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Introducing ICIJ’s #ChinaTargets investigation: This collaboration among 104 journalists from 43 media partners in 30 countries uncovers the sprawling scope and terrifying tactics of Beijing’s campaign to target dissident members of its diaspora.
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Here is what we found:
The Corporate Transparency Act initially enjoyed the support of U.S. President Donald Trump, who signed it into law in the final days of his first term in 2021.
But recently, rule changes and court challenges have undermined the landmark reform.
But recently, rule changes and court challenges have undermined the landmark reform.
FinCEN plans to delete data on U.S. companies from beneficial ownership database - ICIJ
Five years after ICIJ published the FinCEN Files, the Trump administration has walked back significant anti-money laundering rules.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The Corporate Transparency Act initially enjoyed the support of U.S. President Donald Trump, who signed it into law in the final days of his first term in 2021.
But recently, rule changes and court challenges have undermined the landmark reform.
But recently, rule changes and court challenges have undermined the landmark reform.
The U.K.'s Football Association announced it is investigating Chelsea Football Club's payments routed through offshore companies, which were uncovered by @theguardian.com and @tbij.bsky.social as part of ICIJ's and @papertrailmedia.de’s 2023 #CyprusConfidential investigation.
Chelsea FC faces over six dozen charges for improper conduct under Abramovich’s ownership - ICIJ
The Football Association announced it is investigating payments routed through offshore companies that were uncovered as part of ICIJ’s Cyprus Confidential investigation.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The U.K.'s Football Association announced it is investigating Chelsea Football Club's payments routed through offshore companies, which were uncovered by @theguardian.com and @tbij.bsky.social as part of ICIJ's and @papertrailmedia.de’s 2023 #CyprusConfidential investigation.
Popular AR-15 ammunition made at an Army-owned facility was far more likely than any other to turn up in a government database tracking evidence from gun crimes, new data shows.
AR-15 ammunition at a crime scene? Good odds this US Army plant made it. - ICIJ
Popular AR-15 ammunition made at an Army-owned facility was far more likely than any other to turn up in a government database tracking evidence from gun crimes, new data shows.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Popular AR-15 ammunition made at an Army-owned facility was far more likely than any other to turn up in a government database tracking evidence from gun crimes, new data shows.
Recent research based on ICIJ’s #OffshoreLeaks database found that ultrawealthy people in countries with high rates of financial transparency and oversight are just as likely to turn to the offshore world as their counterparts living under corrupt regimes.
Dartmouth researchers use ICIJ database to show how the ultrawealthy exploit the offshore world - ICIJ
ICIJ spoke to author Herbert Chang about the study, which found that elites in both democratic and authoritarian countries are well-versed in financial secrecy tactics.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Recent research based on ICIJ’s #OffshoreLeaks database found that ultrawealthy people in countries with high rates of financial transparency and oversight are just as likely to turn to the offshore world as their counterparts living under corrupt regimes.
#RussianSecrets, an investigation by ICIJ’s media partners, uncovered secretive trade operations that largely escaped Western authorities’ scrutiny until Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine triggered a probe into shadowy networks serving the Kremlin.
Russia secretly bought Western tech to protect nuclear subs
Russian Secrets, a new cross-border investigation, reveals the shadowy procurement network behind Russia’s surveillance program Harmony.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
#RussianSecrets, an investigation by ICIJ’s media partners, uncovered secretive trade operations that largely escaped Western authorities’ scrutiny until Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine triggered a probe into shadowy networks serving the Kremlin.
A U.N. report lists new allegations of reprisals from two dozen countries including China, echoing findings of ICIJ’s #ChinaTargets, which revealed how suspected proxies for the Chinese government surveilled or harassed activists at the U.N. headquarters.
China's targeting of human rights activists grows: UN report
A new report recounts recent reprisals from two dozen countries and underscores ICIJ’s reporting on Beijing's tactics to silence critics abroad.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
A U.N. report lists new allegations of reprisals from two dozen countries including China, echoing findings of ICIJ’s #ChinaTargets, which revealed how suspected proxies for the Chinese government surveilled or harassed activists at the U.N. headquarters.
