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.
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.
Lawmakers from across the political spectrum condemned Beijing’s “scary” tactics and said European governments should do more to protect dissidents.
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.
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.
国际调查记者同盟（ICIJ）揭露，北京当局如何滥用包括国际刑警组织与联合国在内的国际机构，打压异见人士，并将镇压手段延伸至全球。
ICIJ’s China Targets investigation exposes the mechanics of the Chinese government’s global repression campaign against its perceived enemies and the governments and international organizations that allow it.
An ICIJ investigation exposes how Beijing abuses international institutions, including Interpol and the United Nations, to terrorize its critics and extend its repressive tactics worldwide.
A secret ruling hints at the huge stakes in the arbitration case, which is expected to stretch until 2028.
The sprawling tale takes viewers on a journey from temples deep in the sweltering jungles of Southeast Asia to the heights of the Western art world.
Nine years after the Panama Papers helped turbocharge authorities’ pursuit of hidden wealth, the global impacts of ICIJ’s offshore investigations are still being felt.
The country’s Financial Services Authority has revoked the licenses of Alpha Consulting after a Finance Uncovered investigation into the provider’s business of creating anonymous U.K. shell companies.
Investigations into Kazakh oil, Swazi financial networks and IRS weaknesses drove change in a year marked by volatility.
Self-styled fight fixer alleges leading promoter Top Rank also rewarded Kinahan for personally guaranteeing world champion Tyson Fury’s fees.
The rule, which was held up in court for the last few months, would require foreign and domestic companies to disclose their true owners.
The least-populated U.S. state has attracted secretive company formations, fraud indictments and questionable fortunes from around the world.
The sanctions comes after an ICIJ investigation linked Garantex to actors in the Russian government and criminal organizations.
The upheaval undermines the agency’s quest to tackle high-end tax cheating.
Prosecutors say Firoz Patel, who was the subject of a Pandora Papers investigation, attempted to hide more than $40 million worth of cryptocurrency.
Oil and gas tycoon Timur Kulibayev, son-in-law of the nation’s former president, declined to comment on the reported negotiations.
The project was supposed to be a boon for wildlife-based tourism in the East African country, but critics say it came “at an enormous cost” to local communities.
Treasury had to issue a note clarifying that, despite a court victory last week, another legal challenge continued to block progress on a key corporate transparency reform.
Scottish investigative outlet The Ferret found billionaires, bankers and sports stars were behind a Cayman Islands firm that owns the picturesque Loch Lomond Golf Club.
A reporter and photographers visited Timur Kulibayev’s sprawling Mediterranean coast estate as part of the “Caspian Cabals” project and discovered plush villas, high security and ambivalent neighbors.
Users can now match their own data — including names and addresses — with more than 810,000 offshore entities uncovered in ICIJ’s leaks.