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Dec 01, 2020
Your gift goes global with ICIJ during NewsMatch
Thanks to NewsMatch, donations to ICIJ will be doubled through the end of the year, and will support the world’s best network of reporters.
Nov 12, 2020
FinCEN Files wins investigation of the year in Argentina
In the first major global award for the investigation, judges highlighted the “rigorous cross-border work” done by the Argentinian team.
Nov 02, 2020
Threats, violence, trolling, and frivolous lawsuits used to silence journalists investigating financial crimes, survey finds
Reporters who uncover corruption often face intimidation that’s invisible to the public, the Foreign Policy Centre found in its new report, “Unsafe for Scrutiny.”
Oct 20, 2020
Implant Files reporters win partial release of medical device information in France
The ruling excluded information on the grounds of protecting trade secrets as Le Monde journalists continue to call for press freedom.
Oct 05, 2020
‘Bottle of Lies’ author Katherine Eban on investigating Big Pharma
The bestselling writer discusses how she followed the story of fraud in generic drug manufacturing around the world in an interview with ICIJ.
Sep 20, 2020
Watch: How banks move dirty money around the world
The FinCEN Files investigation reveals the role of global banks in industrial-scale money laundering.
Sep 14, 2020
New cases against Pakistani journalists stoke media crackdown concerns days after PM boasts of free press
Since Imran Khan became prime minister, the military’s influence on the government has grown as has the administration’s aversion to criticism, advocates and Pakistani reporters say.
Jun 11, 2020
China Cables wins top SPJ prize
ICIJ's China Cables investigation was awarded top honors at the Society of Professional Journalists’ Dateline Awards in Washington, D.C.
May 13, 2020
Reporting from the eye of Ecuador’s misinformation storm
Stories by investigative journalist Arturo Torres and his team at Código Vidrio have inspired a national campaign against misinformation in Ecuador.
Apr 16, 2020
‘I knocked at the door of the minister and he confessed’ — recollections of a veteran investigator
Micael Pereira is a senior staff writer at the leading Portuguese newspaper who worked on Luanda Leaks and many other ICIJ projects.
Mar 30, 2020
‘Navigating underwater’: Data journalism and press freedom in Bolivia
Nelfi Fernandez Reyes talks about reporting while democracy is under assault.
Mar 24, 2020
Investigating the coronavirus: Who is cashing in?
There’s never been a major crisis that someone hasn’t seen as an opportunity to make a lot of money.
Mar 17, 2020
‘Involved and powerless’: Reporting from Italy on COVID-19
Italian journalists living in a high-risk zone adapt to quarantine and keep reporting on the outbreak.
Mar 17, 2020
Investigating COVID-19: Virus testing in the US
Are you a government or health official, medical worker or someone else with a Coronavirus story to tell? Share your story with us.
Feb 18, 2020
Luanda Leaks: How collaboration helped connect the dots
Project manager Fergus Shiel reveals how ICIJ came to possess the 700,000 Luanda Leaks files – and how the collaboration of 36 media partners came together.
Feb 05, 2020
‘It was personal’ – Covering the murder of a fellow reporter
ICIJ member and Guardian reporter Juliette Garside talks about reporting on the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia and working on investigations like China Cables.
Feb 04, 2020
Reporting beyond the Luanda Leaks documents
A cross-border reporting "army" knocked on doors in Europe, visited hidden retailers in Sardinia, traveled to the Brazilian Amazon, and the French Riviera.
Feb 03, 2020
How we mined more than 715,000 Luanda Leaks records
Luanda Leaks was a trove of more than 175,000 emails – so how do we go about tackling such a massive dataset? And how can we be sure we haven’t missed major stories?
Feb 03, 2020
How we mined more than 715,000 Luanda Leaks records
Luanda Leaks was a trove of more than 175,000 emails – so how do we go about tackling such a massive dataset? And how can we be sure we haven’t missed major stories?
Jan 27, 2020
Luanda Leaks reveals thousands forced at gunpoint from fishing community at site of dos Santos project
Residents driven from urban beach now live in wretched conditions by open sewers.
Jan 19, 2020
How Africa’s richest woman exploited family ties, shell companies and inside deals to build an empire
Isabel dos Santos made a fortune at the expense of the Angolan people, Luanda Leaks reveals.
Jan 19, 2020
Western advisers helped an autocrat’s daughter amass and shield a fortune
Isabel dos Santos created a shell empire to move tainted billions — lawyers, accountants and consultants made it possible.
Jan 19, 2020
Read the Luanda Leaks documents
We’ve published emails, contracts, organizational charts, meeting videos, loan agreements and more from our investigation into Isabel dos Santos.
Jan 19, 2020
‘I couldn’t do it alone’: Collaborating on Luanda Leaks
We speak with three investigative reporters who worked on Luanda Leaks about the importance of collaboration on this global story.
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