Browse the ICIJ’s complete collection of articles and commentary on the FinCEN Files investigation.
On the first anniversary of the publication of the FinCEN Files, we go behind the scenes with ICIJ member Moussa Aksar, whose reporting on a military procurement scheme in Niger uncovered one of the biggest corruption scandals in the country.
The global investigation on how trillions in dirty money flows through major banks has been widely credited for key anti-money laundering reforms currently being implemented in the U.S.
Based on a review of more than 100 money-laundering cases, a new study finds that the U.S. has become a preferred destination for those looking to stash illicit funds through property.
ICIJ's editors share reflections from behind the scenes of two award-winning investigations.
A leaked European Commission draft indicates urgency to harmonize the bloc’s rules to tackle failings that have made the region a center for financial crime.
Years of complex exposés on the offshore financial system has bred a global army of journalists who know the right questions to ask to investigate dirty money, tax dodging and suspicious transactions.
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.
Former US Treasury official Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards disclosed financial intelligence documents to BuzzFeed News.
ICIJ member Moussa Aksar was fined more than $2,100 following a complaint by one of the subjects of his investigation into a military procurement scandal.
On the fifth anniversary of the Panama Papers’ launch, experts say there’s been progress in the fight against dirty money — but much more is needed.
Riding a wave of anti-money laundering momentum, will the U.S. president from Delaware deliver on his pledges to tackle tax havens and make the wealthy pay more?
A new book explores a multibillion-dollar money laundering conspiracy by gold traders and the human side of the illegal mining economy.
The State Department bars Ihor Kolomoisky, saying he ‘undermined the rule of law’ in Ukraine.
A tech-driven ‘Manhattan Project’ at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is among significant reforms recommended by an anti-money-laundering group.
Seeking to seize the momentum of Joe Biden's first days in office, a global anti-corruption activist group are pushing to have the U.S. expand anti-money-laundering reforms.
Combining public data with leaked FinCEN reports, ICIJ’s data team plotted a matrix of shadowy straw men who filed false accounts worth more than $4.5 billion.
ICIJ and the Global Alliance for Tax Justice among nominees that also include Committee to Protect Journalists, Russian dissident Alexei Navalny and climate activist Greta Thunberg.
The territory, whose shell companies have repeatedly played a role in notorious global crime schemes, also may be blacklisted by the EU after the Brexit deal.
Publisher Moussa Aksar was targeted as his reporting on millions in disappearing defense spending was submitted in a request to force a government inquiry.
The landmark legislation contains several loopholes, exemptions and shortcomings that may become key vulnerabilities in the fight against corruption and financial secrecy, advocates say.
Each Confidential Client profile amounts to only a few hundred words, but the huge data lift involved was emblematic of the entire FinCEN Files investigation.
To resolve an investigation into a foreign bribery scheme, the German lender entered a deferred prosecution agreement — a common way for big banks to avoid criminal charges.
Danish reporter Eva Jung uncovered Denmark’s biggest money laundering scandal, and brought that expertise to bear on our most recent investigation, the FinCEN Files.
After ICIJ and BuzzFeed News published a joint investigation, officials across the globe began to take action to thwart criminals and illicit financial activity.
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