Knowing What OCCRP Is, Labeled By Jokowi, The World's Most Corrupted Figure In 2024

Illustration. In the Corruption of the Year 2024 report released by OCCRP, Jokowi's name is included in the list of the most corrupt finalists in the world (Doc. OCCRP).

YOGYAKARTA Many of us want to know what OCCRP is, which has just released a list of the most corrupt figures in the world in 2024.

OCCRP is an acronym for the Organizational Crime Corruption Reporting Project. It is a nonprofit organization of a global investigative journalist network headquartered in Amsterdan, Netherlands. This organization focuses on releasing a list of world-corrupted figures to be awarded Person of the Year in Organized Crime and Corruption.

In the 'Corporrupt Person of the Year 2024' report, the name of the President of the Indonesian K-7 Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is included in the list of finalists who are corrupt world figures.

Apart from Jokowi, several other world figures who were included in the list, namely Kenyan President William Ruto, Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasin, and Indian businessman,Gautam Adani.

"We ask for nominations from readers, journalists, personnel of the Year judges, and others on the global OCCRP network," OCRP wrote on its official website.

According to its official website, OCCRP is the world's largest investigative journalism organization formed by 24 non-profit investigative centers. These institutions are scattered throughout Europe, Africa, and Latin America.

OCCRP mendut dirinya sebagai ruang berita nirlaba yang berorientasi pada misi dan bermitra dengan outlet medua lain untuk menerbitkan cerita yang mengarahkan pada tindakan nyata.

"Division of media embedding we are helping investigative outlets around the world to succeed and serve the weather," OCCRP wrote in the about us column on the site of the non-profit organization.

OCCRP was founded by veteran investigative reporters Drew Sullivan and Paul Radu in 2007, started in Eastern Europe with several partners and has grown to become a major force in collaborative investigative journalism, which upholds the highest standards for public interest reporting.

This institution has a vision to make the world more transformative where life, livelihoods, and democracy are not threatened by crime and corruption.

Meanwhile, the OCCRP mission is to spread and strengthen investigative journalism around the world and uncover crimes and corruption so that the public can hold accountable the authorities.

"Corruption is a fundamental part of efforts to seize state power and make the government autocratic in power," said OOCRP publisher Drew Sullivan.

During its operation, OCCRP was involved in the coverage of Pegasus spyware as well as the leakage of Panama Papers data. Not only that, this organization has also made more than 702 world officials resign or be suspended from office.

The reports they published have resulted in more than 620 charges, various sentences, up to more than 100 corporate actions.

OCCRP was nominated for Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 by Professor Wolfgang Wagner at Vrije Uuniversiteit Amsterdam over a report "contributing to peace by lifting political corruption and organized crime".

In 2017, the OCCRP also received the Pulitzer Prize for a report on the Panama Papers Series.

In addition, the United Nations (UN) and the United Nations also gave awards to the institutions focused on the issue of corruption.

To carry out their activities, this non-profit institution receives donations from organizations such as The Bay and Paul Foundations, Dutch Postcode Lottery, European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights, Ford Foundation, Fritt Ord Foundation, German Marshal Fund.

OCCRP donors also come from the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Danish Foreign Ministry, National Endowment for Democracy, Oak Foutaiion, Open Society Oundation, Puech Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Funds, Skol Foundation, US Agency for International Development, to the United States Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In 2024, OCCRP received funding from six government donors, including the United States, France, Sweden, and a number of private foundations supporting investigative journalism.

Furthermore, OCCRP's activity funding also comes from public donations and membership services for the media reader, named the Accomplice Program.

This organization opens donations of 10-1,000 US dollars (IDR 162 thousand to IDR 16 million per month) for the public who want to support investigative journalism. Donations are accepted by transfer, Paypal, or in the form of Bitcoin.

Thanks to the donation, OCCRP has assets of up to 21.9 million US dollars or around Rp356 billion in 2023. However, they bear liabilities of 1 million US dollars (around Rp. 16.9 billion).

OCCRP rejects donations from elected officials and candidates, political parties, illegal funds, as well as funds that cause conflicts of interest, damage reputation, and endanger OCCRP's independence or operations.

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