OjoPúblico
This article contains material translated from the Spanish-language article on the topic.
OjoPúblico is a digital venue for investigative journalism and new Peruvian narratives, founded in 2014 by journalists Oscar Castilla, Nelly Luna Fabiola Torres, and David Hidalgo, as well as the programmer Antonio Cucho. It investigates issues concerning human rights, corruption, drug trafficking, environment, health and transparency, among others. It also runs the OjoBiónico fact-checking page.[1]
OjoPúblico's series on illegal gold mining in South America was translated and reposted by Insight Crime, an online publication on organized crime in South America.[2][3]
Panama Papers
OjoPúblico is one of the news organizations participating in the Panama Papers investigation into the data leaked from the Mossack Fonseca law offices.
Editor and founder Fabiola Torres López told the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas that some newspapers in the Grupo El Comercio chain, which owns about 80% of Peruvian media, initially belittled the investigation's findings and covered the story themselves as a hacking incident rather than whistle-blower disclosures.[4]
While prosecutors and tax authorities opened an investigation into the reports, which came out just before a presidential election, political discourse largely remained silent on the disclosure of contributions from a Delaware company set up by Mossack Fonseca to leading candidate Keiko Fujimori, she said.[4]
The news outlet also reported as part of the Panama Papers investigation that Nicolás Lúcar and his wife Frances Crousillat, the producers of the talk show Señora León featuring Mexican actress and singer Laura León, had opened an offshore company to avoid taxes in Peru.[5]
OjoPúblico also discovered as part of the Panama Papers investigation that Mossack Fonseca counted among its clients Ment Dijkhuizen Cáceres Floor, a Peruvian of Dutch descent who had been sentenced to 25 years in prison for money laundering following the seizure of 1.6 tons of cocaine in the Netherlands. Dijkhuizen had already fallen under suspicion and been questioned by the Peruvian drug police, (Dirandro), in connection with 200kg of cocaine discovered in a 2003 shipment from his asparagus enterprise to a Spanish port. Massack Fonseca helped him to create an elaborate network of shell companies.[6]
Awards
- Best investigation of the year, Data Journalism Awards 2015, organized by the Global Editors Network (GEN).
- Angel Escobar Jurado Journalism and Human Rights Award, presented on December 8, 2015 by the National Human Rights Coordinator (CNDDHH ).
References
- ↑ "OjoBiónico". Ojo Público - Las historias que otros no te quieren contar.
- ↑ Oscar Castilla; Nelly Luna Amancio; Fabiola Torres Lopez (August 4, 2015). "The Companies Accused of Buying Latin America's Illegal Gold". InsightCrime. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- ↑ Oscar Castilla C.; Nelly Luna Amancio; Fabiola Torres Lopez (August 5, 2015). "Tracing Latin America's Illegal Gold to the US". Insight Crime. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- 1 2 Paola Nalvarte (April 27, 2016). "Latin American journalists investigating the Panama Papers suffer criticism and retaliation". JOURNALISM IN THE AMERICAS Blog. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
- ↑ Patricia Vélez Santiago (April 11, 2016). "LOS NEGOCIOS DE LÚCAR CON MOSSACK FONSECA: Firma quiso evitarle a periodista peruano el pago de impuestos por su sueldo en Lima". Panama Papers. Ojo Publicom. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
- ↑ "EL 'HOLANDÉS', EL CLIENTE NARCO DE MOSSACK FONSECA: Cayó con 1,6 toneladas de droga en Rotterdam el 2005, recibió 25 años de cárcel y hoy está preso". Panama Papers (in Spanish). OjoPublico. April 26, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
