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Introducing the #DamascusDossier investigation: A collaboration from ICIJ, @recherche.ndr.de and 24 media partners in 20 countries uncovers harrowing new details about former Syrian president Bashar Assad’s regime and one of the most brutal state-run killing systems of the 21st century.
For ICIJ's #DamascusDossier investigation, reporters from 26 newsrooms across 20 countries uncovered new details about the Assad regime’s crimes — and how authorities are still seeking justice.
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Damascus Dossier stories from around the world - ICIJ
Reporters from 26 newsrooms across 20 countries uncovered new details about the Assad regime’s crimes — and how authorities are still seeking justice.
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December 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
For ICIJ's #DamascusDossier investigation, reporters from 26 newsrooms across 20 countries uncovered new details about the Assad regime’s crimes — and how authorities are still seeking justice.
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The #CoinLaundry’s deep dive into the ways criminals exploit the mechanisms and vulnerabilities of decentralized finance comes at a critical time in the global debate over how to stanch the flow of dirty money in cryptocurrency.
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About The Coin Laundry investigation
The investigation reveals how crypto companies profited from crime while victims were financially ruined.
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December 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The #CoinLaundry’s deep dive into the ways criminals exploit the mechanisms and vulnerabilities of decentralized finance comes at a critical time in the global debate over how to stanch the flow of dirty money in cryptocurrency.
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As part of the #DamascusDossier investigation, members of the ICIJ technology and data teams received a dataset including tens of thousands of photos.
Read how the journalists analyzed the photos and assessed how many people had been photographed:
Read how the journalists analyzed the photos and assessed how many people had been photographed:
Inside the Damascus Dossier: From leaked images to verified data - ICIJ
ICIJ and its partners organized and analyzed thousands of chilling photographs to assemble comprehensive victim lists and quantify the human toll behind a sensitive data leak.
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December 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
As part of the #DamascusDossier investigation, members of the ICIJ technology and data teams received a dataset including tens of thousands of photos.
Read how the journalists analyzed the photos and assessed how many people had been photographed:
Read how the journalists analyzed the photos and assessed how many people had been photographed:
From @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social: In 2022, a Chinese dissident's body was recovered in Canada. Initial findings indicated a drowning. However, the police didn't know the man was the target of a spying operation by a Chinese secret agent based across the world.
Un dissident chinois traqué par Pékin meurt mystérieusement au Canada | Enquête
Le 26 novembre 2022, le corps de Hua Yong a été repêché près de Gibsons, en Colombie-Britannique. Une simple mort par noyade, selon les premiers constats de la GRC. Or, ce que ne savaient pas les…
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December 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
From @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social: In 2022, a Chinese dissident's body was recovered in Canada. Initial findings indicated a drowning. However, the police didn't know the man was the target of a spying operation by a Chinese secret agent based across the world.
So-called stablecoins like USDT operate in a legal gray area, under a patchwork of evolving laws around the world.
In the U.S., the Genius Act affirms that stablecoin issuers must comply with federal rules designed to prevent criminals from moving money. buff.ly/nfqRMYT
In the U.S., the Genius Act affirms that stablecoin issuers must comply with federal rules designed to prevent criminals from moving money. buff.ly/nfqRMYT
Cryptocurrency giant Tether is wildly profitable. Can it do more to stop financial crime? - ICIJ
At least $1.4 billion of its tokens passed through a crypto wallet linked to scams, hacks, and human trafficking.
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December 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
So-called stablecoins like USDT operate in a legal gray area, under a patchwork of evolving laws around the world.
In the U.S., the Genius Act affirms that stablecoin issuers must comply with federal rules designed to prevent criminals from moving money. buff.ly/nfqRMYT
In the U.S., the Genius Act affirms that stablecoin issuers must comply with federal rules designed to prevent criminals from moving money. buff.ly/nfqRMYT
Cambodian regulators have been imposing penalties on Huione Group as pressure mounts from the U.S. and the U.K. Recently, Huione Pay was shut down by Cambodia’s national bank and its assets have been liquidated.
