Oct 23, 2025
Russia secretly acquired Western technology to protect its nuclear submarine fleet
Russian Secrets, a new cross-border investigation, reveals the shadowy procurement network behind Russia’s surveillance program Harmony.
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Oct 15, 2025
New UN report highlights China’s alleged targeting of human rights activists
The report, which recounts recent reprisals from two dozen countries, underscores ICIJ’s reporting on how Beijing abuses international institutions in its campaign to silence critics abroad.
Oct 09, 2025
ICIJ members and partners honored with top journalism prize
The winners of the prestigious Cabot Prize acknowledged the important role that collaboration has played in developing investigative journalism across the Americas.
Oct 02, 2025
Purported dissident who monitored Chinese activists in Germany convicted of espionage
Jian Guo, a naturalized German citizen, featured in ICIJ’s China Targets investigation that revealed how Beijing uses civilians to spy on regime critics around the world.
Sep 10, 2025
New TV series highlights ICIJ reporting on disgraced Legion of Christ priest
Documents from the Paradise and Pandora Papers leaks showed the "full extent" of the hidden financial schemes set up by Marcial Maciel, a priest found to have molested at least 60 children.
Aug 12, 2025
‘Predator’ spyware firm Intellexa resurgent after US sanctions
From spyware to skincare, companies linked to senior Intellexa figures are back online after a sanctions-induced slowdown.
Aug 07, 2025
Datashare redesign makes research tool more powerful, more accessible for all
Datashare, the document research platform behind the Pandora Papers and other groundbreaking global investigations, has been relaunched with a new streamlined design.
Jul 29, 2025
Hidden details of Putin’s private life show his ‘real worldview,’ new book claims
A new book by reporters from Russian ICIJ media partner Proekt goes where none has gone before: Putin’s personal life and his inner circle.
Jul 14, 2025
Cyprus greenlights sanctions unit following ICIJ investigation into financial services sector
The new unit could help the Mediterranean island shake its reputation as a “weak link” in the European Union’s financial system.
Jun 25, 2025
At least 40 journalists have fled El Salvador, fearing imprisonment
The country’s press association said reporters have been forced to leave the Central American country amid the government’s crackdown on dissent.
Jun 19, 2025
Inside China Targets: The data footprints of China’s transnational repression
How ICIJ’s data-driven methodology underpins our investigation that exposed China’s global repression campaign.
Jun 16, 2025
Poor coordination, information gaps hamstring EU efforts to combat China’s repression of overseas dissidents
In the wake of ICIJ’s China Targets investigation, European officials said governments should step up measures to stop state-sponsored harassment of activists and minorities living in the EU.
Jun 13, 2025
New report details Beijing’s targeting of protestors abroad
ARTICLE 19, a freedom of expression advocacy organization, documented heightened transnational repression during state visits, echoing the findings of ICIJ’s China Targets investigation.
Jun 10, 2025
ICIJ reporter wins Livingston Award recognizing exceptional reporting by young journalists
Judges praised the “tenacity and sensitivity” of Nicole Sadek’s investigation into a mysterious health crisis that upended life in a Kazakh village after the arrival of Big Oil.
Jun 10, 2025
Cyprus unable to claw back $15M in unpaid taxes from oligarch’s superyacht charter company
Tax officials said it was “not possible” to recover the debt from an alleged tax-dodging scheme involving billionaire Roman Abramovich's luxury superyachts because the company was shuttered a year ago.
Jun 10, 2025
WATCH: Inside China Targets — a live panel with ICIJ reporters
ICIJ reporters went behind the scenes of the China Targets investigation and took questions from our readers during a virtual event.
Jun 03, 2025
Canadian lawmakers urge action against transnational repression in wake of China Targets probe
Members of Parliament have called on the newly elected government to enforce a law against transnational repression following reports of Chinese authorities targeting Canadian residents.
May 30, 2025
ICIJ’s Caspian Cabals investigation wins prestigious TRACE Prize
The international award honors investigative journalism that shines a light on corruption, bribery and other illicit financial activity around the world.
May 27, 2025
Beijing targeted friends of US-based reporter amid campaign against Radio Free Asia, documents reveal
Xinjiang police records detail a yearslong Chinese government push to silence the news outlet, which the Trump administration has dismantled.
May 23, 2025
How a Pentagon contractor built a global empire — and a massive tax evasion scheme
Douglas Edelman rose from owning a bar in Kyrgyzstan to winning $7 billion in defense contracts, only to plead guilty this week to hiding his fortune from U.S. tax authorities.
May 15, 2025
Ahead of Xi Jinping’s state visit to Malaysia, police arrested dozens of Falun Gong followers
Kuala Lumpur police said the practitioners broke the law by holding a meeting and detained the group for days, only releasing them after Xi left the country.
May 14, 2025
How we use machine learning to find passports and unlock one key to offshore secrecy
Passports are often a critical part of the jigsaw for investigative reporters digging into offshore companies, so ICIJ partnered with artificial intelligence experts to build a detection tool.
May 07, 2025
Danish politicians call for government inquiry into transnational repression following China Targets investigation
Lawmakers from across the political spectrum condemned Beijing’s “scary” tactics and said European governments should do more to protect dissidents.
May 02, 2025
Officials respond as China Targets highlights Beijing’s tactics to silence dissent across continents
ICIJ’s partners found dozens of cases where critics of the Chinese government were tracked down and targeted in countries from Belgium to Korea and beyond.
Apr 28, 2025
Cyberattack against Uyghur rights activists shows hallmarks of Chinese repression tactics, researchers say
Citizen Lab found the advocates, including some featured in ICIJ’s China Targets investigation, were targeted with malicious software disguised as a Uyghur-language tool.