Oct 30, 2020
Jailing of Benin investigative journalist broke international law, UN body finds
Ignace Sossou spent six months in prison for tweeting about an official speech.
Panama Papers
The Panama Papers is one of the biggest leaks and largest collaborative investigations in journalism history. The 2016 investigation was centered on more than 11.5 million financial and legal records that exposed a system that enables crime, corruption and wrongdoing, hidden by secretive offshore companies.
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 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.
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 25, 2020
US accountant, guilty in Panama Papers case, sentenced to more than 3 years
Richard Gaffey forged documents to help American clients evade taxes and worked with lawyers at the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, prosecutors said.
Sep 22, 2020
Maltese police arrest former prime minister’s chief of staff in money laundering probe
Keith Schembri and Brian Tonna’s assets were also frozen by court order in connection to an alleged passport kickbacks scheme.
Sep 21, 2020
First US taxpayer sentenced to prison for crimes revealed by Panama Papers
Harald Joachim von der Goltz was sentenced to four years for wire and tax fraud, money laundering, false statements and other charges.
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.
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.
Jul 31, 2020
US calls for ‘significant’ jail time for Panama Papers tax crooks
"Meaningful sentences must be given... to forewarn others of the consequences for engaging in multi-year tax fraud," prosecutors argue.
Jul 30, 2020
Artful dodgers: US Senate finds billionaire Putin pals evaded sanctions through art deals
Billionaire brothers Arkady and Boris Rotenberg bought millions of dollars in art, even while U.S. institutions were banned from doing business with them.
Jul 20, 2020
European banking regulator to probe Luanda Leaks’ allegations
European lawmakers have demanded the regulator assess “whether there were breaches of either national or EU law, and to assess the actions taken by financial supervisors.”
Jun 25, 2020
EU targets tax avoidance with new committee
The EU's permanent subcommittee will likely focus on corporate tax avoidance by tech companies and multinationals tax information, but not money laundering.
Jun 24, 2020
Maltese MP voted out over Panama Papers’ ties
The Panama Papers revealed that shortly after taking office, Konrad Mizzi incorporated undeclared shell companies.
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 23, 2020
Oil giant Eni to pay millions over ‘sham contracts’ in Panama Papers bribery case
U.S. regulators settled a major corruption case with the Italian oil company that allegedly bribed Algerian politicians through a middleman who controlled a constellation of shell companies.
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.
Apr 06, 2020
What is a tax haven? Offshore finance, explained
Four years after Panama Papers, why ICIJ continues to report on tax havens, and those who exploit them.
Mar 30, 2020
‘Navigating underwater’: Data journalism and press freedom in Bolivia
Nelfi Fernandez Reyes talks about reporting while democracy is under assault.
Mar 25, 2020
EU states miss financial transparency deadline
Most European Union members have failed to implement new measures designed to counter the corporate secrecy underpinning international money laundering.
Feb 28, 2020
US nets second guilty plea in Panama Papers case
A Massachusetts accountant should spend up to nine years behind bars for helping U.S. residents to evade taxes and launder money over almost two decades, prosecutors told a New York City courtroom on Friday.
Feb 27, 2020
Stories about the people – for the people
Our Japanese member, reporter Yasuomi Sawa, says reporters need to harness the power of open data but never forget about the people they're writing about.
Feb 24, 2020
US Taxpayer Faces Prison After Panama Papers Guilty Plea
Prosecutors are seeking jail time for Harald Joachim von der Goltz, who said he was "profoundly sorry" as he pleaded guilty to a range of financial crimes.
Feb 11, 2020
U.S. poised to celebrate its first Panama Papers tax conviction
A U.S. taxpayer will plead guilty to tax evasion and money laundering offenses in relation to the 2016 investigation.
Jan 13, 2020
Malta gets new PM amid Daphne Caruana Galizia murder probe
Malta has a new prime minister following the resignation of the former leader, Joseph Muscat, whose top adviser was linked to the car bomb murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
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