From @tbij.bsky.social: An MP has demanded HMRC to release its official estimate of how much tax is being lost to offshore havens – information TBIJ discovered is currently being withheld by the authority.
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HMRC won't admit how much tax is lost offshore
The taxman has the numbers needed to estimate how much cash is lost to overseas havens – but it isn't sharing the details
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November 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
From @tbij.bsky.social: An MP has demanded HMRC to release its official estimate of how much tax is being lost to offshore havens – information TBIJ discovered is currently being withheld by the authority.
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Even as security cooperation with Israel expanded behind closed doors, Arab leaders denounced its war in Gaza, leaked U.S. files show. The leaders of Egypt, Jordan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia said the Israeli campaign amounted to a genocide.
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Arab states deepened military ties with Israel while denouncing Gaza war, leak reveals - ICIJ
Israeli and Arab military officials have come together for meetings and trainings, facilitated by U.S. Central Command, on regional threats, Iran and underground tunnels.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Even as security cooperation with Israel expanded behind closed doors, Arab leaders denounced its war in Gaza, leaked U.S. files show. The leaders of Egypt, Jordan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia said the Israeli campaign amounted to a genocide.
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Meet the Investigators podcast: Exposing the Shadow Diplomats - ICIJ
Reporters Will Fitzgibbon, Debbie Cenziper and Diana Moukalled take us behind the scenes of the Shadow Diplomats investigation and reveal how ICIJ and its partners uncovered hundreds of part-time…
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November 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Jian Guo, a naturalized German citizen, was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison after he was found to have spied for China for nearly two decades. A co-defendant was given a suspended sentence of one year and nine months.
Purported dissident who monitored Chinese activists in Germany convicted of espionage - ICIJ
Jian Guo, a naturalized German citizen, featured in ICIJ’s China Targets investigation that revealed how Beijing uses civilians to spy on regime critics around the world.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Jian Guo, a naturalized German citizen, was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison after he was found to have spied for China for nearly two decades. A co-defendant was given a suspended sentence of one year and nine months.
Between 2018 and 2024, over 900 journalists from 15 countries in Latin America have been forced to leave their home countries and settle elsewhere for their protection, according to a recent report from the Latin American Journalism Review.
Journalists in Peru seek protection from justice system amid rising threats, harassment by officials - ICIJ
A verbal threat by Lima’s mayor against veteran reporter and ICIJ member Gustavo Gorriti rocked the journalism community.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Between 2018 and 2024, over 900 journalists from 15 countries in Latin America have been forced to leave their home countries and settle elsewhere for their protection, according to a recent report from the Latin American Journalism Review.
New data obtained by ICIJ and @nytimes.com provides the most comprehensive account yet showing how AR-15 ammo made at an Army-owned plant turns up at crime scenes more often than casings from any other manufacturer.
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AR-15 ammunition at a crime scene? Good odds this US Army plant made it. - ICIJ
Popular AR-15 ammunition made at an Army-owned facility was far more likely than any other to turn up in a government database tracking evidence from gun crimes, new data shows.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
New data obtained by ICIJ and @nytimes.com provides the most comprehensive account yet showing how AR-15 ammo made at an Army-owned plant turns up at crime scenes more often than casings from any other manufacturer.
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Amer Matar, the Syria Prisons Museum co-director and a former political prisoner whose testimony helped secure the first international war crimes conviction against a Syrian official, was held after attempting to leave the country.
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Syrian authorities arrest and briefly detain prominent activist as country’s president makes UN debut - ICIJ
Amer Matar, the Syria Prisons Museum co-director and a former political prisoner whose testimony helped secure the first international war crimes conviction against a Syrian official, was held after…
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November 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Amer Matar, the Syria Prisons Museum co-director and a former political prisoner whose testimony helped secure the first international war crimes conviction against a Syrian official, was held after attempting to leave the country.
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From February to March 2025, the number of detainees subjected to solitary confinement in immigration detention increased by an average of 6.5% per month, over six times the average recorded between April and November 2024 under the Biden administration.
