#CaspianCabals: An ICIJ investigation with 77 journalists from 26 international media partners, reveals how Western oil companies ignored bribery risks and massive cost overruns to secure their stake in a critical Kazakhstan-Russia pipeline, only to be sidelined by the Kremlin.
How can we thin the ranks of #corruption's professional enablers?
On Wed, @OCCRP & @anticorruption are convening activists, journalists, officials & prof service providers to discuss this challenge.
Join the livestream 9am-330pmCET. Register & Agenda: https://t.co/j0WFKhC7bD
Let’s be clear here: long-forecast dangers of climate change are now so real as to enter the “due diligence” horizon, so fossil fuel stooges are trying to bend and break due diligence.
https://t.co/Wrq3Ozklk0
If companies like Amazon, Walmart, Chevron and Boeing were serious about abortion access, then why did they spend thousands of dollars to reelect Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall who wanted to prosecute women who take abortion pills?
https://t.co/z63pp7B60C
BREAKING: Interpol has issued an arrest warrant for Isabel dos Santos, the billionaire daughter of Angola's former president. Sources say the warrant, sought by Angolan prosecutors, relates to corrupt dealings exposed in ICIJ’s #LuandaLeaks probe. https://t.co/yQe2xpmFgT @ICIJorg
🌎🔥 Today I asked World Bank president @DavidMalpassWBG if he believed in the scientific consensus that the man made burning of fossil fuels is rapidly and dangerously warming the planet.
“I’m not a scientist,” he said.
Here’s a thread about the remarkable exchange. 🧵 1/
BREAKING: Fat Leonard, who escaped from U.S. custody two weeks ago, is in Venezuela with his eldest son, likely on way to Brazil, according to a report in @WhaleHunting_. Sign up for free to read: https://t.co/BX2up2pvuU
VIDEO: The victims of fossil fuel industry SLAPP suits speak out.
This is why protecting people from judicial harassment is so important.
@ciel_tweets@DelRiverkeeper
https://t.co/jB5LZPGngi
Czech journalist Pavla Holcová’s reporting on her colleague’s brutal murder unmasked the perpetrators and helped topple the Slovak government. Listen to her story in ICFJ’s new podcast, Chasing the Story: https://t.co/oq3xw5UPOZ @investigace_cz@occrp
Germany seizes management of Russian (Rosneft) assets in Germany. That’s quite a turnabout. German’s old Russia policy has taken a lot of hits. But Germany is not standing still in the face of Russia’s energy aggression.
Videos from a possible sting operation reveal the realities of dealmaking in Congo's booming mineral sector.
New from @OCCRP -- Essential reading for everyone pushing for extractive sector transparency and integrity in the DRC & beyond.
Big day in Congress today, as landmark investigation into Big Oil's climate disinformation ramps up.
Catch up on the juicy findings so far via NYT, and follow along with me here as I live-tweet today's historic hearing, starting in 10min
https://t.co/mnCPPjCUuy
Kudos to the Bar Council.
A convicted criminal who has plundered billions from the nation, and sent its people reeling, does not deserve a pardon.
May the whole nation be reminded that corruption is punishable with jail, as we head to the next GE.
https://t.co/zT7jMiSnKZ
The UK Government's recently published #CriticalMinerals Strategy includes welcome recognition that corruption undermines efforts to tackle climate change, and that the oncoming boom in critical mineral mining further exacerbates corruption risks. https://t.co/Ld1JK63x7n.