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.
- More about Scilla Alecci
- Investigations

China Targets
2025

Caspian Cabals
2024

Swazi Secrets
2024

Cyprus Confidential
2023

Deforestation Inc.
2023

The Uber Files
2022

The Ericsson List
2022

Pandora Papers
2021

FinCEN Files
2020

Luanda Leaks
2020

China Cables
2019

Solitary Voices
2019

Implant Files
2018

Paradise Papers
2017

The Panama Papers
2016

Dangers in the Dust
2012
- Stories by Scilla Alecci
In the wake of ICIJ’s China Targets investigation, European officials said governments should step up measures to stop state-sponsored harassment of activists and minorities living in the EU.
Jun 16, 2025

Members of Parliament have called on the newly elected government to enforce a law against transnational repression following reports of Chinese authorities targeting Canadian residents.
Jun 03, 2025

Xinjiang police records detail a yearslong Chinese government push to silence the news outlet, which the Trump administration has dismantled.
May 27, 2025

Lawmakers from across the political spectrum condemned Beijing’s “scary” tactics and said European governments should do more to protect dissidents.
May 07, 2025

Officials respond as China Targets highlights Beijing’s tactics to silence dissent across continents
ICIJ’s partners found dozens of cases where critics of the Chinese government were tracked down and targeted in countries from Belgium to Korea and beyond.
May 02, 2025

一个牵涉阿里巴巴创始人马云的案件,揭示了中国如何将国际刑警组织打造为实现其政治目的的工具。
Apr 29, 2025

The case involving Alibaba’s Jack Ma shows how China weaponizes the international police agency for political ends.
Apr 29, 2025

Citizen Lab found the advocates, including some featured in ICIJ’s China Targets investigation, were targeted with malicious software disguised as a Uyghur-language tool.
Apr 28, 2025
