International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

International Finance Corporation watchdog in turmoil following scathing report on microfinance in Cambodia

The head of an internal auditor resigned after the board of the World Bank’s private investment arm rejected her office’s ...
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

Merck takes Austria’s Keytruda price transparency battle to top court as journalists fight for information

The case stems from ICIJ’s Cancer Calculus investigation into the world's best-selling drug’s sky-high price and its global ...
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Russia’s ghost ships haunt Libya

The Barbaros, a cargo ship photographed on its way from Russia to Libya. Last spring, a Cameroonian-flagged cargo ship, the Barbaros, steamed through Istanbul’s Bosphorus Strait. The Barbaros had ...
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Ericsson agrees to $206m plea bargain with US in bribery case

Swedish telecom giant Ericsson has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $206 million fine for breaching its deferred prosecution deal with U.S. authorities by withholding information about its alleged ...
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Criminals and oligarchs are hiding wealth in secretive Dutch foundations, new investigation finds

A discrete Dutch legal structure, favored by family-owned businesses, has become a popular tool for oligarchs and other bad actors to hide their wealth and evade taxes, a new investigation from Follow ...
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Director ‘mismanagement’ enabled Isabel dos Santos to illegally divert millions, Dutch court finds

Angolan businesswoman Isabel dos Santos and her husband, Congolese art collector and businessman Sindika Dokolo in 2018. Mismanagement by directors and forged documents enabled Isabel dos Santos to ...
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UK sanctions Angola’s Isabel dos Santos and associates for ‘stealing country’s wealth for personal gain’

Isabel dos Santos, Angolan businesswoman and daughter of former Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in April 2021. The United Kingdom’s ...
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As Catholic order fought sex abuse claims, secret trusts devoted to it poured millions into American rental properties

In January, Carlos Lomena, a truck driver in suburban Miami who lost his job during the coronavirus pandemic, begged a judge to stop his landlord from evicting him. The 37-year-old Lomena hoped to get ...
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Dubai property portfolio calls into question effectiveness of sanctions on Kinahan cartel leader, experts say

The Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai, where Daniel Kinahan, inset left, and Caoimhe Robinson, inset right, were married in a lavish ceremony in 2017. In 2023, Caoimhe Robinson bought a 20,569-square-foot ...
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With Deutsche Bank’s help, an oligarch’s buying spree trails ruin across the US heartland

In a fiery ball, the explosion in a massive furnace at Warren Steel in Ohio blew out bricks and windows and sent workers hurtling to the ground, including three who were airlifted to burn units and ...
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Critics question the depth of Cyprus’ much-touted reforms to its secretive financial industry

One year ago, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides vowed a swift response to revelations that the European Union-member state had helped Russian oligarchs evade Western sanctions and fund President ...
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French authorities seize $75M of assets tied to Russian businessmen

A view of Grasse, a perfume hub in the south of France where French authorities seized an estate as part of a money laundering investigation. French authorities seized an estimated $75 million worth ...