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Cambodian payment processor freezes customer funds before regulators shut it down - ICIJ
Huione Pay, a key arm of Huione Group spotlighted in ICIJ’s Coin Laundry investigation, has been closed by Cambodia’s national bank and its assets liquidated.
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December 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Cambodian regulators have been imposing penalties on Huione Group as pressure mounts from the U.S. and the U.K. Recently, Huione Pay was shut down by Cambodia’s national bank and its assets have been liquidated.
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The abrupt cancellation of an independent Chinese film festival in New York reveals how Beijing and its proxies increasingly pressure critics abroad — a pattern documented by ICIJ and now drawing alarm at the United Nations and the European Parliament.
A film festival silenced — and the global reach of China’s repression - ICIJ
The abrupt cancellation of an independent Chinese film festival in New York reveals how Beijing and its proxies increasingly pressure critics abroad — a pattern documented by ICIJ and now drawing…
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December 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The abrupt cancellation of an independent Chinese film festival in New York reveals how Beijing and its proxies increasingly pressure critics abroad — a pattern documented by ICIJ and now drawing alarm at the United Nations and the European Parliament.
From @thetimes.com: Since the fall of the regime of former Syrian president Bashar Assad, horrifying new details have emerged of the brutal murders of detainees whose cause of death were "laundered" with the stroke of a pen. #DamascusDossier
Assad’s doctors: torturers-in-chief and the cogs in his killing machine
Since the dictator’s fall, horrifying new details have emerged of the brutal murders of detainees whose cause of death were ‘laundered’ with the stroke of a pen
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December 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
From @thetimes.com: Since the fall of the regime of former Syrian president Bashar Assad, horrifying new details have emerged of the brutal murders of detainees whose cause of death were "laundered" with the stroke of a pen. #DamascusDossier
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December 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Thank you for believing in our work. As we approach the end of the year, we hope you will support ICIJ into the new year.
Your donation directly fuels the kind of cross-border reporting that powerful actors hope no one will ever attempt. Learn more:
Your donation directly fuels the kind of cross-border reporting that powerful actors hope no one will ever attempt. Learn more:
One year after the fall of the Assad government in Syria, the #DamascusDossier investigation brought together over 100 reporters to uncover new evidence of the regime’s abuses and reveal efforts to pursue accountability.
Here is a selection of their stories:
Here is a selection of their stories:
Damascus Dossier stories from around the world - ICIJ
Reporters from 26 newsrooms across 20 countries uncovered new details about the Assad regime’s crimes — and how authorities are still seeking justice.
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December 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
One year after the fall of the Assad government in Syria, the #DamascusDossier investigation brought together over 100 reporters to uncover new evidence of the regime’s abuses and reveal efforts to pursue accountability.
Here is a selection of their stories:
Here is a selection of their stories:
The #DamascusDossier provides new evidence of how former Syrian president Bashar Assad’s security institutions operated as a unified killing machine — and how international indifference, flawed aid systems and money flows helped sustain it.
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About the Damascus Dossier investigation - ICIJ
An exposé into Assad’s vast system for the detention, torture and murder of Syrian citizens — and the international forces that financed his regime.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The #DamascusDossier provides new evidence of how former Syrian president Bashar Assad’s security institutions operated as a unified killing machine — and how international indifference, flawed aid systems and money flows helped sustain it.
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ICIJ reporter @spencerwoodman.bsky.social shared how The #CoinLaundry reporting team traced tens of thousands of transactions across public blockchains to expose the global financial flows behind money laundering networks and other criminal enterprises.
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WATCH: Inside The Coin Laundry — a live Q&A - ICIJ
Discover how the Coin Laundry investigation unfolded and hear behind-the-scenes details from ICIJ's reporting.
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December 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
ICIJ reporter @spencerwoodman.bsky.social shared how The #CoinLaundry reporting team traced tens of thousands of transactions across public blockchains to expose the global financial flows behind money laundering networks and other criminal enterprises.
