Frédéric Zalac, Canada, is an award-winning investigative reporter based in Vancouver for CBC/Radio-Canada. He reports for Radio-Canada’s investigative television program Enquête.
He has been a member of the ICIJ since 2012 and has participated in all of the consortium’s major projects about tax havens and offshore finance.
Zalac has covered a range of topics including sweatshops, drug addiction, airline safety, asbestos, substandard cargo shipping and serial killers. He has won several honors, including two of Canada’s top journalism awards, the Michener and the Judith Jasmin – for an in-depth investigation on risks linked to stun guns and their misuse by some police forces in Canada.
He reports in both French and English and has produced stories for CBC’s newscast The National and CBC’s investigative program The Fifth Estate.
- Investigations
- Stories by Frédéric Zalac
The new members have worked on several recent ICIJ projects, and boost the consortium's global coverage with the addition of five new countries.
Aug 31, 2021
Feb 24, 2015
A team of journalists from 45 countries has unearthed secret bank accounts maintained for criminals, traffickers, tax dodgers, politicians and celebrities.
Feb 08, 2015
Nov 21, 2014
A Canadian federal agency set up European shell companies and exploited loopholes that helped it avoid paying foreign taxes — a move that could internationally undermine Canada's stance on corporate tax avoidance.
Nov 06, 2014
The team and the goals behind this six-month investigative collaboration.
Nov 05, 2014
The landlocked European duchy has been called a “magical fairyland” for brand-name corporations seeking to drastically reduce tax bills.
Nov 05, 2014
British Virgin Islands firm kept doing business with shady characters even as regulators prodded it to obey anti-money-laundering laws.
Apr 05, 2013











