May 30, 2025
ICIJ’s Caspian Cabals investigation wins prestigious TRACE Prize
The international award honors investigative journalism that shines a light on corruption, bribery and other illicit financial activity around the world.
Europe
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May 22, 2025
Cyprus misses EU deadline as long-awaited sanctions unit stalls
A package of reforms meant to help the country clamp down on sanctions evasion has repeatedly faltered amid pushback from the legal industry.
May 16, 2025
How a dark reimagining of ‘Dumbo the Elephant’ shaped the business dealings of an Irish drug lord
Decades before Christopher Kinahan Sr. fled to Dubai, he dabbled in prison poetry and prose alongside some of Ireland’s most notorious criminals — including remorseless killer Dessie O'Hare.
Apr 28, 2025
At the U.N., China is deploying a growing army of puppet organizations to monitor and intimidate human rights activists
Beijing-backed “GONGOs” have transformed the Palais des Nations into a hostile environment for critics of President Xi Jinping.
Apr 28, 2025
Inside China’s machinery of repression — and how it crushes dissent around the world
Interviews with more than 100 victims in 23 countries, along with internal government documents, reveal the sinister tactics China uses to silence critics beyond its borders.
Apr 03, 2025
Hundreds of millions more dollars recouped by governments after ICIJ investigations
Nine years after the Panama Papers helped turbocharge authorities’ pursuit of hidden wealth, the global impacts of ICIJ’s offshore investigations are still being felt.
Mar 24, 2025
ICIJ member’s new book explores unexamined but influential WWII spy
Thomas Maier’s latest release, “The Invisible Spy,” revisits the cinematic life of real-life U.S. intelligence officer Ernest Cuneo.
Mar 21, 2025
Trump cuts threaten reporters with return to repressive regimes
Reporters for Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Voice of America grapple with the threat of returning to repressive countries following cuts to the federal agency that oversees their employers.
Mar 13, 2025
Russia’s ghost ships haunt Libya
The Kremlin is using vessels from its “ghost fleet” — hundreds of aging commercial ships with obscured ownership — to send military equipment to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, leaked documents reveal.
Mar 04, 2025
EU sanctions Russian crypto exchange Garantex
The sanctions comes after an ICIJ investigation linked Garantex to actors in the Russian government and criminal organizations.
Feb 13, 2025
Trump pulled the US out of global tax agreements and negotiations. It may backfire.
Advocates say America’s retreat may help the process go more smoothly.
Feb 12, 2025
Foreign aid freeze decimates investigative news outlets internationally
Many affected are the only investigative journalism organizations in poor countries or fragile democracies.
Feb 05, 2025
UK MPs push for probe into Russian billionaire’s possible $1B tax dodge
Leaked documents suggest Roman Abramovich’s companies failed to pay tax on huge profits generated by offshore investments worth $6 billion, ICIJ media partners found.
Jan 24, 2025
Secret shareholders of elite Scottish golf club uncovered in Paradise Papers documents
Scottish investigative outlet The Ferret found billionaires, bankers and sports stars were behind a Cayman Islands firm that owns the picturesque Loch Lomond Golf Club.
Jan 21, 2025
Uncovering a Kazakh oligarch’s Spanish idyll
A reporter and photographers visited Timur Kulibayev’s sprawling Mediterranean coast estate as part of the “Caspian Cabals” project and discovered plush villas, high security and ambivalent neighbors.
Jan 17, 2025
UK anti-corruption minister resigns amid Bangladeshi corruption probe into her family
Tulip Siddiq, whose aunt is Bangladesh’s recently ousted leader, also faced questions over her family’s London properties.
Dec 04, 2024
Caspian Cabals reporting from across the globe
From controversial corporate deals to diplomatic balancing acts in the wake of Russia’s war in Ukraine, media partners uncovered multiple new stories as part of the investigation.
Dec 02, 2024
Dutch yacht maker that built Jeff Bezos’ $500 million superyacht fined for Myanmar teak usage
Prosecutors imposed a hefty fine on the company for violating Europe’s law against illegal timber products, according to ICIJ media partner NRC.
Nov 22, 2024
About the Caspian Cabals investigation
Caspian Cabals exposes how Western companies desperate for new oil reserves catered to Russian power, enriching Putin cronies and Kazakh elites and ignoring corruption risks to keep the oil moving.
Nov 14, 2024
Deloitte held close ties to a now-sanctioned Cyprus firm accused of shielding oligarchs’ wealth, records reveal
Leaked documents show the accounting giant collaborated with the firm and its controversial founder for years — despite publicly downplaying the relationship.
Nov 13, 2024
Critics question the depth of Cyprus’ much-touted reforms to its secretive financial industry
The Cyprus Confidential investigation last year exposed how the island nation’s financial sector aided some of Russia’s wealthiest figures ahead of looming sanctions related to the Ukraine war.
Nov 08, 2024
Scottish authorities will not investigate Emirati Interpol president, police say
On the eve of Interpol’s annual conference, two British nationals filed another torture complaint against Major General Ahmed Naser al-Raisi.
Nov 05, 2024
Ten years on, ‘Lux Leaks’ remains a byword for corporate tax chicanery
In November 2014, ICIJ and dozens of media partners published a groundbreaking exposé of corporate tax avoidance in the heart of Europe. A decade later, the impacts are still being felt.
Oct 23, 2024
French authorities seize $75M of assets tied to Russian businessmen
Eight properties, including villas on the French Riviera, and two luxury cars were seized as part of a money laundering probe into suspect offshore lending companies.
Oct 08, 2024
‘Equivalent to 18 million cars’: Environmental groups warn EU deforestation law delay will fuel the climate crisis
The EU’s executive branch proposed pausing implementation of the new law for one year after critics warned it could hurt farmers’ livelihoods.