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.
Offshore finance
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Jun 10, 2021
After NepaLeaks sparks anti-corruption reform, ‘weak’ data transparency still a hurdle for reporters
ICIJ partners who exposed major financial crimes are eager to see whether new measures in the country are more than cosmetic changes to gain the international community’s approval.
Jun 01, 2021
How the world’s richest defend their wealth, with help from a dedicated industry
Author and scholar Chuck Collins offers an insider's account of the ‘wealth defense industry’ and the inequality it perpetuates in his new book, “The Wealth Hoarders.”
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 01, 2021
Multinationals shifted $1 trillion offshore, stripping countries of billions in tax revenues, study says
The new analysis is based on corporation data first released in 2020 as part of an OECD-coordinated effort to tackle tax avoidance worldwide.
Apr 01, 2021
Five ways Biden could crack down on dirty money and financial secrecy
Riding a wave of anti-money laundering momentum, will the U.S. president from Delaware deliver on his pledges to tackle tax havens and make the wealthy pay more?
Mar 10, 2021
Wealthy countries that set global tax rules are biggest enablers of corporate tax abuse, report finds
Tax Justice Network ranks OECD members and British overseas territories highest in its 2021 corporate tax haven index, advocating for the UN to set standards instead.
Feb 26, 2021
Global response needed to stop rampant tax abuse costing governments trillions, UN panel says
World leaders voiced support for the FACTI panel’s ambitious plan, while others raised concerns about implementing regulations around lawyers and ownership data.
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.
Dec 08, 2020
Muslim Brotherhood suspect and Saudi billionaire linked to same offshore companies, Austrian report says
Paradise Papers revealed the suspected radical, a Viennese entrepreneur, was listed as the director of shell companies in the British Virgin Islands, Malta, and the Bahamas.
Nov 20, 2020
Global tax system ‘programmed to fail,’ says new report on revenue losses
The Tax Justice Network provides country-by-country estimates of losses due to tax abuse and tax evasion by wealthy corporations and individuals.
Nov 05, 2020
Paradise Papers pulp giant faces profit-shifting accusations
APRIL may have misclassified exports to reduce its tax bill in Indonesia, a new report by the Tax Justice Forum says.
Oct 21, 2020
Germany seeks arrest of Panama Papers lawyers
Prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for Jürgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca, the founders of the law firm at the heart of a global investigation on the rogue offshore industry.
Oct 20, 2020
Controversial shell-company ‘factories’ seek a role cleaning up UK’s reputation
It would ‘put the fox in charge of the henhouse’, anti-money-laundering experts warn, after FinCEN Files identified thousands of U.K. shell companies linked to suspicious transactions.
Oct 19, 2020
6 money laundering reforms that experts say need to happen right now
Failures exposed by the FinCEN Files investigation require urgent intervention, regulators, experts and politicians say.
Oct 12, 2020
Notorious tax haven British Virgin Islands to introduce public register of company owners
The territory’s secrecy rules have long attracted criminals and secretive companies created there have featured in several ICIJ investigations on offshore finance.
Oct 06, 2020
A roundup of FinCEN Files reporting from Europe
European banks and shell companies play a key role in global money laundering.
Sep 29, 2020
A roundup of FinCEN Files reporting from North America
ICIJ partners investigated 'ghost' companies in Canada, Russian mirror trades, North Korean money moving through major U.S. banks, Miami’s role in global money laundering, and more.
Sep 25, 2020
Global tax abuses, money laundering and corruption take heaviest toll on the world’s poor, UN report says
The FACTI panel cited ICIJ investigations for bringing financial crimes and tax justice to the world’s attention, but says reform has been slow to come when wrongdoing is exposed.
Sep 09, 2020
Anguilla, popular Panama Papers tax haven, slips in transparency ranking, new report says
The island territory failed to comply with standards on how countries share information about people and companies suspected of financial wrongdoing, the OECD found.
Jun 29, 2020
Campaigners slam ‘toothless’ COVID-19 bailout bans on tax haven companies
Critics say attempts to stop companies with tax haven links from getting emergency state aid are bland and doomed to fail.
May 11, 2020
‘Everyone is doing badly’, anti-money laundering czar warns
The man in charge of stopping criminals from laundering money has a scathing report of the world’s progress.
Apr 07, 2020
Crumbling economies must tackle tax evasion to meet coronavirus crisis, experts warn
With governments racked by colossal costs due to the coronavirus pandemic, experts say tax evasion is cast in a stark new light.
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