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Jun 29, 2022

A bill heralded as the most significant proposal to reform America’s anti-money laundering laws in a generation just got fast-tracked. Plus, we talk to the author of a new book on one of the world's biggest corporate tax havens: the tiny U.S. state of Delaware.

Jun 22, 2022

An insider’s guide to the Pandora Papers, Ericsson execs off the hook, and ICIJ is at IRE this week!

Introducing a new curated email series to walk readers through the most explosive Pandora Papers stories and bottom-line findings of the biggest journalism collaboration in history. Plus, Ericsson executives acquitted of Djibouti bribery charges and ICIJ team members will be at the Investigative Reporters and Editors conference in Denver.

Jun 15, 2022

Ericsson is also being investigated by the SEC – months after ICIJ revelations sparked probes around the world

The telecom giant sees more fallout from the Ericsson List investigation. A leaked Kenyan audit reveals a massive alleged tax evasion scheme involving Mauritius. Plus, Pandora Papers wins Scripps Howard awards and ICIJ will be at AI 2022: The Conference.

Jun 08, 2022

Secrets of the ‘Madame Gu’ yacht

The Paradise Papers reveal the middlemen who helped Russia’s ‘richest’ lawmaker acquire luxury assets. Plus, ICIJ's network committee gets new members and we'll be at the Oslo Anti-Corruption Conference.

Jun 01, 2022

The torture of solitary confinement perisists under Biden administration, says whistleblower

Three years after ICIJ's Solitary Voices investigation, isolation is still commonplace in U.S. prisons and detention centers. Plus, officials from around the world react to the Xinjiang Police Files. And catch ICIJ at Nobel Peace Talks on June 2!

May 24, 2022

Revealed: The faces of China's notorious internment camps in Xinjiang

The Xinjiang Police Files include mug shots and personal information of thousands of detainees dating back to the height of China’s program and other photos taken inside the camps.

May 20, 2022

Who’s the world’s biggest enabler of financial secrecy?

The U.S. lands the top spot in the Tax Justice Network's biennial index while the corporate services industry is targeted for the first time in new sanctions. Plus, the ICIJ team will be at Dataharvest 2022!

May 11, 2022

Podcast interview with Nobel laureate Maria Ressa, superyacht seizure, dirty money gatekeepers and more

In a new episode of Meet the Investigators, ICIJ member Maria Ressa discusses her career as a pioneering Filipino journalist, how her team copes with threats, the importance of ICIJ’s work, her advice for aspiring journalists and more.

May 04, 2022

This World Press Freedom Day, ICIJ releases new Pandora Papers data and interviews our Ukrainian and Russian reporting partners

We publish a final installment of leaked information to the Offshore Leaks Database, which in the the nine years since it was first launched, has become an essential tool in the global fight to dismantle financial secrecy.

Apr 27, 2022

Leaked documents expose sanctioned Irish drug cartel’s links to Dubai and the boxing world

A new investigation by ICIJ and the Irish Times details businesses linked to the Kinahan drug gang— and highlights help the family has gotten from Emirati authorities and intermediaries. Plus, Pandora Papers impact in the U.S., Sri Lanka and more.

Apr 20, 2022

Our guide to Russian wealth hidden offshore, superyacht spotted in Fiji and more

We tackle your questions about sanctions, hidden Russian wealth, oligarchs, why they’re important to the Putin regime, what we’ve learned from ICIJ leaks about how the offshore system serves their interests, and more.

Apr 06, 2022

Oligarch companies in Wyoming, dirty money in U.S. real estate, a boost for FinCEN and more tax haven USA coverage

Our latest Pandora Papers investigation produced in collaboration with The Washington Post takes a look at a little-known player in the U.S. financial secrecy business.

Mar 30, 2022

Ericsson shareholders vote to hold CEO and board accountable for Iraq corruption scandal

Angry shareholders sanction executives over Ericsson List revelations. Go behind-the-scenes of the investigation in our latest episode of the Meet the Investigators podcast. Plus, New Zealand cites ICIJ investigations in proposing a corporate secrecy crackdown.

Mar 23, 2022

Pandora Papers sheds light on Burger King’s Russia stake and a $1.4 billion countermove by a sanctioned oligarch

As high-profile Russian powerbrokers use shadowy shell companies and tax havens to dodge sanctions and further secure their assets, the Pandora Papers has the receipts for some of their offshore entanglements.

Mar 16, 2022

America’s largest law firm to leave Russia. Pandora Papers revealed its work with sanctioned companies controlled by the Kremlin.

