Investigations

A new investigation by ICIJ and 68 media partners exposes the sprawling financial industry that has powered the Putin regime as it dominates its neighbors — and undermines the West.

An ICIJ-led cross-border investigation exposes how a lightly regulated sustainability industry overlooks forest destruction and human rights violations when granting environmental certifications.

The untold story of how hundreds of rogue honorary consuls, including alleged terror financiers and criminals, have undermined a little-known system of global diplomacy.

An ICIJ investigation examines networks of companies, people and business practices that draw profit from cross-border labor trafficking and sex trafficking.

A collection of stories from ICIJ's Pandora Papers, FinCEN Files, Panama Papers and more show how art and antiquities have become prized assets in the offshore world, and how the secretive trade in these cultural treasures has, in some cases, provided cover for looters and thieves.

The secret story of how the tech giant won access to world leaders, cozied up to oligarchs and dodged taxes amid chaotic global expansion.

Using ICIJ's vast trove of leaked financial files, the Russia Archive brings together previous Russia-related exposés, now the focus of renewed interest, as well as ongoing investigations into the hidden wealth of the Putin regime’s ruling elites.

The largest investigation in journalism history exposes a shadow financial system that benefits the world’s most rich and powerful. Read more.

An ICIJ investigation reveals the role of global banks in industrial-scale money laundering – and the bloodshed and suffering that flow in its wake. Read more.