International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)

ICIJ Cyprus Confidential Investigation Exposes Wyoming as Premier U.S. Tax Haven Overtaking Delaware

| Importance: 8/10

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists releases its Cyprus Confidential investigation exposing Wyoming as America’s premier secrecy jurisdiction, having overtaken Delaware for the most corporate registrations per capita. Analysis by corporate data firm OpenCorporates shows …

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) ConnectedSky Wyoming Legislature OpenCorporates Transparency International wyoming tax-haven money-laundering llc shell-companies +5 more
Read more →

Pandora Papers Expose Hidden Wealth of Global Elite and Politicians

| Importance: 9/10

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released the Pandora Papers, the largest offshore data leak in history, containing 11.9 million files from 14 financial services companies across multiple jurisdictions. The investigation exposed the secret offshore affairs of 35 …

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) King Abdullah II of Jordan Andrej Babiš Sebastián Piñera Volodymyr Zelensky +3 more corruption offshore-finance tax-avoidance pandora-papers kleptocracy +2 more
Read more →

FinCEN Files Reveal $2 Trillion in Suspicious Banking Transactions

| Importance: 9/10

BuzzFeed News and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published the FinCEN Files, revealing more than $2 trillion in suspicious banking transactions reported to the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network between 1999 and 2017. The files contained over 2,100 Suspicious …

FinCEN BuzzFeed News International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) Deutsche Bank HSBC +4 more money-laundering banking financial-crime regulatory-failure suspicious-transactions +2 more
Read more →

Panama Papers Released - Massive Global Financial Scandal Exposed

| Importance: 10/10

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released the Panama Papers, a collection of 11.5 million leaked documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. The documents revealed how wealthy individuals and public officials used offshore shell companies to hide assets …

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) Mossack Fonseca Vladimir Putin Petro Poroshenko Nawaz Sharif +3 more corruption offshore-finance money-laundering tax-evasion leaks +2 more
Read more →