Jun 28, 2024
Panama Papers trial concludes with all defendants acquitted of money laundering
The founder of the now-shuttered law firm Mossack Fonseca was among those cleared in the long-awaited ruling that took more than two months to come down.
The founder of the now-shuttered law firm Mossack Fonseca was among those cleared in the long-awaited ruling that took more than two months to come down.
The coordinated push would tax the world’s ultrarich 2% of their wealth annually, and could generate $250 billion in revenue for governments per year, according to a new report.
New rules will target a long-time tactic used by sprawling corporate structures to dodge taxes in a way the U.S. Treasury now says is illegal.
Zambian investigators drafted a request in 2019 asking their counterparts in Eswatini for help investigating Lungu. Why wasn’t it sent until years later?
"Mafia Spies," set to premiere on Paramount+ in July, tells the story of two mobsters hired by the CIA to kill Fidel Castro.
Newly obtained data shows the IRS division that audits corporations and the ultrarich flagged no more than 22 possible tax crimes over the past five years — roughly 40 times fewer criminal referrals than from the unit covering small businesses.
A minority of countries that opposed a legally binding U.N. tax convention may seek to water it down, experts warn, risking the new convention becoming as “inconsequential as the OECD.”
A former SCB banker claims the U.S. government misled a federal court about his role in exposing the bank’s dealings with sanctioned Iranian entities and international "terror groups" after the bank had pledged to stop.
Researchers cited ICIJ’s 2020 investigation into a Ukrainian oligarch’s sprawling property portfolio among 25 cases of allegedly ill-gotten funds being funneled into the sector.
Officials touted upcoming moves to close regulatory loopholes that could expose the United States’ financial system to evolving threats.
The founder of Armando.Info said he fears for the safety of his reporters in Venezuela after the country's attorney general publicly attacked the outlet ahead of a new documentary on government corruption.
Before his death, Piñera faced years of scrutiny over an offshore deal uncovered in ICIJ’s Pandora Papers.
Fonseca was recently absent from the long-awaited Panamanian money laundering trial arising from ICIJ’s 2016 investigation.
ICIJ found Paxum Bank, favored by the porn industry, processed Tate’s transactions until shortly before he and his brother Andrew Tate were charged with rape and human trafficking.
News outlets from across Latin America, the U.S. and Europe worked together to publish multiple stories on the illegal and sometimes deadly use of cargo trucks to smuggle thousands of people.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s comments followed a new investigation by ICIJ and several media partners into dangerous cargo trucks carrying migrants to the U.S. border.
In the biggest global election year in history, the 2024 World Press Freedom Index shows a chilling pattern of political disregard for journalists’ safety — from Europe to the Middle East.
Data journalists reviewed public records, news coverage and reports by an advocacy group to create a database spanning six years that gives a glimpse into the pattern of deadly smuggling.
A new collaboration from ICIJ and media partners in Latin America, Europe and the United States documents nearly 19,000 migrants’ journeys to the U.S. border under dangerous conditions.
Citing both ICIJ’s Pandora and Paradise Papers revelations, an international accounting organization has for the first time urged accountants to consider public interest — and harm — when working on tax minimization schemes.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the U.K. government has faced criticism for failing to enforce sanctions, reportedly overlooking even poorly hidden Kremlin-linked funds and assets.
A new report reveals how the Chinese government has used harassment, “persuasion” and kidnappings to bypass international law as part of the notorious Fox Hunt operation.
Staff say they can’t authorize any transactions. Clients can’t open accounts. But the newcomer remains in suspended animation at the center of a political tussle.
Eswatini’s king professed to have a bold plan for a thriving economic zone. ICIJ uncovered two phantom gold refineries channeling millions of dollars to Dubai through it.
Swazi Secrets exposes the role the tiny kingdom of Eswatini, the last absolute monarchy in Africa, may have played in the regional illicit economy.