IMPACT
SHADOW DIPLOMATS
Accused terror financiers, arms traffickers and drug runners among hundreds of rogue diplomats, global investigation reveals
Honorary consuls are meant to foster ties between countries. But criminals and others accused of exploiting the position have infiltrated their ranks.
By Will Fitzgibbon
Nov 14, 2022
IMPACT
International arrest warrant issued for Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos
By Fergus Shiel
Nov 19, 2022
Accountability
African nations win UN tussle over paving the way for global tax reforms
By Spencer Woodman
Nov 23, 2022
COLLABORATION
Highlights from Shadow Diplomats reporting around the world
By Will Fitzgibbon
Nov 22, 2022
Africa
A drug cartel godfather bid millions to buy a fleet of obsolete Egyptian military aircraft
By Fergus Shiel
Nov 12, 2022
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How a remote US military base became the front line of a battle for equal pay for Filipino workers overseas
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Companies secure new US military contracts even after labor trafficking incidents
Oct 28, 2022
FAQs
Frequently asked questions about the Trafficking Inc. investigation
Oct 27, 2022
IMPACT
As US returns looted relics to Cambodia, officials call on more collectors to come clean
Aug 10, 2022
MONEY LAUNDERING
US art trade vulnerable to money laundering but reform should wait, Treasury says
Feb 07, 2022
PANDORA PAPERS
Tech titan surrenders Cambodian relics sold by indicted dealer amid broader repatriation push
Jan 12, 2022
‘Even one hour after we published we started to receive threats’
One year after the Pandora Papers, we revisit one of the biggest stories of the investigation with our Czech member Pavla Holcová, and hear more about her extraordinary career in journalism.
Oct 11, 2022
On a journalism journey from neighborhood news to presidential impeachment
ICIJ member Alberto Arellano started out as a kid with a typewriter before eventually becoming one of Chile's most respected investigative reporters.
Sep 27, 2022
‘All journalists should be investigators at heart’
ICIJ member Golden Matonga shares stories of exposing government corruption and doing his part to ensure democracy endures in Malawi.
Sep 20, 2022
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