The organization's mission is to “expose crime and corruption so the public can hold power to account.”
KARACHI: As the 'Dubai Unlocked' investigation took the world by surprise, the organization behind the expose, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), is receiving immense attention and curiosity about its operations.
OCCRP is a nonprofit organization with staff spread across six continents and centers in Washington, DC, Amsterdam, and Sarajevo.
The organization calls itself one of the “world's largest investigative journalism organizations” and is a newsroom that partners with other media organizations for investigative stories and projects.
Founded by veteran investigative reporters Drew Sullivan and Paul Radu in 2007, the organization states that its mission is to “spread and strengthen investigative journalism around the world and expose crime and corruption so that the public can hold power to account.” “.
OCCRP's work is supported through public and private funding from institutions and individual supporters.
Some of the funding channels mentioned on the OCRRP website are the Ford Foundation, the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, the Open Society Foundation, the National Endowment for Democracy, USAID, the US Department of State. and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Foreign Office of the United Kingdom. Development Office (FCDO).
OCCRP is behind the explosive revelation about properties owned by the global elite in Dubai, including political figures, globally sanctioned individuals, suspected money launderers and criminals.
Pakistanis have also been identified on the list and their combined worth has been estimated at around $11 billion.
The project, 'Dubai Unlocked', is based on data that provides a detailed overview of hundreds of thousands of properties in Dubai and information on their ownership or use, largely from 2020 and 2022.
Properties purchased in the name of companies and those located in commercial areas are not part of this analysis.
The data was obtained by the Center for Advanced Defense Studies (C4ADS), a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC. It was then shared with Norwegian financial outlet E24 and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), which coordinated a six-month investigative project with reporters from 74 media outlets in 58 countries, uncovering dozens of convicted criminals, fugitives and figures policies. who have recently owned at least one real estate property in Dubai.
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