Sep 03, 2021
German state-owned bank fined for Angolan loan exposed in Luanda Leaks
KfW-Ipex-Bank, an import-export bank, had loaned more than $55 million through an Angolan bank to a brewery controlled by Isabel dos Santos.
Impact
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In response to ICIJ’s work, criminal investigations have been opened, faulty products recalled, leaders have resigned, and millions of dollars have been recouped by governments across the world. Read here how the world has responded.
Aug 02, 2021
Isabel dos Santos ordered to return to Angola $500 million in shares ‘tainted by illegality’
An international tribunal ruled that the billionaire and her late husband corruptly obtained a lucrative stake from the state oil company Sonangol.
Jul 23, 2021
Lessons from award-winning FinCEN Files and Luanda Leaks investigations
ICIJ's editors share reflections from behind the scenes of two award-winning investigations.
Jul 16, 2021
EU to propose watchdog to tackle anti-money laundering failures exposed by FinCEN Files
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.
Jul 15, 2021
As global pressure over human rights abuses in Xinjiang picks up, China remains defiant
Diplomatic measures, sanctions, targeting forced labor, calls for investigations and a 2022 Olympics boycott, and other efforts to stop Beijing’s campaign against Uyghurs appear to have little effect.
Jul 08, 2021
On the decline since Panama Papers, Malta punished for dirty money reputation
The tax haven is the first European Union member to be greylisted by the Financial Action Task Force, a move that ICIJ member Jacob Borg says has been a long time coming.
Jun 28, 2021
Dutch court sides with report calling dos Santos-linked energy deal an ‘act of corruption’
Dos Santos partnership with Angolan state oil company ‘null and void,’ court-appointed director says, following an inquiry prompted by ICIJ’s Luanda Leaks.
Jun 21, 2021
Facing global pressure, UAE to begin fining violators of new corporate transparency rules
Advocates question whether the country’s new rules for reporting companies’ beneficial ownership are enough to crack down on money laundering.
Jun 11, 2021
FinCEN Files investigation named Pulitzer Prize finalist
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.
Apr 13, 2021
Behind the scenes of the Panama Papers story that brought down Iceland’s PM
In this special fifth Panama Papers anniversary edition of Meet the Investigators, Iceland's Jóhannes Kristjansson relives an infamous TV interview and shares insights on telling stories from the heart.
Apr 13, 2021
Cyprus, Ghana and Kenya join growing list of countries to create beneficial ownership registries
The Panama Papers scandal helped create a “snowball effect” of international awareness on how anonymous corporate vehicles can enable tax evasion, corruption, and crime, advocates say.
Apr 06, 2021
Panama Papers revenue recovery reaches $1.36 billion as investigations continue
Five years after the Panama Papers were first published, authorities are still clawing back lost tax dollars and prosecuting wrongdoers exposed by the global investigation.
Apr 03, 2021
Five years later, Panama Papers still having a big impact
ICIJ’s massive cross-border investigation remains an influence — and a catchphrase — in politics, business, academia and pop culture, half a decade on.
Apr 03, 2021
The fight against offshore crime will be a long campaign
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.
Apr 03, 2021
From front pages to prison time: Behind the scenes of a Panama Papers criminal case
How prosecutors patiently launched criminal probes into American tax evaders and their lawyers — and why we may not have seen the last of the Panama Papers investigations.
Mar 22, 2021
EU, US, Canada, and UK sanction Chinese officials for human rights violations in Xinjiang
The rare, coordinated effort has triggered a strong reaction from China, which retaliated with tit-for-tat sanctions against European politicians and scholars.
Mar 10, 2021
US sanctions mining magnate accused of corruption in the Congo, reversing Trump-era move
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.
Mar 05, 2021
US sanctions Ukrainian oligarch featured in FinCEN Files investigation
The State Department bars Ihor Kolomoisky, saying he ‘undermined the rule of law’ in Ukraine.
Mar 05, 2021
Secret guilty plea revealed in US Panama Papers criminal probe
Joachim Alexander von der Goltz repaid the U.S. government more than $230,000 after admitting to financial crimes revealed by the ICIJ investigation.
Mar 03, 2021
Isabel dos Santos’ Maltese consulting firm served with $230,000 tax bill
The Angolan billionaire’s company had “no intention” to carry out economic activity in Malta, the island nation's authorities said.
Mar 01, 2021
Major reforms needed at ‘struggling’ US agency that leads dirty money fight, report says
A tech-driven ‘Manhattan Project’ at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is among significant reforms recommended by an anti-money-laundering group.
Feb 25, 2021
Lawyers, accountants and other professionals play key role in cross-border financial crime, OECD warns in new report
The forum of wealthy nations urges countries to target and disrupt ‘enablers’ of tax evasion, money laundering and other illicit finance.
Feb 10, 2021
Angola asks Dutch court to seize Isabel dos Santos-linked stake in energy firm
The acquisition was bankrolled by state oil company Sonangol, whose lawyers now allege that the deal enriched Angola’s former ruling family at the expense of the country.
Feb 01, 2021
ICIJ nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for combating dark money flows
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.
Feb 01, 2021
Australian officials seek AU$32 million from couple flagged by Panama Papers
The Australian Tax Office obtained an order freezing 11 bank accounts and preventing the sale of three Sydney homes to stop the pair from scattering their wealth beyond authorities’ reach.
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