Solitary confinement in ICE detention spiked during early months of the Trump administration, report finds - ICIJ
Six years after ICIJ’s Solitary Voices investigation, Physicians for Human Rights found over 10,000 people were placed in solitary confinement over a 14-month period.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
From February to March 2025, the number of detainees subjected to solitary confinement in immigration detention increased by an average of 6.5% per month, over six times the average recorded between April and November 2024 under the Biden administration.
Experts say that Treasury's plan to delete ownership information collected from U.S. companies will further gut the Corporate Transparency Act, a 2021 bipartisan law passed after ICIJ's #FinCENFiles to crack down on anonymous shell companies.
FinCEN plans to delete data on U.S. companies from beneficial ownership database - ICIJ
Five years after ICIJ published the FinCEN Files, the Trump administration has walked back significant anti-money laundering rules.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Experts say that Treasury's plan to delete ownership information collected from U.S. companies will further gut the Corporate Transparency Act, a 2021 bipartisan law passed after ICIJ's #FinCENFiles to crack down on anonymous shell companies.
Former Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich is facing additional legal troubles in Jersey, where he is the subject of a criminal probe into allegations of corruption and money laundering, as The Guardian recently reported.
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Chelsea FC faces over six dozen charges for improper conduct under Abramovich’s ownership - ICIJ
The Football Association announced it is investigating payments routed through offshore companies that were uncovered as part of ICIJ’s Cyprus Confidential investigation.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Former Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich is facing additional legal troubles in Jersey, where he is the subject of a criminal probe into allegations of corruption and money laundering, as The Guardian recently reported.
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A research study from Dartmouth College found that elites in both democratic and authoritarian countries are well-versed in financial secrecy tactics.
To learn more, ICIJ spoke with assistant professor Herbert Chang, who co-authored the report.
To learn more, ICIJ spoke with assistant professor Herbert Chang, who co-authored the report.
Dartmouth researchers use ICIJ database to show how the ultrawealthy exploit the offshore world - ICIJ
ICIJ spoke to author Herbert Chang about the study, which found that elites in both democratic and authoritarian countries are well-versed in financial secrecy tactics.
buff.ly
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A research study from Dartmouth College found that elites in both democratic and authoritarian countries are well-versed in financial secrecy tactics.
To learn more, ICIJ spoke with assistant professor Herbert Chang, who co-authored the report.
To learn more, ICIJ spoke with assistant professor Herbert Chang, who co-authored the report.
#RussianSecrets, led by @ndr.de, found defense companies and maritime suppliers sold sonars, underwater robots, fibre optic cables, research vessels and other equipment worth over $50 million to a Cypriot entity secretly linked to a Russian defense contractor.
Russia secretly bought Western tech to protect nuclear subs
Russian Secrets, a new cross-border investigation, reveals the shadowy procurement network behind Russia’s surveillance program Harmony.
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November 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
#RussianSecrets, led by @ndr.de, found defense companies and maritime suppliers sold sonars, underwater robots, fibre optic cables, research vessels and other equipment worth over $50 million to a Cypriot entity secretly linked to a Russian defense contractor.
The Maria Moors Cabot Prize, awarded by @columbiajournalism.bsky.social, celebrates career excellence and reporting that deepens understanding across the Americas.
This year, the winners share one thing in common: a track record of working with ICIJ. Learn more: buff.ly/DKPp58w
This year, the winners share one thing in common: a track record of working with ICIJ. Learn more: buff.ly/DKPp58w
2025 Cabot Prize winners all hail from ICIJ network
The winners of the prestigious award acknowledged the important role that collaboration has played in developing investigative journalism across the Americas.
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November 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The Maria Moors Cabot Prize, awarded by @columbiajournalism.bsky.social, celebrates career excellence and reporting that deepens understanding across the Americas.
This year, the winners share one thing in common: a track record of working with ICIJ. Learn more: buff.ly/DKPp58w
This year, the winners share one thing in common: a track record of working with ICIJ. Learn more: buff.ly/DKPp58w
The latest annual U.N. report, detailing acts of intimidation and reprisals inside the international organization, underscores ICIJ’s reporting on how Beijing abuses international institutions in its campaign to silence critics abroad.
