Impact
ICIJ has redefined what investigative journalism looks like in the 21st century. We have repeatedly conducted journalistic collaborations so big, so visionary and so aspirational that they are unlike any others in history.
We have led the biggest cross-border journalism projects in history, including the Panama Papers and Pandora Papers. Our investigations have shaken the establishment and led to public protests, multiple arrests, sweeping legal reforms, and official inquiries in dozens of countries.
Oct 28, 2025
Dartmouth researchers use ICIJ database to show how the ultrawealthy exploit the offshore world
ICIJ spoke to author Herbert Chang about the study, which found that elites in both democratic and authoritarian countries are well-versed in financial secrecy tactics.
Oct 15, 2025
New UN report highlights China’s alleged targeting of human rights activists
The report, which recounts recent reprisals from two dozen countries, underscores ICIJ’s reporting on how Beijing abuses international institutions in its campaign to silence critics abroad.
Sep 17, 2025
FinCEN plans to delete data on U.S. companies from beneficial ownership database
Five years after ICIJ published the FinCEN Files, the Trump administration has walked back significant anti-money laundering rules.
Sep 12, 2025
Chelsea FC faces over six dozen charges for improper conduct under Abramovich’s ownership
The Football Association announced it is investigating payments routed through offshore companies that were uncovered as part of ICIJ’s Cyprus Confidential investigation.
Sep 10, 2025
New TV series highlights ICIJ reporting on disgraced Legion of Christ priest
Documents from the Paradise and Pandora Papers leaks showed the "full extent" of the hidden financial schemes set up by Marcial Maciel, a priest found to have molested at least 60 children.
Jul 31, 2025
‘Justice was not served’: Human trafficker identified in ICIJ’s Trafficking Inc. sentenced in Nigeria
A survivor who testified in the case slammed the sentence — a choice between prison or paying a fine — which Nigeria’s anti-trafficking agency intends to appeal.
Jul 28, 2025
Portugal launches probe into construction giant’s dealings with Equatorial Guinea’s vice president
The president’s son, known as Teodorin, has repeatedly caught the attention of international authorities, including in France where a messy legal battle is underway after French authorities seized his luxury Parisian apartment block.
Jul 14, 2025
Cyprus greenlights sanctions unit following ICIJ investigation into financial services sector
The new unit could help the Mediterranean island shake its reputation as a “weak link” in the European Union’s financial system.
Jul 11, 2025
Former Real Madrid manager mentioned in Pandora Papers receives suspended jail term in tax fraud case
Spanish courts hit Carlo Ancelotti, now head coach of Brazil, with a one-year suspended prison term and a fine.
Jun 23, 2025
China uses dissidents-turned-spies to infiltrate overseas activist groups, as authorities flounder
Last week in Canada, world leaders jointly condemned transnational repression as a threat to sovereignty. But at home, many are unprepared to deal with China’s far-reaching intimidation of its dissident diaspora, ICIJ’s China Targets investigation has found.
Jun 10, 2025
Cyprus unable to claw back $15M in unpaid taxes from oligarch’s superyacht charter company
Tax officials said it was “not possible” to recover the debt from an alleged tax-dodging scheme involving billionaire Roman Abramovich's luxury superyachts because the company was shuttered a year ago.
Jun 03, 2025
Canadian lawmakers urge action against transnational repression in wake of China Targets probe
Members of Parliament have called on the newly elected government to enforce a law against transnational repression following reports of Chinese authorities targeting Canadian residents.
May 02, 2025
Officials respond as China Targets highlights Beijing’s tactics to silence dissent across continents
ICIJ’s partners found dozens of cases where critics of the Chinese government were tracked down and targeted in countries from Belgium to Korea and beyond.
Apr 16, 2025
Peru’s former president and wife sentenced to 15 years in prison for Odebrecht-linked money laundering scheme
Ollanta Humala was found guilty of laundering illicit funds from the troubled Brazilian construction company for his electoral campaigns.
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 26, 2025
Seychelles offshore services provider highlighted in the Pandora Papers shuts down operations
The country’s Financial Services Authority has revoked the licenses of Alpha Consulting after a Finance Uncovered investigation into the provider’s business of creating anonymous U.K. shell companies.
Mar 18, 2025
‘No matter the obstacles’: ICIJ’s 2024 Annual Report shows how journalists tracked power and exposed corruption
Investigations into Kazakh oil, Swazi financial networks and IRS weaknesses drove change in a year marked by volatility.
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.
Jan 10, 2025
US court grants IRS request to probe clients of offshore finance giant
Trident Trust was at the center of ICIJ’s Pandora Papers investigation exposing the offshore holdings of some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people.
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 25, 2024
UK sanctions Angola’s Isabel dos Santos and associates for ‘stealing country’s wealth for personal gain’
The British government’s decision follows a series of criminal charges and asset freezes brought by multiple governments against the daughter of Angola’s former president following ICIJ’s 2020 Luanda Leaks investigation.
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 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 15, 2024
Police operation targeting Brazil’s largest criminal organization uncovers Panama Papers link
A police report obtained by ICIJ partner Agência Pública claims an offshore company created by Mossack Fonseca in 2012 is part of a cluster of firms that allegedly laundered money from drug trafficking.
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.