International Consortium of Investigative JournalistsInternational Consortium of Investigative Journalists

A Project By: The Center for Public IntegrityA Project By: The Center for Public Integrity

Cross Border Investigations

  1. Tobacco Underground The illicit trafficking of tobacco is a multibillion-dollar business today, fueling organized crime and corruption, robbing governments of needed tax money, and spurring addiction to a deadly product. Drawn by profits rivaling those of narcotics, smugglers move cigarettes by the billion, making tobacco the world's most widely smuggled legal substance. Go >

  2. Collateral Damage Collateral Damage

    Post-9/11 U.S. foreign policy and military aid and assistance had a huge impact in nations around the world — and at home. This award-winning project includes 20 articles from four continents.

  3. Divine Intervention, U.S. AIDS Policy Abroad Divine Intervention, U.S. AIDS Policy Abroad

    A year-long investigation of President Bush’s initiative to fight AIDS abroad finds that conservative ideology hinders its real benefits by insisting on abstinence-only programs over promoting condom use.

  4. Windfalls of War, U.S. Contractors in Afghanistan & Iraq Windfalls of War, U.S. Contractors in Afghanistan & Iraq

    A comprehensive examination of companies that won contracts for work in Iraq and Afghanistan — and of their campaign contributions, led by General Electric and Vinnell Corporation (the former Northrup Grumman).

  5. More Investigations
  6. Business of War
  7. Latin America
  8. Water Privatization

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is a collaboration of the world's preeminent investigative reporters. Launched in 1997 as a project of the Center for Public Integrity, ICIJ globally extends the Center's style of watchdog journalism, working with 100 journalists in 50 countries to produce long-term, transnational investigations.

  • India
    • Rakesh Kalshian, India, is a former reporter for the weekly magazine Outlook India where he focused on the environment, a beat he has covered since 1991.

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  • Netherlands
    • Joop Bouma, Netherlands, is an editor and reporter for the Dutch daily newspaper Trouw, where he has covered environmental and criminal beats and has also served as national editor.

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  • Namibia
    • Gwen Lister, Namibia, a journalist for 25 years, founded The Namibian in 1985 during apartheid colonialism in the country.

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  • United States
    • Michael Montgomery, United States, is an award-winning correspondent for American Radio Works, the largest investigative/documentary unit in U.S. public radio and a division of Minnesota Public Radio.

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  • Finland
    • Timo-Erkki Heino, Finland, has worked for the Finnish Broadcasting Company since the 1970s, where he has produced cultural, social, and investigative documentaries.

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  • Mexico
    • Carlos Marín, Mexico, is editorial director of Milenio, a new independent newspaper based in Mexico City.

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  • Denmark
    • Mikkel Hertz, Denmark, is assistant managing editor of Denmark's largest daily newspaper, Jyllands-Posten.

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The Network Locate ICIJ members on this interactive map. Our members include newspaper and magazine reporters, TV and radio producers, and freelance journalists worldwide. Investigations From Around the World Find links and tools for cross-border investigative reporting, from networking with other journalists to tracking down documents and filing FOIAs. Investigations From Around the World Read some of the world’s best investigative reporting from ICIJ members, associates and others – on the environment, national security, corruption and more.