Jun 19, 2025
Inside China Targets: The data footprints of China’s transnational repression
How ICIJ’s data-driven methodology underpins our investigation that exposed China’s global repression campaign.
Data journalism
Latest examples of data journalism and interactive digital storytelling from the ICIJ.
May 14, 2025
How we use machine learning to find passports and unlock one key to offshore secrecy
Passports are often a critical part of the jigsaw for investigative reporters digging into offshore companies, so ICIJ partnered with artificial intelligence experts to build a detection tool.
Jan 14, 2025
Explore the latest tool to power up investigations via the Offshore Leaks database
Users can now match their own data — including names and addresses — with more than 810,000 offshore entities uncovered in ICIJ’s leaks.
Oct 11, 2024
Chilean authorities expect to recoup more than $1.5B after ICIJ investigations, government data reveals
An analysis by CIPER Chile and LaBot found the bulk of the unpaid taxes the treasury intends to claw back are likely linked to an ongoing Paradise Papers-related case against Swiss mining giant Glencore.
May 14, 2024
Defying Angola and Interpol, Isabel dos Santos entrenches herself on Dubai waterfront
The eldest daughter of Angola’s former autocrat has found cover in the United Arab Emirates, where she, her mother and a business associate are linked to multiple properties, Dubai Unlocked reveals.
Apr 30, 2024
From Chiapas to Tamaulipas, new database maps thousands of migrants’ dangerous journeys through Mexico in trailer trucks
Data journalists reviewed public records, news coverage and reports by an advocacy group to create a database spanning six years that gives a glimpse into the pattern of deadly smuggling.
Feb 07, 2024
Datashare’s new plug-in helps investigative journalists connect the dots with graphs
The latest update to ICIJ’s flagship research platform adds Neo4j’s graph-building power to quickly link people and corporate entities.
Dec 30, 2023
News outlets join forces to create AI charter
A new set of guidelines was developed by a coalition of 17 organizations, including ICIJ.
Dec 21, 2023
A breast implant illness survivor’s journey from patient to healthcare provider
After testimonies by Julie Elliott and other patient advocates last month, Canadian officials recommended health regulators create a breast implant registry “as soon as possible.”
Dec 14, 2023
How reporting on the medical device industry has changed, five years after Implant Files
ICIJ member Jet Schouten kicked off the 2018 project with her reporting on lax regulation in the Netherlands. Since then, reporting on medical devices has only become more difficult.
Nov 14, 2023
Confidential Clients
Cyprus Confidential reveals the indispensable role the Mediterranean island plays in helping oligarchs move and hide their wealth.
Nov 14, 2023
Inside Cyprus Confidential: The data-driven journalism that helped expose an island under Russian influence
From company structure charts to detailed email exchanges and more, ICIJ’s data and research unit analyzed millions of documents to uncover Cyprus’ financial secrets.
Nov 14, 2023
Cyprus Confidential firms
At the heart of the Cyprus Confidential investigation are 3.6 million leaked files including from six financial service providers based on the island.
Oct 03, 2023
‘We wouldn’t have been able to do Pandora Papers without it’: The powerful platform behind ICIJ’s biggest investigations
Technology is the engine that powers the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, but our reporters aren’t the only ones using the innovative data tools the organization created.
Aug 03, 2023
ICIJ joins global initiative to set AI guidelines for journalists
ICIJ executive director Gerard Ryle, journalist Maria Ressa and other industry leaders have pledged to work together to develop a set of principles, rights and obligations regarding the use of AI-based systems.
Apr 19, 2023
How we used data to expose flaws in hundreds of green claims by forest products companies
As part of Deforestation Inc., ICIJ reviewed thousands of pages, including reports by environmental organizations, human rights groups and local authorities, court records, green certificates databases, trade data and audit reports.
Apr 03, 2023
Ten years of exposing the financial secrets of some of the world’s most powerful people
On the 10th anniversary of ICIJ's Offshore Leaks investigation, director Gerard Ryle traces a path from the original tax haven exposé through to the Panama Papers, Pandora Papers and beyond.
Mar 02, 2023
Western firms certified as socially responsible trade in Myanmar teak linked to the military regime
Records show how environmental certification firms and middlemen legitimize deals that start with Myanmar’s brutal junta and end as yacht decks.
Mar 01, 2023
About the Deforestation Inc. investigation
Deforestation Inc. is an investigation organized and led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in collaboration with 43 media partners.
Feb 08, 2023
How to take your Offshore Leaks Database searches to the next level
Searching the Offshore Leaks Database is just the first step when it comes to uncovering the secrets of tax havens and offshore finance. Watch how to take your searches to the next stage in this video tutorial.
Jan 11, 2023
From court records to military archives, document dive revealed the world’s Shadow Diplomats
Nine documents illustrate how journalists obtained records to build the first comprehensive account of global wrongdoing by volunteer diplomats known as honorary consuls.
Dec 21, 2022
How a global data dive uncovered hundreds of honorary consuls linked to crimes or scandals
ICIJ spent months requesting, collating and analyzing data on honorary consuls from all around the world, reviewing hundreds who were mired in controversy.
Nov 14, 2022
How can I find out more about honorary consuls from my country?
ICIJ analyzed the level of transparency provided by countries about honorary consuls residing in their territory, and the honorary consuls that are representing their countries abroad.
Oct 03, 2022
How to refine your searches on the Offshore Leaks Database
Learn how to use more advanced search techniques and how to understand search results in this second video tutorial on how to make the most of ICIJ's Offshore Leaks Database.
Sep 27, 2022
How we unearthed Uber’s controversial playbook from a cache of employee communications
ICIJ’s data team explains what it took to extract bombshell findings from a leak of personal emails, text messages, calendar items and more from the rising tech giant.