It comes after OCCRP and partners’ #DubaiUnlocked project last year, which revealed over 1,000 Dubai properties owned by more than 200 individuals including alleged criminals, political figures, and sanctioned people.
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OCCRP’s #DubaiUnlocked project revealed that Othman purchased at least 13 properties in Dubai between 2013 and 2015, with a total value of about 8.5 million euros.
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#DubaiUnlocked, an international collaboration led by @occrp.org involving more than 70 media outlets, including ICIJ, has been shortlisted for the 2025 @gijn.org Sigma Awards.
Check out the 50 data journalism projects that made it to the final round:
Her research contributed to numerous award-winning investigations and major cross-border projects, including #DubaiUnlocked, #theRussianAssetTracker, #ParadisePapers, #FinCENFiles and #OpenLux. (3/4)
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La llamada CryptoQueen y su asesor de seguridad liquidaron activos en Dubai a pesar de haber sido acusados en EU por su presunta participación en un fraude de 4.000 millones de dólares.
Highlights 2024: For #DubaiUnlocked, we reported how the U.S. spent decades reliant on contractors as it poured money into rebuilding Afghanistan.
Some allegedly misappropriated reconstruction funds, and some of those alleged profiteers own millions in Dubai real estate.
#DubaiUnlocked, investigación de @occrp.org, una de las más leídas del año en @infolibre.bsky.social 🎉
¡Celebramos contigo!
#DubaiUnlocked y #NarcoFiles, dos investigaciones de OCCRP y la red global con la que colabora, se encuentran entre lo más leído del año en @infolibre.bsky.social:
Whoop whoop: Gleich zwei Recherchen, an denen @papertrailmedia.bsky.social mit @spiegel.de, @zdfde.bsky.social und @derstandard.at beteiligt war, unter den „top journalism collaborations of 2024“: #DubaiUnlocked @occrp.org + #RwandaClassified @forbidden-stories.bsky.social medium.com/centerforcoo...
Investigación #DubaiUnlocked
La policía de Dubái detiene al capo de la Mocro Maffia que vendió un piso de lujo al narco español 'El Tigre'.
Informa Begoña P. Ramírez en @infolibre.bsky.social
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Ojo a la nueva entrega de la investigación #DubaiUnlocked
El gran narco español compró uno de sus cuatro pisos de lujo en Dubái a un capo de la Mocro Maffia.
Un trabajo del consorcio @occrp.bsky.social en el que participa @infolibre.bsky.social
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Watch the crazy, funny and revealing #DubaiUnlocked documentary from undercover journalism in London: youtu.be/JJ-U3PB4xjQ?...
The result of brilliant undercoverwork and knowledge. (Investments in Dubai was key in research, but less so in the documentary.)
A few of my favourite stories:
How British criminals hide their money in Dubai #DubaiUnlocked: www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Unveiled: the secret property empire of Daniel Kinahan's wife: www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
A U.K. court ordered a worldwide freeze on assets belonging to Bulgarian fraudster Ruja Ignatova and some of her OneCoin associates, months after #DubaiUnlocked revealed the promoters of the fraudulent crypto scheme invested in luxury properties in the UAE.
After Putin's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Russians poured billions into Dubai real estate, a report by EU Tax Observatory and Norway’s Centre for Tax Research found. The team analyzed newly leaked records from #DubaiUnlocked, led by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and E24.
Der #Luxus in #Dubai, #Dumpingsteuern & fehlende #Auslieferungsabkommen locken #Steuerhinterzieher, #Geldwäscher, #Betrüger, #Mörder & andere #Kriminelle in diese Millionenmetropole.
" #Dubaiunlocked ":
#ImmobilienLeak enthüllt #Geldwäsche im #Emirat
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NEW: #DubaiUnlocked shows how the emirate became a refuge for self-proclaimed “Cryptoqueen” Ruja Ignatova and nearly a dozen of her associates, even as the UAE sought to clean up its image as a haven for criminals and fraudsters.
Read more:
NEW: #DubaiUnlocked documents show that Caoimhe Robinson, wife of accused drug kingpin Daniel Kinahan, has been buying and selling property in Dubai — despite U.S. sanctions against him for alleged international drug smuggling and money laundering.
A Dubaï, l’ombre des biens mal acquis africains
« Dès qu’ils ont des ennuis judiciaires, on observe un processus de liquidation en Europe et aux USA pour acheter à Dubaï » afin d’éviter de potentielles saisies
#Sassoufit #DubaiUnlocked www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeur...
As the reporting in #DubaiUnlocked has demonstrated, the real estate market has been inflitrated by likely corrupt and criminal actors, and many evading sanctions
Previous @taxobservatory has also shown that Dubai property is used for tax evasion
What to do about it?
Our analysis builds off the same data being featured in a slew of #dubaiunlocked reporting
For those wanting to skip directly to the note written by @annette_als @BPlanterose @gabriel_zucman @andokl and me:
https://cutt.ly/Beraxsv5
To be followed by a full working paper soon!
#exklusiv: Der Ex-Geheimdienstagent Frank Schneider ist seit einem Jahr untergetaucht. Laut Recherchen von Reporter.lu führen bislang unbekannte Spuren nach Dubai und Bali. Die Erkenntnisse werfen auch ein neues Licht auf die Rolle des Luxemburgers in der OneCoin-Betrugsaffäre. #DubaiUnlocked
Zehntausende Deutsche fielen auf die Fakewährung #Onecoin herein, die Bande um die “Kryptoqueen” scheffelte Milliarden. Ein neues Leak zeigt, wie sich die Führungsriege in Dubai mit Luxusimmobilien eindeckte. #DubaiUnlocked www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web...
You can find a compilation of this work (captured in a dynamic, still-evolving interactive map) on the C4ADS website. Keep an eye on this page — we’ll continue to update it as new #DubaiUnlocked stories are published! 5/5
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NEW: Since 2022, we’ve collaborated with a coalition of journalists and scholars from around the world to expose the ways in which illicit networks and kleptocrats exploit and profit from the Dubai real estate market. 1/ 🧵
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Isabel dos Santos, daughter of Angola’s former autocrat, has found cover in the United Arab Emirates, where she, her mother and a business associate are linked to multiple properties, ICIJ reveals as part of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project-led #DubaiUnlocked investigation.
#DubaiUnlocked: Steuerflüchtige, Drogenhändler, Serienbetrüger, mutmaßliche Mörder und Geheimdienstler - ein neues #Leak zeigt, wer sein schmutziges Geld in Dubai investiert. www.zdf.de/nachrichten/...
Dubai lockt mit Luxus. Das Emirat verlangt wenig Steuern & liefert selten Kriminelle aus. Das macht es auch für die Unterwelt attraktiv. Wie attraktiv, zeigt ein neues Immobilien-Leak. #DubaiUnlocked ab morgen, 14. Mai, 17 Uhr