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In Ecuador and Colombia, ICIJ's #CoinLaundry partners detailed a multimillion-dollar cryptocurrency scheme involving a former television actress, a Christian church and an allegedly fraudulent online business school that promoted easy money for investors. buff.ly/mdIyv9C
Undercover crypto transactions, shady multimillion-dollar schemes, and more Coin Laundry stories from ICIJ’s partners - ICIJ
To investigate the global crypto industry, ICIJ’s media partners stepped inside a shadow economy awash with dirty money.
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December 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
In Ecuador and Colombia, ICIJ's #CoinLaundry partners detailed a multimillion-dollar cryptocurrency scheme involving a former television actress, a Christian church and an allegedly fraudulent online business school that promoted easy money for investors. buff.ly/mdIyv9C
A Swiss lawyer and former executive of Mossack Fonseca will stand trial in March 2026 in a German regional court for allegedly “forming criminal organizations and aiding and abetting tax evasion in two cases,” a court statement said. #PanamaPapers
Swiss lawyer from Panama Papers firm to face court on tax evasion charges - ICIJ
Christoph Zollinger was once one of Mossack Fonseca’s most senior employees. Now, he’s due to face trial in Germany.
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December 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
A Swiss lawyer and former executive of Mossack Fonseca will stand trial in March 2026 in a German regional court for allegedly “forming criminal organizations and aiding and abetting tax evasion in two cases,” a court statement said. #PanamaPapers
In over 10 months of reporting for The #CoinLaundry, ICIJ and 37 media partners in 35 countries gathered hundreds of cryptocurrency wallet addresses — analogous to bank account numbers — linked to known illicit activity.
Read about our findings:
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About The Coin Laundry investigation
The investigation reveals how crypto companies profited from crime while victims were financially ruined.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
In over 10 months of reporting for The #CoinLaundry, ICIJ and 37 media partners in 35 countries gathered hundreds of cryptocurrency wallet addresses — analogous to bank account numbers — linked to known illicit activity.
Read about our findings:
Read about our findings:
Vladimir Okhotnikov, an alleged mastermind of a multimillion-dollar crypto scam, teamed up with a globe-trotting influencer and an Oscar winner as he seeks an entrée to Hollywood and a bold new stunt to draw in investors.
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The Russian crypto guru’s Hollywood gambit
How the alleged mastermind of a multimillion-dollar crypto scam teamed up with a globe-trotting influencer and a disgraced Oscar winner as he pushed his latest dubious project.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Vladimir Okhotnikov, an alleged mastermind of a multimillion-dollar crypto scam, teamed up with a globe-trotting influencer and an Oscar winner as he seeks an entrée to Hollywood and a bold new stunt to draw in investors.
Read this #CoinLaundry story:
Read this #CoinLaundry story:
ICIJ and its partners organized and analyzed an archive of Syrian detainees’ bodies who died at the hands of the regime of former Syrian president Bashar Assad.
Read more about the methodology:
Read more about the methodology:
Inside the Damascus Dossier: From leaked images to verified data - ICIJ
ICIJ and its partners organized and analyzed thousands of chilling photographs to assemble comprehensive victim lists and quantify the human toll behind a sensitive data leak.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
ICIJ and its partners organized and analyzed an archive of Syrian detainees’ bodies who died at the hands of the regime of former Syrian president Bashar Assad.
Read more about the methodology:
Read more about the methodology:
Huione Group, featured on ICIJ's #CoinLaundry investigation, has been accused by the U.S. Treasury Department of moving money for criminal groups. Now, the National Bank of Cambodia has announced that it was revoking its payment services arm's license.
Cambodian payment processor freezes customer funds before regulators shut it down - ICIJ
Huione Pay, a key arm of Huione Group spotlighted in ICIJ’s Coin Laundry investigation, has been closed by Cambodia’s national bank and its assets liquidated.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Huione Group, featured on ICIJ's #CoinLaundry investigation, has been accused by the U.S. Treasury Department of moving money for criminal groups. Now, the National Bank of Cambodia has announced that it was revoking its payment services arm's license.
The leak for ICIJ's #DamascusDossier investigation consists of more than 134,000 files, written primarily in Arabic — around 243 gigabytes of data. They span more than three decades, from the mid-90s through to December 2024.
