West Africa Leaks
A journalist who exposed the offshore accounts of a corporate titan has been fined and given a suspended jail sentence under a new digital media law.
The region’s biggest collaboration spurred some nations to act, while others remained silent.
ICIJ began the year investigating how wealth is being siphoned out of West Africa, and ended it with a global health care investigation. Which story was your favorite?
A new documentary reveals the challenges and triumphs of the West Africa Leaks investigation.
Togolese ICIJ member Maxime Domegni has to work from outside his country, but that doesn’t dampen his investigative spirit.
A lopsided tax treaty between Mauritius and Senegal means, with the right paper work, companies working in Senegal can avoid paying millions in taxes.
Through the power of collaborative reporting, ICIJ and its partners have been able to shed new light on the impact of tax avoidance, financial crime and corruption in West Africa.
ICIJ’s African partnership coordinator talks about our unprecedented investigation in the region and how it came about.
The 13 journalists who worked on the West Africa Leaks face everything from threats, law suits and intimidation.
Honorary consuls occupy a little-known niche in the global elite. Many work to rigorous standards, but for others their avowed love for their adopted country is not always reflected in their tax filings.