament prohibits the use of spyware surveillance against journalists.

This form of surveillance targets an individual's device, violating their privacy, and poses a significant risk for journalists.

https://t.co/AkD8kbvV9j

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Scammers are ready to break your heart!

In Britain, people lost more than US$113 million last year in so-called "romance scams" – where a perpetrator gains the victim's affection and trust and then empties the victim's bank account.

https://t.co/vnh9Vpoy6R

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Quoting Giovanni Falcone, anti-mafia judge killed by Cosa Nostra:

"The Mafia is a human phenomenon and thus, like all human phenomena, it has had a beginning and an evolution, and will also have an end" — like Matteo Messina Denaro.

My last piece here👇
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A U.K. court sentenced two delivery drivers of French nationality to nearly 10 years in prison for hiding a Vietnamese woman and three children inside furniture and smuggling them into the United Kingdom.

https://t.co/SF4c6TzGx8

[Erika Di Benedetto @EDBenedettoph]

FBI warned: Violent organized groups employ coercive tactics to compel minors into engaging in acts of self-harm, public suicide, and the creation of explicit content, including child sex abuse material.

https://t.co/W9TCxyExDR

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The U.K. government has classified the Russian mercenary Wagner Group as a terrorist organization — meaning support for the group now carries a maximum prison sentence of 14 years.

https://t.co/6tNBZ8MBQz

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The British government is initiating a task force of media representatives and legal associations to tackle a concerning trend of lawsuits — known as SLAPPs — aimed to silence reporters.

https://t.co/4MVD3eJeOO

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U.K. authorities plan to make “whole-life” prison sentences mandatory for murderers who commit “sexual or sadistic” killings: https://t.co/hWu1jittwK

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A step for journalists who are bullied and threatened.

Former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš apologized to investigative journalist Pavla Holcová for falsely claiming that she was paid to undermine his pre-election campaign.

https://t.co/YLgmvGay3l

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🇪🇸 Spanish police disrupted a “Rip Deal” criminal group which tricked victims across the country into exchanging genuine cash for counterfeit money.

https://t.co/84hwuL2zVG

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Exiled Russian journalists, Elena Kostyuchenko and Irina Babloyan, had been suffering from unexplained health issues.

Experts said that the journalist's symptoms were highly indicative of poisoning and could not be attributed to any other cause.
https://t.co/7uUtQzG8L8