How corruption empowered the man accused of killing Ján and Martina – For the second anniversary of the murder of Slovakian journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancee, Martina Kušnírová, we published an investigation about the man accused of ordering the assassination: Marian Kočner.
The wealthy businessman had a long history of suspected criminality before he was charged with killing a journalist. Yet he avoided prosecution for decades thanks to high-ranking judges and political influencers in Slovakia who did his bidding, often in exchange for bribes. For many in Slovakia, the ongoing murder trial is a test to see if the judicial system that allowed Kočner to operate with impunity has changed enough to yield justice.
Meet a company formation agent suspected of helping organized crime in the UK – London has become a haven for money laundering, in part because it’s so easy to form a company in the UK — especially with the help of unscrupulous formation agents. With the Investigative Reporting Project Italy, our Italian member center, we revealed how one formation agent, Fabio Castaldi, allegedly helped move money for suspected mafia groups to London.
The State Capture Papers – Last year, we published multiple investigations based on a leak of 3 million documents from Trillian, an investment firm linked to the “state capture” scandal in South Africa. Responsible journalists can now access these leaked files upon request.
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