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The inner workings of the U.S. trust industry, the role played by America's biggest law firm in the offshore world, Sri Lanka's ruling family member's offshore links and more.
We will be at the Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival and Symposium, which runs virtually from Oct. 13 to 17. Plus, we won an Emmy with PBS FRONTLINE for Luanda Leaks!
Long-awaited anti-money laundering reforms are under way a year after our groundbreaking investigation. Plus, in the latest episode of the the Meet the Investigators podcast, we discuss fallout for ICIJ partner Moussa Aksar, who's been repeatedly called to court for his explosive FinCEN Files reporting in Niger.
Our team is growing. Learn more about what it costs to put technology and security first to make ICIJ's signature global investigations happen. Plus, we're two-time finalists in both the Online Journalism Awards and the Loeb Awards.
While the Angolan billionaire has seen her business empire crumble since the Luanda Leaks investigation was published, repercussions for the institutions that supported her business deals have been more elusive. Plus, meet our training manager Jelena Cosic!
Our newest members hail from four continents and significantly expand our membership in Africa. Plus, in a special insiders edition of the Meet the Investigators podcast, we talk to Chilean reporter and journalism innovator Francisca Skoknic.
A new study in the JAMA Internal Medicine journal examines how deadly medical devices stay on the market, a key finding examined in Implant Files. ICIJ wins an Edward R. Murrow Award, plus top tips for journalists archiving sensitive data.
A new report examines why U.S. real estate has become a safe haven for for billions in dirty money. Plus, we talk to Slovenian reporter Anuška Delic in the Meet The Investigators podcast.
A controversial deal exposed in ICIJ's Luanda Leaks investigation has been declared "null and void" by an international tribunal. In Malta, an official inquiry finds that the government failed to protect slain journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. And ICIJ will be at the SRCCON conference!
Lesotho just became the latest country to end its agreement with Mauritius in the aftermath of the Mauritius Leaks investigation. FinCEN Files won the prestigious 2021 TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting and Luanda Leaks received an honorable mention. And ICIJ is hiring a Chief Development Officer and a social media producer/editor.
The European Union may be one step closer to a more uniform approach in the battle against dirty money, as a leaked draft reveals plans to create a central agency devoted to fighting money laundering.
We talk to ICIJ member Jacob Borg about Malta getting greylisted by world’s top money laundering and terror financing watchdog. Plus, give us a few minutes to share how ICIJ can better serve you in our reader survey. And ICIJ is hiring a social media producer/editor!
With so much experience sniffing out dirty money deals, one of our reporters decided to make his credentials official. Plus, a new report on the rise of "dynastic wealth" in the U.S. – and what officials can do about it. And we want hear from you in our quick reader survey!
In the latest blow for the dos Santos family business empire, a Dutch court has sided with the assessment of a court-appointed director who, in the aftermath of Luanda Leaks, took over a company at the center of an allegedly corrupt deal revealed by the investigation. Also, inside the ViacomCBS structures that help the entertainment conglomerate dodge billions in taxes, and hints and tips from veteran Australian investigator Marian Wilkinson.
The Middle East's go-to tax haven begins a tempered crackdown on secrecy. Watch our South by Southwest panel talk on unraveling systemic flaws in the global financial system and what can be done to address these inequities, and find out where to see us at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists’ online international training conference.
The Pulitzer Board recognized the investigative team for pulling off a “massive reporting project” that produced “sweeping revelations” about the “role of some of the world’s biggest banks in facilitating international money laundering and the trafficking of goods and people, corruption that continues to frustrate regulators across the world.”
The whistleblower who leaked the secret U.S. Treasury documents to BuzzFeed News that would ultimately form the basis of the FinCEN Files investigation has been sentenced to six months in prison. Plus the G7 finance ministers strike an historic deal on corporate tax, the UN turns its focus to anti-corruption efforts, and more.
We talk to author and scholar Chuck Collins about what it's like to be an "upper-class traitor." Plus, catch our virtual conversation with some of our reporting partners from the Middle East and North Africa about press freedom in their region, ten years after the Arab Spring.
The European Commission has become the latest major institution to weigh in on corporate tax avoidance across borders, with a new plan for a single corporate taxation rulebook that would make it harder for companies to shop around for a lower tax rate. Plus the evolution of ICIJ's tech toolkit, and a throwback to the time one of our reporters bought a pair of Nike shoes to understand corporate tax minimization better.
Raphaël Halet, who was fined for revelations that helped expose industrial-scale tax dodging in Lux Leaks, loses his human rights appeal. Our next virtual conversation on June 2 will focus on what can be done about press freedom in the Middle East and North Africa. And we talk to Cuban ICIJ member Barbara Maseda in our latest episode of the Meet the Investigators podcast.
We talk to our reporting partners in India about the resourceful ways they're tackling the country's dire "data deficit" on the spiraling 'second wave' of the pandemic. And we cover more ICIJ member news, including "an attack on investigative journalism in Niger" and a new book on the circles of influence stalling climate policy in Australia. Plus, "Meet the Investigators" wins an inspiring award.
For World Press Freedom Day, we talked to journalists from around the world, who report escalating dangers and obstacles to their work as officials use the COVID-19 pandemic as grounds for further press restrictions. We also interview ICIJ's Cairo-based reporter Maggie Michael and Russian member Roman Anin on the unique challenges of reporting in their regions.
We caught up with some of the key people who made the Panama Papers happen in a virtual chat you can watch now. Join us on May 2 for our next online event on World Press Freedom Day. Plus, we recap how our collaborative network met the challenges of 2020 and published two groundbreaking investigations — Luanda Leaks and FinCEN Files — in our annual report.
ICIJ member Roman Anin was questioned by Russian authorities, who raided his apartment and confiscated all his devices last week. Plus, we cover continued Panama Papers impact as more countries respond to public pressure and create company ownership registries, and talk to Iceland's Jóhannes Kristjansson about bringing down a prime minister in the newest episode of the Meet the Investigators podcast.
Our latest tally shows that countries have recouped a whopping $1.36 billion in unpaid taxes, fines and penalties thanks to the Panama Papers — which is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of impact the investigation has had over the last five years. Plus, five things that U.S. President Joe Biden can do to tackle tax havens and illicit finance, and a new study finds that multinational corporations dodged $200 billion in taxes by shifting $1 trillion in profits in one year alone.
On April 3, 2016, we truly learned the full and awesome power of collaborative, deep-dive investigative journalism. ICIJ’s massive cross-border investigation remains an influence — and a catchphrase — in politics, business, academia and pop culture, half a decade on.
The superpower retaliated to targeted sanctions by the European Union, the U.S., U.K. and Canada. Plus, a "watershed moment" for Malta as a top former government official faces corruption charges related to Panama Papers revelations, and we talk to veteran journalist Syed Nazakat about reporting on COVID-19 data on the frontlines in India.
The U.S. has, once again, sanctioned Israeli tycoon Dan Gertler, a recurring character from ICIJ investigations. We also talk to the authors of a new book on the illegal gold trade, and to our partner in Taiwan, Yi-Shan Chen. Plus, there's a new global index on the biggest enablers of corporate tax abuse, a topic covered in talks by ICIJ staff at SXSW and a free upcoming panel organized by the OECD.
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