A go-to firm for Kremlin-linked companies, Baker McKenzie now says it’s leaving Russia. Our Pandora Papers exposé on the prestigious company is our latest in the Russia Archive, ICIJ's reporting on the financial secrets of oligarchs and other elites close to Vladimir Putin.

Mar 09, 2022

ICIJ introduces the Russia Archive, an inside look at how Russian elites and their enablers operate offshore

The Russia Archive highlights and advances what ICIJ investigations have uncovered about the financial secrets of Vladimir Putin's closest associates — as their money maneuvers become the subject of unprecedented international scrutiny. Plus, more Ericsson List fallout for the telecom giant.

Mar 03, 2022

IMPACT: US says Ericsson breached billion dollar settlement, company stock tumbles after ICIJ exposes ISIS deals in the Ericsson List

It’s barely been three days since ICIJ and 30 media partners published the Ericsson List investigation, but the telecom giant has seen a whirlwind of repercussions since. Plus, meet enablers who help Russians move and hide wealth abroad

Feb 23, 2022

‘The gun on the table’ — U.K. aims to leverage financial status against Russia amid Ukraine invasion

The United Kingdom hits Russian oligarchs with sanctions hours after President Vladimir Putin orders troops into eastern Ukraine. Here’s what we know about the businessmen's secret financial dealings.

Feb 16, 2022

‘Activist journalism’ reflections with anti-apartheid crusader Gwen Lister

We talk to a longtime ICIJ member about her storied career in southern Africa. Plus, you can see ICIJ staffers at NICAR, SXSW, and more upcoming events!

Feb 02, 2022

Banksy, Picasso, and more than 1,600 otherworks of art secretly traded through tax havens — Pandora Papers

Offshore dealings involving artwork in the Pandora Papers are emblematic of how the booming art market has become “the largest, legal unregulated industry,” in the words of U.S. lawmakers. Plus, the law firm at the heart of Panama Papers is back in the news.

Jan 26, 2022

Pandora Papers sheds new light on corruption by Angolan political elites, two years after Luanda Leaks

Our latest investigation unearths new offshore revelations on Isabel dos Santos and other Angolans recently sanctioned by the U.S. ICIJ wins a prestigious ethics prize, and we talk to the founder of Inkyfada, an ICIJ partner in Tunisia, in our latest episode of the Meet the Investigators podcast.

Jan 19, 2022

Corporate landlords and a billionaire art collector face scrutiny after Pandora Papers investigations

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren cited reporting by ICIJ and the Washington Post in letters demanding answers from corporate landlord companies. Plus, ICIJ partners in El Salvador face 'unprecedented' surveillance via phone hacking and more Cambodian relics are headed home.

Jan 12, 2022

Pandora Papers sparks EU proposal to ‘unshell’ companies and probes in India and Pakistan

The Panama Papers has been named the Investigation of the Decade by the British Journalism Awards. Plus, Pandora Papers impact continues into the new year.

Dec 22, 2021

Ringing in 2022 with a Pandora Papers recap, a podcast and a 'cowboy cocktail'

We team up with the Washington Post for another exclusive exposé of an American tax haven: the U.S. state of Wyoming. Plus, we take a look back at three months of Pandora Papers impact, and talk to ICIJ partners in Latin American about the press freedom challenges of the last year.

Dec 15, 2021

A billion dollar Wall Street plan to cash in on the foreclosure crisis, exposed in the Pandora Papers

In our newest investigation, we team up with the Washington Post and Toronto Star to dig into leaked files related to Progress Residential, one of the biggest corporate landlords in the U.S. — and examine how residents have fared as secret global investors cash in on the American dream.

Dec 06, 2021

NEW Pandora Papers data, docs and charts!

Today, we’re thrilled to share that you can now explore structured data from the Pandora Papers on the Offshore Leaks Database, which has been updated with information related to two of the 14 offshore service providers at the heart of the investigation.

Dec 02, 2021

‘A beacon of hope’ for stemming corruption in the Seychelles — Pandora Papers

A major money laundering case shows potential for reform of an island tax haven. Plus, a global shell company shopping experiment and Pandora Papers reporting highlights from the Middle East and North Africa.

Nov 24, 2021

Pandora Papers show how corporate polluters around the world used offshore companies

We have new case studies from leaked documents, unveiling the offshore dealings of execs and investors of corporate polluters from India, Russia, Indonesia and more. Plus, more Pandora Papers fallout in Latin America, and investigative highlights from our partners in Africa, Asia, and North America.