Jan 12, 2021
How our smallest FinCEN Files stories captured the biggest data lessons
Each Confidential Client profile amounts to only a few hundred words, but the huge data lift involved was emblematic of the entire FinCEN Files investigation.
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Jan 12, 2021
Deutsche Bank agrees to pay $130 million in latest major US penalty
To resolve an investigation into a foreign bribery scheme, the German lender entered a deferred prosecution agreement — a common way for big banks to avoid criminal charges.
Jan 11, 2021
Steinmetz and European, US advisers on trial for mining ‘corruption pact’ in West Africa
Swiss prosecutors allege that the Israeli billionaire and business associates bribed a wife of the former Guinean president to obtain lucrative mining rights.
Jan 05, 2021
Dirty money, murder, and an investigation like a ‘real-life crime novel’
Danish reporter Eva Jung uncovered Denmark’s biggest money laundering scandal, and brought that expertise to bear on our most recent investigation, the FinCEN Files.
Jan 04, 2021
Judge rejects Panama Papers law firm’s libel case against Netflix over ‘The Laundromat’
The First Amendment ruling is Mossack Fonseca’s latest legal stumble against the streaming giant.
Dec 17, 2020
Unitel sues Isabel dos Santos company as her corporate empire continues to crumble
Luanda Leaks showed how the mobile company became a cash cow for the Angolan billionaire. It’s now seeking repayment of loans totalling $430 million.
Dec 17, 2020
Here’s what is changing after the FinCEN Files shook the world of banking
After ICIJ and BuzzFeed News published a joint investigation, officials across the globe began to take action to thwart criminals and illicit financial activity.
Dec 16, 2020
US medical industry urged to reassess paid events amid doctor kickback concerns
The rare ‘fraud alert’ from the Department of Health and Human Services could signal a harder line on industry-funded speaker programs.
Dec 14, 2020
Uighur repression ‘turbocharged by technology,’ confidential documents show
Researchers uncover new details on how apps and tech companies like Zapya, Huawei and Megvii contribute to China’s surveillance and mass internment program in Xinjiang.
Dec 11, 2020
Advocates celebrate major US anti-money laundering victory
The long-sought reforms, effectively ending anonymous shell companies, were included in an annual defense spending bill approved by both houses of Congress with veto-proof margins.
Dec 08, 2020
Muslim Brotherhood suspect and Saudi billionaire linked to same offshore companies, Austrian report says
Paradise Papers revealed the suspected radical, a Viennese entrepreneur, was listed as the director of shell companies in the British Virgin Islands, Malta, and the Bahamas.
Dec 07, 2020
After Luanda Leaks, a billionaire’s empire falls, but her enablers carry on
While Isabel dos Santos and her advisers face multiple investigations, accountability for the offshore industry remains elusive.
Dec 04, 2020
US poised to overhaul the country’s anti-money laundering legislation
Congress has released the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes reforms that would effectively end fully anonymous shell companies.
Dec 02, 2020
Italian mafia probe shows banks exposure to massive alleged laundering scheme
The investigation may provide a rare look into how illicit money moves across borders through flawed banking systems.
Dec 01, 2020
Tax chemicals industry to help curb pollution internationally, experts propose
As scrutiny by scientists and consumers grows on chemicals polluting our soil, water and air, experts are asking: why shouldn’t manufacturers bear the costs of managing it to prevent damage to health and the environment?
Dec 01, 2020
Your gift goes global with ICIJ during NewsMatch
Thanks to NewsMatch, donations to ICIJ will be doubled through the end of the year, and will support the world’s best network of reporters.
Nov 25, 2020
US lawmakers move to end anonymous shell companies in national defense spending bill
A major anti-money laundering reform is expected to arrive in annual omnibus legislation with bipartisan support.
Nov 24, 2020
ICC complaint alleging Uighur genocide cites China Cables as evidence
Leaked Chinese government documents published by ICIJ were part of evidence submitted to the International Criminal Court by two Uighur activist groups.
Nov 23, 2020
From high school social justice warrior to exposing billion-dollar corruption schemes
Musikilu Mojeed has reported and edited countless investigations in Nigeria and is one of ICIJ’s longest-serving African members.
Nov 20, 2020
Dapo Olorunyomi, ICIJ board member, lauded for defending press freedom
The Nigerian journalist and publisher was awarded the International Press Freedom Award by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Nov 20, 2020
Global tax system ‘programmed to fail,’ says new report on revenue losses
The Tax Justice Network provides country-by-country estimates of losses due to tax abuse and tax evasion by wealthy corporations and individuals.
Nov 17, 2020
Belgium’s biggest banks propose system to share suspected money laundering information
The proposal was made at a Belgian parliamentary hearing held in response to the FinCEN Files investigation.
Nov 16, 2020
Heart doctors more likely to implant devices from manufacturers that pay them, new study finds
The research challenges the claim that patient care decisions are not influenced when physicians receive large payments from drug and medical device companies.
Nov 12, 2020
FinCEN Files wins investigation of the year in Argentina
In the first major global award for the investigation, judges highlighted the “rigorous cross-border work” done by the Argentinian team.
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