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The family of billionaire George Lindemann has agreed to turn over 33 ancient statues — including some officials say were looted from sacred sites — to Cambodia. Plus, the Internal Revenue Service is hunting for the assets of sanctioned Russian oligarchs stashed in secretive South Dakota trusts.
Rui Pinto, the computer whiz-turned-whistleblower behind a global football industry exposé — and the source of ICIJ’s Luanda Leaks dataset — received a four-year suspended sentence in a Lisbon court. Plus, the latest on a Ukrainian oligarch who featured in the FinCEN Files, and where to find ICIJ's team at an upcoming global journalism conference.
A coup in Gabon has marked the end of over half a century of unbroken dynastic rule during which the Bongo family accumulated enormous wealth both at home and offshore, as revealed by the Pandora Papers and several other investigations. Plus, EU watchdogs express concerns over a trio of microstates, and more.
Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, who is accused of helping former dictator Sani Abacha loot billions of dollars from Nigeria, has joined the country’s cabinet. Plus, The Guardian’s Paul Lewis revisits the Uber Files: from covert meetings with a whistleblower on Lake Geneva, to what became a global collaboration of partners from nearly 30 countries.
New York is on the cusp of passing a new state law, dubbed the LLC Transparency Act, which lawmakers say will shine a light on the shadow economy bad actors have exploited for decades. Plus, the assassination of a political candidate in Ecuador has the country on edge.
The head of the United Nations has called for a shake-up of global tax rules — and more power to set them — in a new draft report criticizing the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Meanwhile, advocates warn some of the world’s wealthiest countries, including OECD members, are responsible for billions in corporate tax losses each year.
Australia’s top museum will hand back three ancient statues to Cambodia due to links to accused art trafficker Douglas Latchford. The Indian Express reveals Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the center of the Panama Papers, outsourced its offshore business just weeks after ICIJ’s 2016 investigation.
A new Trafficking Inc. investigation exposes one of the most common sites of sex-trafficking crimes in the United States as a novel legal strategy seeks to hold hotel corporations liable. Plus, a U.S. regulator calls out a spike in flawed audits, but experts warn its efforts to force reform are falling short.
The incoming director of the federal financial crimes unit faces an uphill battle to deliver reforms to thwart illicit money flows. Plus a French actress faces tax fraud charges, and we go behind the scenes of ICIJ’s investigation into human trafficking.
A person claiming to be the whistleblower behind the Panama Papers is attempting to sue German authorities anonymously in a complex legal dispute over an alleged deal to purchase the leaked dataset, according to a U.S. lawsuit. Plus, the verdict in the trial of Luanda Leaks whistleblower Rui Pinto has been delayed due to an upcoming visit to Portugal by the Pope, and more.
Tech companies Uber and Facebook’s tax dodging schemes have been revealed as part of an unraveling scandal involving PwC Australia and its use of confidential government information. Plus, the Australian government has softened a proposed tax law aimed at multinational tax avoidance, we mark one year since the Uber Files, and more.
ICIJ partners in Europe revealed the indirect trade routes used to mask the origins of Russian timber, which continues to flow into the EU despite being banned.
Domestic workers hoping to improve their lives overseas risk exploitation and abuse. Many end up burdened with crippling debts owed to recruiters, go-betweens and traffickers.
The agency sent letters to hundreds of people implicated in ICIJ’s 2021 investigation, calling on them to “be honest” about their offshore assets or face consequences.
An underground network of suspected sex traffickers has taken refuge in the wealthy Gulf nation. The U.S. State Department says efforts to identify and protect victims have fallen short.
The Australian plan will require the world’s biggest companies to reveal new details about their country-by-country earnings and tax bills. It’s sparked calls for more countries to follow suit.
Dara Khosrowshahi disavowed the aggressive tactics revealed in the Uber Files but dismissed an EU plan to improve conditions for platform workers.
Members of auditing giant PwC’s global leadership have intervened in a growing Australian tax leak scandal that now threatens to engulf parts of the firm’s operations elsewhere. It follows revelations a PwC Australia partner used confidential government intel to help the firm court tax-avoiding clients from overseas.
Apparently admitting it had failed to keep its collection clean, New York’s premier art museum promised to investigate suspicious works among its 1.5 million treasures. The plan includes hiring a new team to root out pieces with murky origins, with a view to returning them.
The new members, announced on World Press Freedom Day, hail from 18 countries, including four not previously represented in the consortium. Plus, a press freedom "poisonous cocktail" in Panama, and the latest EU law to combat deforestation.
A key new tool in the fight against dirty money in the U.S. has been faltering, as supporters become skeptics following multiple setbacks. Also, behind the scenes of the Deforestation Inc. data dive, and more.
Band names, dozens of song titles, a racehorse and even cigarette rolling papers. Seven years on, the ICIJ-led reporting collaboration that sparked a global political earthquake continues to show up in surprising ways.
Weeks after ICIJ's Deforestation Inc. investigation exposed concerning gaps in environmental auditing and certification systems, the European Commission has published a proposed new rule aimed at holding companies accountable for their green claims.
The latest story in our Hidden Treasures series has uncovered more than 1,000 artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's catalog linked to alleged traffickers and looters. Also, new details emerge about Ericsson withholding evidence from the Justice Department, and more.
While sanctions against individuals have been a go-to punitive tool since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, there might be another, more efficient way to throttle Russian oligarchs’ access to their wealth, according to a new research paper that used ICIJ’s Offshore Leaks Database to analyze how these billionaires were moving their money. Plus, more from Deforestation Inc. and a medical device-related arrest.
Myanmar’s teak is sometimes called the “King of Woods.” It's also a vital revenue source for Myanmar's brutal military regime. Our latest investigation, Deforestation Inc., has uncovered how the trade in this valuable timber continues, despite sanctions and bans put in place by governments around the world attempting to economically throttle the junta. Also, impact from the Ericsson List and Panama Papers investigations, and more.
The U.S. Treasury's attempts to set up a company ownership database has hit another snag, a whistleblower has won a key case in Europe, and more.
When two Haitian millionaires were accused by Canada of corruption and enabling murderous gangs to run rampant across the long-suffering island nation, reporter Will Fitzgibbon decided to dig a little deeper. He found links to two ICIJ investigations.
Two former leaders from Latin America who featured prominently in the Pandora Papers have been targeted by U.S. authorities for their roles in facilitating corruption. Plus, we go behind the scenes of ICIJ's global investigation into the shadowy diplomatic world of honorary consuls.
Luanda Leaks and Uber Files continue to yield repercussions across borders. Plus, updates from Pandora Papers reporting, and ICIJ is hiring a digital producer/editor!