The charges stem from bank accounts linked to Vladimir Putin’s childhood friend Sergei Roldugin, whose web of offshore companies was first revealed in the Panama Papers.
Secret files show sprawling industry of enablers exploiting gaps in anti-money laundering laws.
The Kenyatta family has ruled one of Africa’s largest economies for decades. But to the Swiss advisers who helped them funnel wealth into tax havens, they were 'Client 13173'.
A landmark ruling against the beneficiary of an undeclared Swiss bank account could be a breakthrough moment for authorities hunting hidden wealth.
Four years after Panama Papers, why ICIJ continues to report on tax havens, and those who exploit them.
Switzerland’s HSBC Private Bank admitted to encouraging wealthy Americans to hide $1.26 billion in assets from U.S. tax authorities.
The former head of the bank's private Swiss unit has been fined for his part in helping wealthy clients hide $1.8 billion from French authorities.
ICIJ member Oliver Zihlmann is part of a team of investigative reporters working to bring change to one of the most important tax havens in the world.
Switzerland’s federal government appears poised to crack down on money laundering in the wake of Panama Papers.
Switzerland has delayed and the U.S. has refused to take part in reforms aimed at curbing financial secrecy, according to the Tax Justice Network's new Financial Secrecy Index.
HSBC has agreed to pay $352 million to settle charges that it helped wealthy clients of its private Swiss bank evade taxes in France.
A judge has ruled that a report on HSBC's attempts to fix compliance issues should be public, despite resistance from both the bank and the government.
From tax cheats to heated policy debates, 2015 has been a year of tax scandals, reforms and international agreements.
Prosecutors opened the criminal trial of a former HSBC IT worker accused of theft, but the defendant refused to leave France to face charges.
A former head of the embattled bank and current member of Britain’s House of Lords has conceded compliance failures at the bank’s Swiss branch.
Four months after a historic police raid, Geneva's prosecutor dropped a criminal probe into HSBC, but left the bank with a warning.
Belgian authorities have reportedly investigated about 1000 client accounts from HSBC’s Swiss branch.
The heiress to a major fashion empire has been sentenced to prison for tax evasion in the first of 50 cases expected in France.
Prosecutors are expanding a criminal investigation to include the bank's global operations, as tax policy becomes a UK election issue.
Banking giant HSBC continues to face questions about its ability to block transactions that facilitate law breaking.
A former HSBC boss and current UK politician has denied “being asleep” at the wheel of the bank, as authorities continue building cases against HSBC.
HSBC's leaders faced another session of intense questioning in the UK as the fallout over Swiss Leaks continues.
HSBC’s chief and chairman have conceded the Swiss Leaks scandal has caused “horrible reputational damage” during a UK hearing on the issue.
Britain mulls new laws against tax evasion, as HSBC chief's own private Swiss bank account is revealed.
In the month prior to Swiss Leaks, the bank's typically active U.S. political committee made no contributions.