China's targeting of human rights activists grows: UN report
A new report recounts recent reprisals from two dozen countries and underscores ICIJ’s reporting on Beijing's tactics to silence critics abroad.
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November 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The latest annual U.N. report, detailing acts of intimidation and reprisals inside the international organization, underscores ICIJ’s reporting on how Beijing abuses international institutions in its campaign to silence critics abroad.
From @washingtonpost.com: Over past several years, U.K. officials tracked what they say is as an escalating campaign of surveillance and intimidation against Hong Kong dissidents living in Britain. The Hong Kong government has not bothered to hide its intent. buff.ly/5YqLveT
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November 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
From @washingtonpost.com: Over past several years, U.K. officials tracked what they say is as an escalating campaign of surveillance and intimidation against Hong Kong dissidents living in Britain. The Hong Kong government has not bothered to hide its intent. buff.ly/5YqLveT
Five leaked CENTCOM PowerPoints detail the creation of what the U.S. military describes as the “Regional Security Construct,” which has been publicly acknowledged, but officials have not spoken about the extent of Israeli-Arab cooperation in those efforts.
Arab states deepened military ties with Israel while denouncing Gaza war, leak reveals - ICIJ
Israeli and Arab military officials have come together for meetings and trainings, facilitated by U.S. Central Command, on regional threats, Iran and underground tunnels.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Five leaked CENTCOM PowerPoints detail the creation of what the U.S. military describes as the “Regional Security Construct,” which has been publicly acknowledged, but officials have not spoken about the extent of Israeli-Arab cooperation in those efforts.
Don't miss our ICIJ coordinators speaking next week!
ICIJ reporter and Africa coordinator Micah Reddy will be discussing his recent investigation on Equatorial Guinea at the AIJC conference on Nov. 5.
Check it out here: aijc.africa
ICIJ reporter and Africa coordinator Micah Reddy will be discussing his recent investigation on Equatorial Guinea at the AIJC conference on Nov. 5.
Check it out here: aijc.africa
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October 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Don't miss our ICIJ coordinators speaking next week!
ICIJ reporter and Africa coordinator Micah Reddy will be discussing his recent investigation on Equatorial Guinea at the AIJC conference on Nov. 5.
Check it out here: aijc.africa
ICIJ reporter and Africa coordinator Micah Reddy will be discussing his recent investigation on Equatorial Guinea at the AIJC conference on Nov. 5.
Check it out here: aijc.africa
A German Higher Regional Court verdict detailed how Jian Guo, a German naturalized citizen, sought to identify and expose Chinese political dissidents and leaked hundreds of European Parliament files to China while he was an assistant to a local politician.
Purported dissident who monitored Chinese activists in Germany convicted of espionage - ICIJ
Jian Guo, a naturalized German citizen, featured in ICIJ’s China Targets investigation that revealed how Beijing uses civilians to spy on regime critics around the world.
buff.ly
October 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A German Higher Regional Court verdict detailed how Jian Guo, a German naturalized citizen, sought to identify and expose Chinese political dissidents and leaked hundreds of European Parliament files to China while he was an assistant to a local politician.
From @merics.bsky.social: There is growing momentum among Western countries to take stronger action against transnational repression. However, Europe remains ill-prepared.
Read the latest analysis citing ICIJ's #ChinaTargets investigation:
Read the latest analysis citing ICIJ's #ChinaTargets investigation:
Europe’s blind spot: How transnational repression undermines democratic resilience
This analysis is part of the MERICS Europe-China Resilience Audit. For detailed country profiles and further analyses, visit the project's landing page. China and other authoritarian regimes often…
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October 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
From @merics.bsky.social: There is growing momentum among Western countries to take stronger action against transnational repression. However, Europe remains ill-prepared.
Read the latest analysis citing ICIJ's #ChinaTargets investigation:
Read the latest analysis citing ICIJ's #ChinaTargets investigation: