The telecom giant had previously admitted to engaging in bribery and other misconduct in Djibouti and other countries in a U.S. settlement, and is separately facing multiple probes for alleged corruption in Iraq.
The Swedish company is now under investigation by the SEC, as well as the Justice Department, on matters described in a 2019 internal Iraq bribery report that was leaked to ICIJ.
The telecom giant’s board and CEO are left exposed by an extraordinary vote that could allow them to be held liable for misconduct.
The move comes weeks after the Ericsson List revealed the telecom giant’s dealings with ISIS and misconduct in Iraq.
The telecom giant’s stock takes a hit after a new ICIJ investigation uncovered a years-long campaign of bribery and corrupt business practices in Iraq.
Transparency International cites Pandora Papers findings to fill blind spots in its annual corruption index.
The Pandora Papers shed new light on the offshore dealings of powerful figures close to Angola’s former president who were recently sanctioned by the U.S.
The African tax haven, recently removed from the EU’s blacklist despite uproar, is prosecuting its first major money laundering case against an influential couple who feature among the wealthy elites in the Pandora Papers.
Baker McKenzie has been a pioneer in corporate tax dodging. It now acts for notorious tycoons, arms makers and authoritarian regimes operating in the shadow economy.
Secret files reveal Rajapaksa ruling family member and husband used secret companies to stash riches around the world.
Wealth advisers in Switzerland and the Caribbean sought to protect the identity of a client they referred to as “you know who,” leaked files show.
Leaked documents reveal Konstantin Ernst’s secret stake in massive, state-funded privatization deal.
Leak shows a key ally tried to bypass tax authorities and political and military elites bought luxury apartments and set up shell companies.
The Kenyatta family has ruled one of Africa’s largest economies for decades. But to the Swiss advisers who helped them funnel wealth into tax havens, they were 'Client 13173'.
The government created an “atmosphere of impunity” and failed to protect Galizia from threats over her writing on political corruption and organized crime, the inquiry said.
The global exposé by ICIJ and BuzzFeed News revealed how a broken U.S.-led enforcement system allows banks to continue to profit from moving trillions in dirty money.
ICIJ partners who exposed major financial crimes are eager to see whether new measures in the country are more than cosmetic changes to gain the international community’s approval.
In a first-of-its-kind General Assembly meeting, world leadership and stakeholders shared different ideas for anti-corruption measures critical to post-pandemic economic recovery.
ICIJ’s massive cross-border investigation remains an influence — and a catchphrase — in politics, business, academia and pop culture, half a decade on.
A new book explores a multibillion-dollar money laundering conspiracy by gold traders and the human side of the illegal mining economy.
Dan Gertler was first frozen out of the U.S. financial system in 2017 after Paradise Papers exposed how he helped secure lucrative mining rights for commodities giant Glencore.
The WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award recognized five anti-corruption champions from around the world in its shortlist for the 2021 prize.
Maria Ressa, founder of the news outlet Rappler, could face six years in prison after being convicted of cyber libel for her reporting on President Rodrigo Duterte. A new video series chronicles the organization’s work.
Reporters who uncover corruption often face intimidation that’s invisible to the public, the Foreign Policy Centre found in its new report, “Unsafe for Scrutiny.”
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime recommends strengthening reporting of beneficial ownership information across the region to stop dirty money flows.
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