Investigations
Building On a Shaky Foundation
It’s no secret that the family of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev likes to buy expensive buildings around…
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Rise Project
- Dec 8, 2015
Consumer Protection Authority Protects Supermarkets
Between ordinary consumers and large retail chains, Romania’s consumer protection authority ANPC chooses to protect…
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- Nov 2, 2015
THE ABUSE DEPARTMENT: UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR SEEKS LOVE IN COLLEGE
Horea-Mihai Bădău is a Ph.D. lecturer who has been teaching at the Faculty of Journalism…
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Carla Lunguți, Cristian Lupșa
- Feb 22, 2024
The women who spoke out against the Tate brothers: rape, violence and sexual exploitation
“There is no victim,” stated Tristan Tate, brother of Andrew Tate, one of the most…
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Rise Project
- Jun 2, 2023
How the Tate Brothers Came to Romania and How They First Made Contact with Organized Crime
Rise Project presents Andrew and Tristan Tate’s real estate business dealings in Romania. The two…
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- Jun 1, 2023
The Tate Brothers Split the Money They Make from Gambling with an Organized Crime Syndicate
We found six casinos off of which the brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate are making…
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- May 31, 2023
The Organised Crime and Corruption Watch. Regional edition no2.: Stolen Millions in EU Funds(II)
Reporters from The Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) network uncovered in the past…
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- May 4, 2023
The Organised Crime and Corruption Watch. Regional edition no.1: Stolen Millions in EU Funds
Recent investigative reporting has shown multiple instances of EU fund fraud in multiple Eastern European countries. Hungary…
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- Mar 27, 2023
Eastern Europe’s Biggest Wood Processor Demanded Free Timber From Suppliers For Years
For more than a decade, HS Timber Group required its Romanian timber suppliers to deliver…
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Andrei Ciurcanu
- Dec 5, 2022
(VIDEO) THE MASKS FROM THE WEAPONS FACTORY
A director from one of Romarm’s factories claims that the protective masks against coronavirus, manufactured…
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Ioana Moldoveanu
- Feb 2, 2022
”THE SYRINGE” DEAL
The urgency. The delivery of syringes for the national vaccination campaign against COVID-19 was delayed…
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- Feb 2, 2022
NINE PLANES WITH MASKS
The state’s arms manufacturer leased private jets to bring masks from Vietnam, while our military…
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- Feb 2, 2022
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The Tate Brothers Split the Money They Make from Gambling with an Organized Crime Syndicate
We found six casinos off of which the brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate are making…
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- May 31, 2023
The women who spoke out against the Tate brothers: rape, violence and sexual exploitation
“There is no victim,” stated Tristan Tate, brother of Andrew Tate, one of the most…
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- Jun 2, 2023
More Investigations
The Brazilian Vacations of One of Romania’s Most Powerful Politicians
Costel Comana, 53, was a Romanian millionaire about to be indicted for corrupt business deals…
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Rise Project
- Apr 28, 2017
Building On a Shaky Foundation
It’s no secret that the family of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev likes to buy expensive buildings around…
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- Dec 8, 2015
The Forgery That Made Romania’s President Rich
Most of the real estate property owned by the family of Romanian President Klaus Iohannis…
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- Dec 3, 2015
Consumer Protection Authority Protects Supermarkets
Between ordinary consumers and large retail chains, Romania’s consumer protection authority ANPC chooses to protect…
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- Nov 2, 2015
Grand Theft Moldova
The bank theft was so outsized and bold that citizens of the Republic of Moldova…
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- Jul 31, 2015
Schweighofer at the Center of the Illegal Deforestation Scandal in Romania
An investigation by RISE Project reveals that an Austrian-based company has purchased over the past…
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- Jul 2, 2015
The Hunt: Undercover Among Thieves in Denmark
Journalists from Rise Project travelled to Denmark where they infiltrated a criminal group composed of…
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- Apr 29, 2015
Romania’s Timis Embroiled in Another Mining Controversy
A Joint Financial Times and OCCRP Investigation Vasile Frank Timis, a businessman whose activities in…
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- Apr 11, 2015
Offshore Secrecy: The Horsemeat Scanda
It’s now known as the horsemeat scandal – and it has consumers and policy makers…
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- Apr 11, 2015
The Battle for Mineral Resources
In March 2012, two Romanians and a Serbian businessman met in a posh restaurant of…
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- Apr 11, 2015