The Proxy Platform
| The Proxy Platform exposes proxy companies used for money laundering by crime lords and corrupt government beaurocrats in Eastern Europe | ||
| Home page | https://www.occrp.org/en/projects | |
| Approach | Reporters for The Proxy Platform combined data - from documents including court records, financial transactions, banking transactions and interviews - to uncover stories about money laundering platform for organized crime and corrupt politicians. | |
| Phase | Released | |
| Tags | Eastern Europe, tracking crime, journalism, money laundering, and corruption | |
| Practices | Collect | |
| Partners | OCCRP, Novaya Gazeta, The Serbian Center for Investigative Journalism, Kyiv Post, The Baltic Center for Investigative Journalism, TV3 Latvia, CIN, and CINS | |
| Project Start Date | 2011 |
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| Launch Date | 2011 |
| Most Recent Update | 2012 |
| Update Frequency | not anymore |
| Thematic Focus | Exposure |
| Issue addressed | Tracking corruption |
| Geographic Focus | Eastern Europe |
Experience
How does a user interact with and navigate the project?
| Narrative | true |
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| Lists | true |
| Network Visualisation | true |
Description
Summary of the project and its approach
| A investigative project powered by OCCRP which reveals through visualizations and details with stories how the laundering activities of corrupt politicians and criminals prospered throughout Eastern Europe. | |
| Approach (How?) | Reporters for The Proxy Platform combined data - from documents including court records, financial transactions, banking transactions and interviews - to uncover stories about money laundering platform for organized crime and corrupt politicians. |
| Language | English |
| Commissioner | OCCRP |
| Publisher | OCCRP |
Impact
Indicators of reach and impact of the project.
Target Audience : Online Audience Reached : International Twitter : ( followers) Publisher's Twitter Followers : 4371 Online Rank : Google: 4 Alexa: 2238416 OSE Domain Authority Rank: 44/100 Marketing Grader Rank: 77/100 () Online Rank (Publisher) : Google: Alexa: News Source : Medium Offline Audience Reached : International Outcome : Last updated : 19/10/2015 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 : Large Team Experience : Research : Dedicated Data Science : Dedicated Engineering : Some Design : DedicatedProject Methodology
What strategies were in place for managing the project?
Project Methodology : Traditional Open Source : false Open Data : false Budget : Contracting : Risk Planning : Sensitive Sustainability Planning : No planningDocumented Practices
Documentation about project practices
Practices
How projects handle different aspects of data management
Data Modeling : Documents Ethical Collection : No guidelines Ethical Storage : Data Collection : Trained Collectors Data Collection : Data Verification : Corroborated Data Cleaning : Data Analysis : Classification / Tagging / Categories / Linking Data Description : false Data Licensing : Restricted Ethical Publishing : Signed project Ethical Publishing : Data Publishing Mode : false