[1][4] After receiving threats for attempts to continue the investigation,[5] Kloop gained more attention two months later for its coverage of the revolution, during which Bakiyev and his family were ousted and forced to live in exile.

Soon after publishing Samaragate, Kloop was invited to become the first Central Asian member of the global investigative journalism network run by Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).

Published in November and December simultaneously by all three media organizations, this series revealed a story of an underground cargo empire run by a group of Chinese businessmen,[11] and how they funnelled massive bribes to Kyrgyzstan's customs services.

[16][17] In December 2019 the family of Raimbek Matraimov, a powerful former Kyrgyz customs official who was described as one of the key people in the criminal scheme, filed a lawsuit against Kloop and Radio Liberty.

[20] Despite the ongoing legal battle, in June 2020 Kloop, OCCRP, and Radio Liberty published two more parts of the series, this time joined by investigative network Bellingcat.

[27][28] Among the reasons that the Bishkek prosecutor's office listed in its application to the court were "sharp criticism of the government", which led to a number of human rights organization stating that this case reflects the growing repressive trend against freedom of speech in Kyrgyzstan.

[29] A week later authorities of Kyrgyzstan continued putting pressure on Kloop by threatening to block the website for its news coverage of the detention of the opposition politician Ravshan Djeenbekov.