Unearthing stories that matters
Contents are mainly investigations from the Pacific Region, done by our regional journalists.
For the second time in a year, an abandoned narco-sub has washed ashore in the Solomon Islands, baffling authorities and residents alike. Reported byGina Maka’a, In-Depth SolomonsDan McGarry, OCCRP It…
The alleged sex trafficker and “king of toxic masculinity” was granted a golden passport by the South Pacific nation while under high-profile investigation in Romania. Tate now faces charges in…
Fiji’s former prime minister and police chief publicly associated with Zhao Fugang, a China-born businessman and Communist Party representative, even after police warned them that Zhao was suspected of ties…
Prominent Fiji-based businessman Zhao Fugang is a trusted advocate for China’s interests in the Pacific. But Australian law enforcement and intelligence agencies suspect he plays another part: as a senior…
by OCCRP and Inside PNG A China-born businesswoman accused of taking part in an audacious plot to fly a light plane packed with drugs from Papua New Guinea to Australia…
by Julie Badui Owa (Inside PNG), Carmel Pilotti (OCCRP), Kila Wani (Inside PNG), Dan McGarry (OCCRP), and Aubrey Belford (OCCRP), 26 January 2024 Mei Lin is a prominent member of Papua…
By Charley Piringi Hyperchem Pharmacy (Solomon) Ltd has categorically denied any involvement or knowledge of Aiyaz Mohammed Musa Umarji’s alleged methamphetamine dealings. Umarji, who’s family owns 70% share in Hyperchem…
By Georgina Maka’a & Ofani Eremae LANDS minister Ishmael Avui recently threatened to “slap” the Commissioner of Lands Alan McNeil, documents and audio recordings In-depth Solomons has obtained revealed. The…
The imprisonment of a prominent Fijian businessman on drug charges is just one sign of the Pacific island country’s increasing role as an international trafficking hub. By Aubrey Belford,…
A pair of Chinese scam artists wanted to turn a radiation-soaked Pacific atoll into afuture metropolis. They ended up in an American jail instead. How they got there is anuntold…
