Aug 07, 2026
The $200 billion company you can’t look inside
Its USDT crypto token underpins a trillion-dollar market, but cryptocurrency giant Tether won’t answer questions about its ownership.
Accountability
Browse the ICIJ’s complete collection of articles and commentary on accountability.
Jul 23, 2026
Inside the Matrix: How models, influencers and engagement quotas power the Social Discovery Group’s dating machine and global profits
Women on four continents told ICIJ that global pay-per-action dating sites owned by a Russian businessman and self-styled philosopher left them financially broke and heartbroken.
Jul 21, 2026
Canadian intelligence flags crypto-to-cash services as ‘knowingly facilitating money laundering,’ document shows
An internal report obtained says that crypto brokers are moving millions while dodging rules to guard against dirty money.
Jul 17, 2026
Swedbank fined $50 million by New York authorities over Panama Papers revelations
The Swedish bank and its New York subsidiary agreed to the penalty to settle final U.S. probe tied to money laundering case, officials say.
Jul 17, 2026
How offshore firms helped a mafia-linked Italian druglord hide a $230m fortune
Leaked Pandora Papers records reveal that Giacomo Tamburello and his family, now facing prosecution, accumulated gold bars, luxury real estate and a $89 million stake in a bank with the help of unscrupulous financiers and lawyers.
Jul 15, 2026
International Finance Corporation watchdog in turmoil following scathing report on microfinance in Cambodia
The head of an internal auditor resigned after the board of the World Bank’s private investment arm rejected her office’s findings that the deal violated internal safeguard policies.
Jul 10, 2026
Merck takes Austria’s Keytruda price transparency battle to top court as journalists fight for information
The case stems from ICIJ’s Cancer Calculus investigation into the world's best-selling drug’s sky-high price and its global consequences.
Jul 08, 2026
Crypto giant Circle rebuffed efforts to help scam victims, police say
Law enforcement in Wisconsin and New York accuse the firm of refusing to help recoup funds, even under court orders.
May 26, 2026
Amid a scam crackdown, crypto giants keep fueling bitcoin ATMs
As governments seek to ban the machines, bitcoin ATMs remain entwined with cryptocurrency industry's most mainstream players.
Apr 30, 2026
Arizona gun shop owner faces terrorism-related charges for allegedly selling high-caliber weapons bound for Mexican cartels
It is the first such case filed since the Trump administration designated several of the criminal groups as foreign terrorist organizations in 2025.
Apr 21, 2026
A ‘burgeoning black market’, inflated dosing and the over-judicialization of health care: reporters around the world tell stories about Keytruda
In a yearlong investigation led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, reporters from more than 37 countries found the cancer drug’s high price impacts patients and health systems differently.
Apr 17, 2026
Report: Merck’s blockbuster cancer drug topped $200,000 a year under Trump
Despite the president’s plan to lower prescription medicine costs, the price of many of the most expensive drugs — including several immunotherapy treatments — have continued to rise.
Apr 02, 2026
Ten years after the Panama Papers, enablers and tax cheats are still being brought to justice
A look back at a decade of changes after the Pulitzer-Prize winning investigation sent a shock through the offshore world.
Mar 29, 2026
France to try alleged Magnitsky Affair mastermind Dimitry Klyuev in absentia
Prosecutors are set to unseal "aggravated money laundering" charges against Klyuev in one of the most prominent cases tied to the alleged tax fraud scheme.
Mar 17, 2026
Chelsea FC fined millions over secret payments under Abramovich ownership
The Premier League also handed the club a suspended transfer ban over the historical rule breaking.
Mar 06, 2026
Lawmakers seek to stop sales to the public of ammunition made at U.S. Army plant
A new bill backed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren and three other Democrats came in response to an ICIJ and The New York Times investigation.
Feb 26, 2026
Greek court convicts Intellexa founder Tal Dilian, three others in wiretapping scandal
The former Israeli intelligence officer’s spyware has helped some of the world’s most brutal regimes spy on journalists and political opponents.
Feb 26, 2026
Massachusetts sues Bitcoin Depot, alleging the crypto ATM operator knowingly facilitated crypto scams
The Massachusetts Attorney General’s lawsuit is the latest in a series of state legal actions against one of the world’s largest crypto ATM operators.
Feb 03, 2026
Investigation reveals how Chinese firms blindsided Malawian government over strategic mine ownership
Malawi’s government has promised a “fact-finding exercise” as the local community grows increasingly resentful of the mining venture’s unfulfilled development promises.
Jan 29, 2026
Auditors at Bitpanda’s German subsidiary flagged information security issues, echoing regulator’s concerns
The crypto exchange said it had addressed authorities' concerns, but an internal report has cast doubt on those claims, according to a new investigation by ICIJ media partners.
Dec 11, 2025
Tracing firms say Binance’s claims of improving financial crime left out key stats
Analytics firm Chainalysis said a Binance report claiming illicit activity on the platform plummeted failed to factor in funds stolen through hacks and ransomware.
Nov 17, 2025
WATCH: Cryptocurrency exchanges, explained
Are cryptocurrency exchanges the banks of the digital world? While there are some similarities, there are also important differences.
Sep 19, 2025
Solitary confinement in ICE detention spiked during early months of the Trump administration, report finds
Six years after ICIJ’s Solitary Voices investigation, Physicians for Human Rights found over 10,000 people were placed in solitary confinement over a 14-month period.
Jun 16, 2025
Poor coordination, information gaps hamstring EU efforts to combat China’s repression of overseas dissidents
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 10, 2025
After outpacing a European naval mission, cargo ship remains stranded in Libya
Less than a year after it was abandoned off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, the Med Sea Eagle delivered military equipment to a Libyan strongman, leaked documents reveal.