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Dutch news outlet Follow the Money found more than 50 STAKs, legal structures used to disguise assets and avoid scrutiny, in the Pandora Papers.
In a joint letter, regulators warned that the three microstates’ “less rigorous” oversight rules could open a backdoor for illicit financial flows into the EU.
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.
In 2016, Mossack Fonseca became synonymous with the shady world of offshore finance following ICIJ’s investigation. The Indian Express reveals what the now-shuttered firm did next.
The incoming director of the federal financial crimes unit faces an uphill battle to deliver reforms to thwart illicit money flows amid warnings the agency’s corporate ownership database is not fit for purpose.
Following pushback from business groups, the Australian government has scaled back a new law meant to crack down on profit-shifting by some of the world’s biggest companies.
Authorities in the state of Hesse have reportedly already started flagging “cases worthy of examination” in a dataset that includes more than 10 million files.
A newly-adopted parliamentary report on ICIJ's 2021 investigation highlighted concerning issues, from inequality in financial systems to the need to protect journalists and whistleblowers.
The Australian plan will require the world’s biggest companies to reveal new details about their country-by-country earnings and tax bills. It’s sparked calls for more countries to follow suit.
On the 10th anniversary of ICIJ's Offshore Leaks investigation, director Gerard Ryle traces a path from the original tax haven exposé through to the Panama Papers, Pandora Papers and beyond.
On the seventh anniversary of the Panama Papers, here’s an update on where some of the most pivotal figures are now, and the legacy the investigation left behind.
To really rein in Putin’s allies’ wealth, governments should target their financial enablers, a new study suggests.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the public interest in leaking the data showing how multinationals spirited profits to the tiny nation outweighed the detrimental effect.
Searching the Offshore Leaks Database is just the first step when it comes to uncovering the secrets of tax havens and offshore finance. Watch how to take your searches to the next stage in this video tutorial.
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.
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.
French authorities are looking into the former finance minister’s Moroccan tax residency status as part of a broader probe targeting 200 people named in the ICIJ investigation, Le Monde reported.
Several countries have suspended public company ownership registries immediately after a court decision that advocates say ‘takes us back years.’
Tax fairness advocates marked the resolution as a "historic win" in the push to wrest control of global tax policymaking from the small group of wealthy nations who have traditionally dominated the space.
A proposed new law aiming to clamp down on multinational companies that shift their profits to tax havens is being called a model for the U.S. and EU to adopt.
Four environmental watchdogs allege that Paper Excellence and Asia Pulp & Paper used shell companies to conceal corporate control by the same Indonesian tycoons accused of clearing more than 2 million hectares of Indonesian rainforest.
Facing international pressure to shed light on shadowy corporate ownership, government plans to reveal who actually owns legal entities.