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The Pandora Papers exposed the financial secrets of powerful people in more than 100 countries, leading to a worldwide crackdown on tax dodgers, money launderers and the white-collar professionals who enable them.
A new Europol report has found that 70% of criminal enterprises are utilizing money laundering techniques to hide wealth and garner assets, outpacing authorities who are struggling to uncover their crimes.
A new investigation by ICIJ partner The Guardian shows the offshore moves made in an apparent attempt to thwart potential sanctions that may have jeopardized the Russian oligarch’s extraordinary collection of modern art.
Dutch news outlet Follow the Money found more than 50 STAKs, legal structures used to disguise assets and avoid scrutiny, in the Pandora Papers.
A new state bill modeled on the federal Corporate Transparency Act aims to expose company owners and share the information in a publicly searchable database.
The U.N. chief pushed for a bigger say in the international tax agenda and said the group of wealthy countries had ignored the needs of developing nations.
The U.K. continues to lead the so-called “axis of tax avoidance,” which drains an estimated $151 billion from global coffers through corporate profit-shifting, a new report found.
The French star is accused of concealing a hefty donation from a Senegalese businessman and using an offshore company to funnel more than 100,000 euros to an unknown beneficiary.
The agency sent letters to hundreds of people implicated in ICIJ’s 2021 investigation, calling on them to “be honest” about their offshore assets or face consequences.
A new study shows registrations going down and dissolutions going up in Panama
The Russian leader met a former teacher decades later, but new documents support old suspicions about Putin’s influence.
The charges stem from bank accounts linked to Vladimir Putin’s childhood friend Sergei Roldugin, whose web of offshore companies was first revealed in the Panama Papers.
The American Bankers Association’s criticism is the latest setback for the U.S. Treasury as it attempts to set up a company ownership database.
The anti-corruption commission and other government agencies are looking into the offshore assets of a former finance minister and his family, as well as others named in ICIJ’s 2021 investigation.
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Pandora Papers revealed the offshore sale of former President Sebastián Piñera’s family’s stake in the venture, sparking an impeachment bid and criminal investigation against the conservative billionaire.
Negotiations remain ongoing for final adoption of the “Unshell” directive, while tax justice activists say it may be too “weak” to effectively stop tax abuses.
Over the last 12 months, the newsroom behind the world’s biggest journalism collaborations put out more deep-dive global exposés than ever before.
But questions hang over Spain’s allegations that Martin Rodil exploited ties to US officials.
In an interview with ICIJ, XXI editor David Servenay said the magazine aimed to dispel any misconceptions that tax havens are finished — in fact the offshore world is more rich and powerful than ever.
Several countries have suspended public company ownership registries immediately after a court decision that advocates say ‘takes us back years.’
An ICIJ investigation detailed how Swiss businessman Alexander Studhalter was at the center of a vast web of shell companies tied to Kerimov that moved billions via American banks.
A cache of documents reveals how Christopher Kinahan Sr. masqueraded as a relief flight consultant before the bid was put to four high-ranking Egyptian military officers.
After years of stalled efforts, a new draft resolution submitted to the General Assembly calls for a global tax body that could set international tax standards and stamp out corporate tax dodging.
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