Scilla Alecci is an investigative reporter and video journalist for ICIJ. She is also partnership coordinator for Asia and Europe.
A native of Italy, before coming to the U.S., Scilla was based in Tokyo where she worked for Bloomberg News and other news organizations. In 2016, she was a member of the Japanese reporting team that took part in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Panama Papers investigation.
Her work has also been published by The New York Times, the Huffington Post, the Japanese magazine Shukan Asahi and others.
Scilla holds master's degrees in East Asian studies and journalism, and has also published a book in Japanese about the Panama Papers and the new frontiers of investigative journalism. In addition to being a reporter with ICIJ, Scilla was invited to become an ICIJ member in 2017.
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Journalists from around the world have joined forces to uncover harrowing new details about one of the most brutal state-run killing systems of the 21st century: the regime of former Syrian president Bashar Assad.
Dec 04, 2025
Christoph Zollinger was once one of Mossack Fonseca’s most senior employees. Now, he’s due to face trial in Germany.
Nov 28, 2025
Kyrrex exploited technology and shell companies while serving suspected fraudsters and pro-Russian military activists, even as its owners claimed the exchange followed anti-money laundering rules.
Nov 20, 2025
How the alleged mastermind of a multimillion-dollar crypto scam teamed up with a globe-trotting influencer and a disgraced Oscar winner as he pushed his latest dubious project.
Nov 17, 2025
A parliamentary report identified China and other authoritarian regimes as harassing and attacking dissidents abroad, echoing findings from ICIJ’s China Targets.
Nov 14, 2025
Russian Secrets, a new cross-border investigation, reveals the shadowy procurement network behind Russia’s surveillance program Harmony.
Oct 23, 2025
Jian Guo, a naturalized German citizen, featured in ICIJ’s China Targets investigation that revealed how Beijing uses civilians to spy on regime critics around the world.
Oct 02, 2025
A new report details how China and other authoritarian regimes are increasingly targeting critics who sought refuge in the country.
Aug 01, 2025


















