Nov 20, 2020
Dapo Olorunyomi, ICIJ board member, lauded for defending press freedom
The Nigerian journalist and publisher was awarded the International Press Freedom Award by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Paradise Papers
The Paradise Papers was ICIJ’s 2017 global investigation into the offshore activities of some of the world’s most powerful people and companies.
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 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.
Aug 25, 2020
Elite touch down on Isle of Man to avoid millions in tax
The British dependency is still facilitating the super-rich owners of private jets to fly below European taxes almost three years after Paradise Papers first revealed the practice.
Jul 24, 2020
Paradise Papers trust company fined $793,000 for ‘serious breaches’
Singapore’s financial watchdog has fined trust company Asiaciti for failing to guard against money laundering and terrorism financing
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.”
Jul 01, 2020
Switzerland opens criminal probe into Glencore
The Swiss investigation into the mining giant comes on top of probes in the US and the UK.
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.
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.
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.
Feb 10, 2020
Paradise Papers to help recover $45m in Lithuanian bank conspiracy
Vladimir Romanov allegedly looted millions of dollars from a failed bank that will now be clawed back.
Nov 21, 2019
Paradise Papers connection sparks massive bitcoin lawsuit
A new lawsuit that could roil the volatile, multibillion-dollar market for cryptocurrency stems from a link between executives revealed in the Paradise Papers.
Oct 23, 2019
US poised to crack down on anonymous shell companies
The United States is one step closer to putting an end to anonymous shell companies with the Corporate Transparency Act passing the House of Representatives.
Oct 10, 2019
Cayman Signals Willingness to Abandon Corporate Secrecy – But Not Yet
One of the world’s most important tax havens said it will slowly move towards revealing the individuals behind tens of thousands of offshore companies.
Sep 20, 2019
ICIJ scrutiny inspires new EU tax crimes watchdog
European lawmakers have agreed to create a permanent subcommittee to investigate financial crimes, including money-laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion.
Aug 14, 2019
Court Rules Leaked Documents Are Fair Game in Tax Case Against Glencore
Australia’s top court has rejected a move by one of the world’s most profitable companies to stop tax officials from using the Paradise Papers.
Jul 18, 2019
Jeffrey Epstein’s offshore fortune traced to Paradise Papers
Fresh revelations from ICIJ investigations, raise the likelihood that sex offender Jeffrey Epstein cloaked his fortune in a series of offshore shell companies registered in notoriously secretive tax havens.
Jul 08, 2019
Nike’s Sweetheart Dutch Tax Deal Ignored ‘Economic Reality,’ EU Says
Europe’s competition chief has provisionally concluded that Nike paid too little tax in the Netherlands for each of the past 14 years.
Jun 24, 2019
Paradise islands vow reform but devil is in the missing detail
Facing the threat of being blacklisted by the European Union, three British islands synonymous with aiding tax avoidance say they plan to embrace greater transparency.
Jun 17, 2019
Senators propose radical overhaul of US anti-money laundering regime
Authorities in the United States have more information about library card holders than the owners of registered companies and this bipartisan group of U.S. senators wants to change that.
May 28, 2019
The Dummy Company at the Heart of Deutsche Bank Money Laundering Probe
Leaked records shine a light on how the bank helped shield the identities and machinations of the world’s rich and powerful through a single subsidiary.
May 06, 2019
Turkish journalist spared jail for Paradise Papers investigation
Investigative reporter Pelin Ünker will avoid prison after an appeals court dismissed a defamation claim brought by the sons of Turkey’s former prime minister.
Mar 18, 2019
Treaty to ‘dodge Kenyan tax’ deemed unconstitutional
Kenya’s High Court has struck down a tax agreement with offshore haven Mauritius, a potentially significant precedent for other African nations’ efforts to staunch billions of dollars in lost revenue.
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