Solomon Islands Newspaper Promised to “Promote China” in Return for Funding
By Bernadette Carreon and Aubrey Belford (OCCRP). A major newspaper in the Solomon Islands received nearly US$140,000 in funding from…
Category: Pacific Investigations
Contents are mainly investigations from the Pacific Region, done by our regional journalists.
Failed Palau Media Deal Reveals Inner Workings of China’s Pacific Influence Effort
A Palauan newspaper publisher entered into a media deal with a company thatturned out to have connections to Chinese security…
PNG Prime Minister Had Undisclosed Ties to Figure at Center of Ports Criminal Probe
Papua New Guinea police have launched an international bribery probe after OCCRP and partners revealed questionable offshore dealings by Australian…
Pacific Gambit: Inside the Chinese Communist Party and Triad Push into Palau
The tiny Pacific nation of Palau is a key hotspot in the growing rivalry between China and the West. Organized…
Korean Doomsday Sect Gets Rich in Fiji With Government Help
Grace Road Church believes a nuclear-tinged Judgment Day is rapidly approaching — and that Fiji is the post-apocalyptic promised land…
Murdered Papua New Guinea Ports Official Benefitted From Suspect Offshore Payments
By OCCRP A Manila-based multinational paid millions of dollars into the offshore account of an Australian consultant around the time…