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About the Damascus Dossier investigation - ICIJ
An exposé into Assad’s vast system for the detention, torture and murder of Syrian citizens — and the international forces that financed his regime.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The leak for ICIJ's #DamascusDossier investigation consists of more than 134,000 files, written primarily in Arabic — around 243 gigabytes of data. They span more than three decades, from the mid-90s through to December 2024.
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Partnerships with convenience stores and gas stations fueled the rapid growth of crypto ATM networks — creating a fertile hunting ground for fraudsters.
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Read our latest story from The #CoinLaundry investigation:
Retailers keep cashing in on crypto ATMs as scams surge - ICIJ
Partnerships with convenience stores like Circle K have fueled the rapid growth of crypto ATM networks, creating fertile ground for fraudsters.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Partnerships with convenience stores and gas stations fueled the rapid growth of crypto ATM networks — creating a fertile hunting ground for fraudsters.
Read our latest story from The #CoinLaundry investigation:
Read our latest story from The #CoinLaundry investigation:
ICIJ's #CoinLaundry investigation unveiled Ukraine’s vast shadow financial system — where untold amounts of cryptocurrency are exchanged for hard cash, and vice versa, with few questions asked and almost no regulation.
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From Dubai to Toronto, inside the crypto-to-cash storefronts fueling money laundering’s new frontier
These shadowy operations have made it easier than ever to move dirty money around the world. One man is on a mission to expose them.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
ICIJ's #CoinLaundry investigation unveiled Ukraine’s vast shadow financial system — where untold amounts of cryptocurrency are exchanged for hard cash, and vice versa, with few questions asked and almost no regulation.
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Swiss lawyer Christoph Zollinger was once one of Mossack Fonseca’s most senior employees, the embattled Panamanian law firm at the center of ICIJ’s #PanamaPapers investigation. Now, he’s due to face trial in Germany.
Swiss lawyer from Panama Papers firm to face court on tax evasion charges - ICIJ
Christoph Zollinger was once one of Mossack Fonseca’s most senior employees. Now, he’s due to face trial in Germany.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Swiss lawyer Christoph Zollinger was once one of Mossack Fonseca’s most senior employees, the embattled Panamanian law firm at the center of ICIJ’s #PanamaPapers investigation. Now, he’s due to face trial in Germany.
In Canada, a new way to launder money has emerged. Shopfronts where people can convert cryptocurrency into cash have been cropping up in urban centers across the country.
Read more about ICIJ's partners reporting for The #CoinLaundry investigation:
Read more about ICIJ's partners reporting for The #CoinLaundry investigation:
Undercover crypto transactions, shady multimillion-dollar schemes, and more Coin Laundry stories from ICIJ’s partners - ICIJ
To investigate the global crypto industry, ICIJ’s media partners stepped inside a shadow economy awash with dirty money.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
In Canada, a new way to launder money has emerged. Shopfronts where people can convert cryptocurrency into cash have been cropping up in urban centers across the country.
Read more about ICIJ's partners reporting for The #CoinLaundry investigation:
Read more about ICIJ's partners reporting for The #CoinLaundry investigation:
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• @icij.org uncovers Assad’s detention & torture network.
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• @tbij.bsky.social shows a social media giant knew its platform fueled addiction.
• Quinto Elemento Lab & @theguardian.com reveal Monterrey facilities' effects on residents.
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ICIJ’s recent investigation The #CoinLaundry brought together journalists from more than 35 countries to expose dirty money flowing into the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges.
Read our partners' reporting:
Read our partners' reporting:
Undercover crypto transactions, shady multimillion-dollar schemes, and more Coin Laundry stories from ICIJ’s partners - ICIJ
To investigate the global crypto industry, ICIJ’s media partners stepped inside a shadow economy awash with dirty money.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
ICIJ’s recent investigation The #CoinLaundry brought together journalists from more than 35 countries to expose dirty money flowing into the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges.
Read our partners' reporting:
Read our partners' reporting: