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.
A new investigation by ICIJ partner The Guardian shows the offshore moves made in an apparent attempt to thwart potential sanctions that may have jeopardized the Russian oligarch’s extraordinary collection of modern art.
The agency has dedicated a team to uncovering oligarchs’ assets stashed in South Dakota’s secretive trusts, which ICIJ’s Pandora Papers revealed are popular with bad actors seeking to anonymously hide wealth.
Billionaire George Lindemann showcased his collection of Khmer treasures and passed them on to his children. But investigations by ICIJ and others traced many of his prized antiquities back to pillaged sacred sites.
Dozens of charges against Pinto — who is also the source behind ICIJ’s Luanda Leaks — were dropped due to a recent amnesty. He faces 377 charges in a separate case tied to the exposé that revealed the dark underbelly of the global football industry.
The pretrial detention of banking and media tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky comes as Ukraine pledges to root out corruption.
Dutch news outlet Follow the Money found more than 50 STAKs, legal structures used to disguise assets and avoid scrutiny, in the Pandora Papers.
In a joint letter, regulators warned that the three microstates’ “less rigorous” oversight rules could open a backdoor for illicit financial flows into the EU.
The Bongo family ruled Gabon for most of its independence. While the country stagnated and poverty remained, the family amassed vast wealth — much of it hidden offshore.
The investigation unearthed the ride-share company's ruthless business practices, sparking protests and inquiries worldwide. One year later, The Guardian's Paul Lewis takes us behind the scenes.
The new minister, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, whose offshore dealings were detailed in the Pandora Papers, is a former ally of Nigerian dictator and notorious looter Sani Abacha.
Periodistas ecuatorianos se preparan para la primera vuelta de una elección presidencial marcada por la violencia mientras lamentan la muerte de su ex colega Fernando Villavicencio.
Ecuadorian journalists brace for the first round of a presidential election marred by violence while mourning the death of former colleague Fernando Villavicencio.
A new state bill modeled on the federal Corporate Transparency Act aims to expose company owners and share the information in a publicly searchable database
The U.N. chief pushed for a bigger say in the international tax agenda and said the group of wealthy countries had ignored the needs of developing nations.
The U.K. continues to lead the so-called “axis of tax avoidance,” which drains an estimated $151 billion from global coffers through corporate profit-shifting, a new report found.
In 2016, Mossack Fonseca became synonymous with the shady world of offshore finance following ICIJ’s investigation. The Indian Express reveals what the now-shuttered firm did next.
ICIJ executive director Gerard Ryle, journalist Maria Ressa and other industry leaders have pledged to work together to develop a set of principles, rights and obligations regarding the use of AI-based systems.
The repatriation of the three millennia-old statues is the latest to follow investigations by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and others.
As part of Trafficking Inc., The New Yorker and Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program uncover how franchised hotels have historically been a common site of human-trafficking crimes in the U.S. and examine a new legal push to make corporations pay.
The U.S. regulator tasked with ensuring audit quality has found an uptick in deficiencies three years in a row. But its efforts to force auditors to change don’t seem to be working.
The French star is accused of concealing a hefty donation from a Senegalese businessman and using an offshore company to funnel more than 100,000 euros to an unknown beneficiary.
The incoming director of the federal financial crimes unit faces an uphill battle to deliver reforms to thwart illicit money flows amid warnings the agency’s corporate ownership database is not fit for purpose.
One year after the global investigation, a parliamentary report has painted a damning picture of Uber’s early business practices and its close ties with French powerbrokers.
Unorthodox case prompts whistleblower advocate to question if Germany is running an ad hoc rewards program for whistleblowers that lacks formal protections.