By Georgia Gee
Welcome to Whale Hunting, a newsletter delving into hidden worlds of wealth and power from the team at Project Brazen. Catch up on all of our work here, including Fur & Loathing, our Gateway podcast about Europe's drug wars and The Professor, about one man’
Despite its contracts with national governments and rumored connections to the Emirati royal family, the UAE’s Venom Foundation presents itself as any other crypto company — undecipherable jargon, vague promises, and all.
Johnny Morrissey might have been affiliated with the Kinahan crime family, but he wasn't going to let that stop him from diversifying his business portfolio. The obvious choice? A vodka brand.
By Georgia Gee
Welcome to Whale Hunting, a newsletter delving into hidden worlds of wealth and power from the team at Project Brazen. Catch up on all Project Brazen’s work here, including Spy Valley (Tribeca Film Festival "Official Selection 2023"), our Gateway podcast about Europe's
EncroChat’s product wasn’t explicitly designed for criminals. But communication supposedly free from the possibility of surveillance is, unsurprisingly, attractive to organized crime. European investigators managed to hack into it in 2020. Now, they’re having trouble making their arrests stick.
By Georgia Gee
This is Whale Hunting, a newsletter delving into hidden worlds of wealth and power from the team at Project Brazen. Catch up on all Project Brazen’s work here, including Spy Valley (Tribeca Film Festival "Official Selection 2023"), our Gateway podcast about Europe's
