International Consortium of Investigative Journalists - ICIJ
5 days ago · ICIJ member Jet Schouten kicked off the 2018 project with her reporting on lax regulation in the Netherlands. Since then, reporting on medical devices has only become more difficult. Dec 14, 2023. Behind the scenes of the PwC …
The Panama Papers: Exposing the Rogue Offshore Finance …
By ICIJ. April 3, 2023. Files reveal the offshore holdings of 140 politicians and public officials from around the world. Current and former world leaders in the data include the prime minister of Iceland, the president of Ukraine, and the king of Saudi Arabia. More than 214,000 offshore entities appear in the leak, connected to people in more ...
Pandora Papers - ICIJ
Oct 3, 2021 · The Pandora Papers unmask the hidden owners of offshore companies, secret bank accounts, private jets, yachts, mansions and artworks by Picasso, Banksy and other masters. The biggest leak in ICIJ history contains 2.94 terabytes of confidential information from 14 offshore service providers.
Deadly human smuggling through Mexico thrives in ‘perfect ... - ICIJ
Apr 30, 2024 · S ix days before Rafelín Martínez Castillo was sent flying from a trailer truck transporting him and 168 other migrants across Mexico, he was sanding wood in his cousin’s modest workshop in the Dominican Republic. The 31-year-old craftsman, his brother and cousin were working tirelessly to fulfill a large order of pilones, the popular mortar and pestle sets sold in souvenir stores and on ...
‘Delaware is everywhere’: how a little-known tax haven made ... - ICIJ
Jun 27, 2022 · In his new book “What’s the Matter with Delaware?” former Financial Times reporter Hal Weitzman explores the tiny state’s massive role in global financial secrecy. The words “tax haven” typically invoke visions of far-off tropical hideaways like Panama, Bermuda and the Caymans. But one of the world’s biggest tax havens actually ...
U.S. contractors reap the windfalls of post-war reconstruction
May 7, 2012 · More than 70 American companies and individuals - donors to the presidential campaigns of George W. Bush - have won up to $8 billion in contracts for work in postwar Iraq and Afghanistan over the last two years. By Maud Beelman, Kevin Baron, Neil Gordon, Laura Peterson, Aron Pilhofer, Daniel Politi, Andre Verloy, Bob Williams and Brooke Williams.
Offshore Trove Exposes Trump-Russia links and Piggy Banks of the …
Nov 5, 2017 · A trove of 13.4 million records exposes ties between Russia and U.S. President Donald Trump’s billionaire commerce secretary, the secret dealings of the chief fundraiser for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the offshore interests of the queen of England and more than 120 politicians around the world.. The leaked documents, dubbed the Paradise Papers, show how deeply the offshore ...
7 charts that show how the rich hide their cash - ICIJ
Sep 7, 2017 · Here are seven highlights from the reports. 1. The ultra-rich avoid the most tax. The ultra-rich, people whose net worth is more than $45 million, are ten times more likely to evade taxes than the average citizen, according to the research. That means the ultra-rich have worked out how to avoid paying about 30 percent of their personal income ...
Whistleblower accuses medical tech giant Medtronic of putting
Jan 31, 2024 · Whistleblower accuses medical tech giant Medtronic of putting ‘profit before patients’. ICIJ’s Implant Files uncovered controversial deals between Medtronic and hospitals around the world. Now, a former U.S. sales representative alleges the company used kickbacks and pressure tactics to make sales, despite patient injuries.
Inside the sophisticated sales operation funneling billions from US ...
Jul 25, 2024 · I n August 2023, an executive at Israel Bonds — an organization that sells bonds to fund that nation’s government and buttress its military — emailed the Ohio state treasurer’s office a sales pitch: Could the state of Ohio buy a batch of Israeli bonds for $5 million?. In less than 40 minutes, the treasurer’s office approved the purchase, bringing the state’s Israeli bond purchases ...