Dec 04, 2025
Frequently asked questions about the Damascus Dossier investigation
Is the Damascus Dossier based on leaked documents? What are ICIJ’s most significant findings? These questions and more, answered.
Investigative reporting
Nov 26, 2025
Undercover crypto transactions, shady multimillion-dollar schemes, and more Coin Laundry stories from ICIJ’s partners
To investigate the global crypto industry, ICIJ’s media partners stepped inside a shadow economy awash with dirty money.
Nov 06, 2025
AR-15 ammunition at a crime scene? Good odds this US Army plant made it.
Popular AR-15 ammunition made at an Army-owned facility was far more likely than any other to turn up in a government database tracking evidence from gun crimes, new data shows.
Oct 11, 2025
Arab states deepened military ties with Israel while denouncing Gaza war, leak reveals
Israeli and Arab military officials have come together for meetings and trainings, facilitated by U.S. Central Command, on regional threats, Iran and underground tunnels.
Jul 23, 2025
‘Power is exercised arbitrarily’: Lessons from a reporter’s arrest in Equatorial Guinea
An ICIJ reporter tried to capture the "opulence and neglect" inside a tiny African state that had squandered its oil riches — and experienced the dangers of reporting in a country with no free press.
Jun 25, 2025
At least 40 journalists have fled El Salvador, fearing imprisonment
The country’s press association said reporters have been forced to leave the Central American country amid the government’s crackdown on dissent.
Jun 10, 2025
WATCH: Inside China Targets — a live panel with ICIJ reporters
ICIJ reporters went behind the scenes of the China Targets investigation and took questions from our readers during a virtual event.
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.
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.
Sep 23, 2024
In Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, bucolic landscapes belie a darker underbelly
Behind the scenes of ICIJ’s Swazi Secrets investigation, reporters encountered smiling citizens, gun-toting security, and a simmering undercurrent of fear and mystery.
May 07, 2024
Adult webcam platform paid $2.6m into controversial influencer Tristan Tate’s bank account, leaked documents show
ICIJ found Paxum Bank, favored by the porn industry, processed Tate’s transactions until shortly before he and his brother Andrew Tate were charged with rape and human trafficking.
Jan 26, 2024
‘Their lives would be in danger’: Surge of violence in Ecuador threatens accountability journalism
ICIJ spoke with member Paúl Mena Mena about his concerns that the worsening security crisis could silence Ecuadorian journalists.
Oct 10, 2023
Frequently asked questions about the Trafficking Inc. investigation
What sort of trafficking does this investigation cover? Are there any leaked files? How can I send ICIJ tips? These questions and more, answered.
Oct 10, 2023
About the Trafficking Inc. investigation
An ICIJ investigation examines networks of companies, people and business practices that draw profit from cross-border labor trafficking and sex trafficking.
Oct 10, 2023
Workers at Amazon warehouses in Saudi Arabia claim they were deceived, exploited, trapped
The accounts of dozens of workers reveal how major American corporations profit, directly or indirectly, from employment practices that may amount to labor trafficking.
Aug 18, 2023
Crece preocupación por la libertad de prensa en Ecuador tras asesinato de candidato presidencial
Periodistas ecuatorianos se preparan para la primera vuelta de una elección presidencial marcada por la violencia mientras lamentan la muerte de su ex colega Fernando Villavicencio.
Aug 18, 2023
Concerns about press freedom grow in Ecuador after presidential candidate is assassinated
Ecuadorian journalists brace for the first round of a presidential election marred by violence while mourning the death of former colleague Fernando Villavicencio.
Jun 27, 2023
Philippine lenders and labor agents fleece workers seeking overseas jobs, interviews and confidential documents show
Domestic workers hoping to improve their lives overseas risk exploitation and abuse. Many end up burdened with crippling debts owed to recruiters, go-betweens and traffickers.
Jun 12, 2023
How torture, deception and inaction underpin the UAE’s thriving sex trafficking industry
An underground network of suspected sex traffickers has taken refuge in the wealthy Gulf nation. The U.S. State Department says efforts to identify and protect victims have fallen short.
May 03, 2023
‘It’s a poisonous cocktail’: How legal threats are being leveraged against journalists in Panama
On World Press Freedom Day, investigative reporter Mary Triny Zea reflects on restrictions to journalism around the world after Panama’s transparency office fines another media outlet.
Mar 22, 2023
Housing crisis used to coerce trafficked workers in Massachusetts, new investigation finds
In a new Trafficking Inc. story, GBH News reveals how workers are trapped in low-paying jobs for fear of being evicted from housing provided by their employer.
Mar 02, 2023
Western firms certified as socially responsible trade in Myanmar teak linked to the military regime
Records show how environmental certification firms and middlemen legitimize deals that start with Myanmar’s brutal junta and end as yacht decks.
Mar 01, 2023
Environmental auditors approve green labels for products linked to deforestation and authoritarian regimes
A new ICIJ-led cross-border investigation exposes how a lightly regulated sustainability industry overlooks forest destruction and human rights violations when granting environmental certifications.
Jan 11, 2023
From court records to military archives, document dive revealed the world’s Shadow Diplomats
Nine documents illustrate how journalists obtained records to build the first comprehensive account of global wrongdoing by volunteer diplomats known as honorary consuls.
Dec 21, 2022
How 2022 turned into one of ICIJ’s biggest years for investigations and impact
Over the last 12 months, the newsroom behind the world’s biggest journalism collaborations put out more deep-dive global exposés than ever before.