Which Indian Firms Will Billionaire George Soros-Backed Group Expose?

New Delhi:  The Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) – an organisation funded by George Soros and Rockefeller Brothers Fund is said to be planning an ‘expose’ on certain corporate houses in India, PTI reported quoting sources.

OCCRP, which calls itself “an investigative reporting platform formed by 24 non-profit investigative centres spread across Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America, may publish a report or a series of articles, three sources with knowledge of the matter said, the news agency added further, adding that an email sent to OCCRP seeking comments remained unanswered.

Founded in 2006, OCCRP claims to specialise in reporting on organised crime and largely publishes these news articles through partnerships with media houses.

On its website, it identifies the Open Society Foundations of George Soros, a financier with a penchant for funding radical causes around the world, as one of the institutional donors. Others include the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Oak Foundation.

The report said the ‘expose’ may involve overseas funds investing in the stocks of the corporate house adding that the identity of the corporate house wasn’t immediately known but agencies are said to be keeping a tight vigil on the capital market.