Aug 07, 2026
The $200 billion company you can’t look inside
Its USDT crypto token underpins a trillion-dollar market, but cryptocurrency giant Tether won’t answer questions about its ownership.
Offshore secrecy
Browse the ICIJ’s complete collection of articles and commentary on offshore secrecy.
Jul 17, 2026
Swedbank fined $50 million by New York authorities over Panama Papers revelations
The Swedish bank and its New York subsidiary agreed to the penalty to settle final U.S. probe tied to money laundering case, officials say.
Jul 17, 2026
How offshore firms helped a mafia-linked Italian druglord hide a $230m fortune
Leaked Pandora Papers records reveal that Giacomo Tamburello and his family, now facing prosecution, accumulated gold bars, luxury real estate and a $89 million stake in a bank with the help of unscrupulous financiers and lawyers.
Apr 06, 2026
Judge orders Nazi-looted Modigliani linked to Panama Papers be returned to heirs
The estate of a Jewish art dealer has won a decade-long court battle over a $25 million painting whose ownership was exposed by secret financial documents obtained by ICIJ and its media partners.
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.
Aug 08, 2025
New US bill aims to clamp down on money laundering through art holdings
The proposed Art Market Integrity Act would subject art brokers to the same BSA reporting requirements as antiquities dealers, banks and other financial institutions.
Jul 18, 2025
Landmark cryptocurrency legislation passes US House, to be signed into law by President Trump
Congress advances a series of crypto bills aimed at creating regulatory frameworks while critics warn of financial risks, citing gaps in provisions to combat cross-border dirty money flows.
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.
May 23, 2025
How a Pentagon contractor built a global empire — and a massive tax evasion scheme
Douglas Edelman rose from owning a bar in Kyrgyzstan to winning $7 billion in defense contracts, only to plead guilty this week to hiding his fortune from U.S. tax authorities.
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 05, 2025
Drug kingpin Daniel Kinahan was paid millions ‘under the table’ to be boxing promoter’s exclusive agent, court complaint alleges
Self-styled fight fixer alleges leading promoter Top Rank also rewarded Kinahan for personally guaranteeing world champion Tyson Fury’s fees.
Mar 05, 2025
Treasury Department won’t enforce beneficial ownership rule under the Corporate Transparency Act
The rule, which was held up in court for the last few months, would require foreign and domestic companies to disclose their true owners.
Mar 04, 2025
Millions in Covid relief funds went to shadowy companies registered at a Wyoming storefront that hundreds of thousands of firms used as an address
The least-populated U.S. state has attracted secretive company formations, fraud indictments and questionable fortunes from around the world.
Jan 28, 2025
US company database remains on hold, despite Supreme Court decision
Treasury had to issue a note clarifying that, despite a court victory last week, another legal challenge continued to block progress on a key corporate transparency reform.
Jan 24, 2025
Secret shareholders of elite Scottish golf club uncovered in Paradise Papers documents
Scottish investigative outlet The Ferret found billionaires, bankers and sports stars were behind a Cayman Islands firm that owns the picturesque Loch Lomond Golf Club.
Jan 17, 2025
UK anti-corruption minister resigns amid Bangladeshi corruption probe into her family
Tulip Siddiq, whose aunt is Bangladesh’s recently ousted leader, also faced questions over her family’s London properties.
Dec 03, 2024
With sharp rise in incorporations, Wyoming cements reputation as US secrecy haven
New data shows that company registrations in the Cowboy State have eclipsed Delaware, a renowned tax haven. Local officials are scrambling to keep up.
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 12, 2024
King Charles’ godson had extensive business ties with a US defense contractor now accused of a massive tax evasion scheme, records show
Lord Charles Tryon, who is not accused of wrongdoing, held key positions in several firms prosecutors allege were part of the contractor’s efforts to conceal more than $350 million in profits.
Sep 18, 2024
Notorious ‘Predator’ spyware firm Intellexa hit with new US sanctions
As the United States clamped down on the Intellexa group for the second time this year, advocates criticized Europe’s lack of action against commercial spyware creators.
Aug 20, 2024
A notorious drug kingpin set up shell companies in the British Virgin Islands and Dubai to employ alleged cartel underlings, documents show
Sarajevo-native Edin “Tito” Gacanin registered the companies in the secrecy havens as he continued to ship cocaine globally, despite being convicted by Dutch courts for narcotics trafficking.
Aug 14, 2024
Former BVI premier sentenced to 11 years in prison for cocaine-trafficking conspiracy
Two years before his arrest in Miami, Andrew Alturo Fahie pledged to pull back the curtain on the islands' notoriously secretive financial services industry.
Jul 08, 2024
Ten years after an ICIJ exposé, Danish authorities charge Nordea bank with money laundering violations
In 2013, ICIJ media partner Politiken revealed that Russian nationals and others used the services of Nordea’s Copenhagen branch to maintain about 100 offshore companies.
May 14, 2024
Dubai property portfolio calls into question effectiveness of sanctions on Kinahan cartel leader, experts say
Caoimhe Robinson, wife of accused drug kingpin Daniel Kinahan, has bought and sold properties in Dubai as he faces U.S. sanctions, the Dubai Unlocked investigation reveals.