OCCRP and SIRAJ Win International Sports Journalism Award for Syrian Football Exposé
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A joint OCCRP and SIRAJ investigation revealed that Maher al-Assad pressured Syria’s national football federation to award a lucrative, no-tender marketing contract to an agency owned by his nephew by marriage, granting the agency an unusually large 35% cut of marketing revenues. Reporters produced exclusive documents, won an international investigative journalism award, and highlighted the persistence of nepotism despite recent political changes and official promises to tackle corruption.
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