Investigative Dashboard
| Investigative Dashboard is an online platform that helps investigators investigators expose illicit ties that cross borders | ||
| Home page | https://investigativedashboard.org/ | |
| Approach | The Investigative Dashboard has collated a crowd-sourced database, including public records in multiple languages, and scraped data from business registries and official gazettes. The database and documents are searchable, and the dashboard also allows for visualisation, file management and the opportunity to ask adivce from experts. | |
| Phase | Released | |
| Tags | database, research support, OCCRP, cross-border, investigative journalism, query, and corruption | |
| Practices | Collect | |
| Partners | African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting (ANCIR), the Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ), the International Center for Journalists, and and Connectas in the Americas | |
| Most Recent Update | 2015 |
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| Thematic Focus | Justice |
| Issue addressed | Corruption and crime |
| Geographic Focus | World |
Experience
How does a user interact with and navigate the project?
| Query | true |
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| Lists | true |
| Network Visualisation | true |
Description
Summary of the project and its approach
| Approach (How?) | The Investigative Dashboard has collated a crowd-sourced database, including public records in multiple languages, and scraped data from business registries and official gazettes. The database and documents are searchable, and the dashboard also allows for visualisation, file management and the opportunity to ask adivce from experts. |
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| Language | Multiple |
| Commissioner | Google Ideas, Open Society Foundations, USAID |
| Publisher | OCCRP |
Impact
Indicators of reach and impact of the project.
Target Audience : Online Audience Reached : Large Network Twitter : ( followers) Publisher's Twitter Followers : 4654 Online Rank : Google: Alexa: 1216040 OSE Domain Authority Rank: 40 /100 Marketing Grader Rank: 18/100 () Online Rank (Publisher) : Google: Alexa: News Source : Medium Offline Audience Reached : International Outcome : The Investigative Dashboard has helped to facilitate multiple investigations, including Khadija Ismayilova's investigation into the use of public funds for personal gain by Azerbaijan's president and his family, and an investigation into Russian construction giant Velestroj Last updated : 23/12/2015 Attempts against the project : /Technology
What tools and code were used to create the project?
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Team size and expertise
Team Size : Medium Team Experience : Research : Some Data Science : Dedicated Engineering : Dedicated Design : DedicatedProject Methodology
What strategies were in place for managing the project?
Project Methodology : Agile Open Source : false Open Data : false Budget : Contracting : Risk Planning : Sustainability Planning :Documented Practices
Documentation about project practices
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How projects handle different aspects of data management
Data Modeling : List Ethical Collection : Ethical Storage : Data Collection : External Sources Data Collection : Data Verification : false Data Cleaning : Expert Data Analysis : Classification / Tagging / Categories / Linking Data Description : Basic Data Licensing : Ethical Publishing : Ethical Publishing : Data Publishing Mode :