Feb 28, 2024
London property tied to Putin ally remains untouched by sanctions
Despite reforms to root out oligarchs who own U.K. real estate, the country has repeatedly overlooked Kremlin-linked assets hidden in plain sight.
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Despite reforms to root out oligarchs who own U.K. real estate, the country has repeatedly overlooked Kremlin-linked assets hidden in plain sight.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is seeking to use an infusion of funding to keep up with the ever-evolving tax maneuvers of the ultra-rich — while staving off frequent political attacks.
Daim Zainuddin is among several high-profile Malaysians whose offshore wealth has come under scrutiny by Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency.
The ultra-rich daughter of Angola's former president and her advisors are accused of defrauding the country of $219 million, including through financial schemes uncovered by ICIJ.
ICIJ’s new findings come as Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency investigates former finance minister Daim Zainuddin’s offshore assets, previously uncovered in the Pandora Papers leak.
The State Department highlighted the reward after reporting by ICIJ on Hamas financing in the wake of the group’s deadly October incursion into Israel, which Israel says killed 1,200 people.
Sudanese businessman Abdelbasit Hamza — whose company holdings feature in Cyprus Confidential documents — has been accused of being “a central figure in Hamas' investment portfolio.”
Tiran Alles, a businessman and politician, is the latest Sri Lankan official identified in the Pandora Papers data trove.
The Register of Overseas Entities was meant to “root out corrupt oligarchs and elites” in the U.K. real estate market, but experts say it’s falling short.
The U.S. has deployed a team of experts to aid Cypriot authorities' response to ICIJ's Cyprus Confidential investigation, which exposed a rogue financial system serving the Russian elite.
ICIJ found a Cyprus-based firm aided Alexey Mordashov’s bid to protect a $1.4 billion investment from EU sanctions. Now, authorities are accused of sitting on the same information.
Prosecutors were seeking an eight-year prison sentence for the singer — whose use of offshore companies was exposed by ICIJ — over nearly $16 million in unpaid income taxes.
Luxury cars, Harvard tuition and an English country estate: What U.K. authorities say oligarch Petr Aven sought to protect as Russia invaded Ukraine.
Anonymous foreign investors are reshaping the U.S. real estate market — and tenants are feeling the squeeze.
ICIJ partners reveal that Hubert Seipel — known for his unusual access to the Russian president — agreed to receive around $700,000 from a shell company tied to steel tycoon Alexey Mordashov.
An ICIJ-led investigation exposes how Cyprus firms provided services to help key backers of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime shelter their wealth and then, as Russia invaded Ukraine, hide billions of dollars in assets from the threat of sanctions.
Russia dominated the island’s banking system under the watch of the European Union.
From company structure charts to detailed email exchanges and more, ICIJ’s data and research unit analyzed millions of documents to uncover Cyprus’ financial secrets.
The landmark reforms seek to mend Canada’s image as a “reputable” tax haven by revealing the real owners of companies.
The sweeping reforms seek to stem the flow of dirty money through the U.K., clean up the national company register and protect financial journalists from spurious lawsuits. But experts say they may not be “the panacea” lawmakers claim.
Tax havens continue to play a key role in helping billionaires and multinational corporations dodge taxes, according to a new report, which found that the ultra-rich pay almost no tax.
The United Nations is on the cusp of negotiating an international tax convention to tackle inequality and tax abuse, but transparency advocates say some wealthy countries are “dragging their feet.”
The draft disclosure form — panned by lawmakers and transparency advocates alike — previously included options for entities to check “unknown” when reporting ownership information to FinCEN.
The Pandora Papers exposed the financial secrets of powerful people in more than 100 countries, leading to a worldwide crackdown on tax dodgers, money launderers and the white-collar professionals who enable them.
A new Europol report has found that 70% of criminal enterprises are utilizing money laundering techniques to hide wealth and garner assets, outpacing authorities who are struggling to uncover their crimes.