Nov 06, 2024
ICIJ announces new alumni members to honor former reporters’ contributions
A special "honorary alumnus" category of ICIJ membership has been created for ICIJ founder Charles Lewis, who becomes an alumni alongside four of his peers.
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Nov 05, 2024
Ten years on, ‘Lux Leaks’ remains a byword for corporate tax chicanery
In November 2014, ICIJ and dozens of media partners published a groundbreaking exposé of corporate tax avoidance in the heart of Europe. A decade later, the impacts are still being felt.
Oct 30, 2024
Indonesian billionaire family accused of controlling ‘shadow company’ group linked to major deforestation
Former employees of the group said that the Tanotos — who own a “sustainable” pulp and paper giant — were allegedly secretly undermining the conglomerate’s environmental commitments.
Oct 29, 2024
Peru’s former president sentenced to more than 20 years in prison in corruption case linked to Odebrecht scandal
Alejandro Toledo was found guilty of accepting $35 million from the Brazilian construction company in exchange for a lucrative highway contract.
Oct 22, 2024
ICIJ welcomes 10 new members to global journalism network
The new members hail from nine countries, including for the first time reporters from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Equatorial Guinea.
Oct 18, 2024
TD Bank hit with $3B penalty in U.S. money laundering settlement
Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Canada-based bank “created an environment that allowed financial crime to flourish.”
Oct 15, 2024
Police operation targeting Brazil’s largest criminal organization uncovers Panama Papers link
A police report obtained by ICIJ partner Agência Pública claims an offshore company created by Mossack Fonseca in 2012 is part of a cluster of firms that allegedly laundered money from drug trafficking.
Oct 02, 2024
Angola’s Isabel dos Santos loses appeal to overturn $733M global asset freeze
The subject of ICIJ’s Luanda Leaks investigation is being sued by Angolan telecom operator Unitel over loans made to a Netherlands-registered company she controlled.
Sep 25, 2024
Former Portuguese government official-turned-CEO Antonio Mexia secretly held $5.9M in the British Virgin Islands
A new leak sheds light on the ownership of an offshore account found in the Pandora Papers, an ICIJ partner revealed.
Sep 23, 2024
In Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, bucolic landscapes belie a darker underbelly
Behind the scenes of ICIJ’s Swazi Secrets investigation, reporters encountered smiling citizens, gun-toting security, and a simmering undercurrent of fear and mystery.
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.
Sep 17, 2024
Tracking organized crime’s dirty money and illicit operations in Latin America
A panel of expert journalists in tracking organized crime’s finances and operations share their top methods, tools, and security protocols.
Sep 10, 2024
As new EU law looms, researchers find many ‘green labels’ fall short of sustainability promises
For decades, businesses have promoted their sustainability credentials based on voluntary certifications, but a new study identified gaps in such schemes, including some that previously came under scrutiny from ICIJ.
Sep 04, 2024
After Cambodia celebrated the return of lost treasures, the Met ejected a lawyer who helped make it happen
Despite high-profile efforts to repatriate Khmer artifacts, the expulsion of the longtime advocate continues an ongoing saga for the museum.
Aug 30, 2024
Nordea to pay $35 million to end Panama Papers-linked money laundering probe
A top New York regulator said the Finland-listed bank had been implicated in several global scandals including ICIJ’s 2016 exposé, which showed Nordea helped hundreds of customers create offshore companies in tax havens.
Aug 27, 2024
Cambodia celebrates return of dozens of Khmer treasures from the Met and other collections
The spate of repatriations followed extensive efforts to trace and recover looted ancient artifacts, including some identified by ICIJ and linked to disgraced art dealer Douglas Latchford.
Aug 13, 2024
Angolan civil society groups demand answers on dos Santos assets
Four advocacy organizations have written to authorities in Portugal and Angola, demanding to know what has become of assets seized from Angolan former first daughter Isabel dos Santos’ sprawling financial empire.
Aug 13, 2024
Former Czech leader’s secret French estate, revealed in Pandora Papers, listed for sale
The luxury Riviera property featured in ICIJ’s investigation into then-Prime Minister Andrej Babis’ secret offshore dealings, and is now part of a money laundering probe by French authorities.
Aug 12, 2024
‘We are just warming up our engines’: What’s next for investigative journalism in Latin America
GIJN surveyed dozens of investigative outlets in the region to ask them what defines Latin American investigative journalism, what its strengths are, and where it will go next.
Aug 05, 2024
New US Treasury plan targets criminal groups profiting from the destruction of the Amazon
A group of six countries has agreed to work together to shut down money laundering operations tied to logging, mining and wildlife harvesting wreaking havoc on the rainforest.
Aug 01, 2024
Associate of oligarch Petr Aven forfeits $1M at heart of UK sanctions evasion case
ICIJ’s Cyprus Confidential revealed that as sanctions loomed amid Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, a Cyprus financial services firm transferred millions from an account it managed for the Russian billionaire.
Jul 29, 2024
Deforestation Inc. wins 2024 Oakes Award for environmental journalism
Judges praised the ICIJ-led investigation as “an exemplary model for global collaboration in environmental reporting.”
Jul 24, 2024
Maduro regime doubles down on censorship and repression in lead-up to Venezuelan election
One expert called Venezuela’s sprawling surveillance, disinformation and censorship campaigns a model for “the future of authoritarianism elsewhere in the world.”
Jul 24, 2024
Zambia’s president shocks by firing the entire board of the country’s anti-corruption commission
The surprise dissolution follows corruption allegations against the commission by one of its own board members — and highlights political constraints on financial reporting and anti-corruption institutions raised in the Swazi Secrets leak.
Jul 24, 2024
Why are Russian disinformation campaigns citing ICIJ?
ICIJ spoke to disinformation experts about how these campaigns fuse fact with fiction, and engage in narrative laundering to trick audiences.