From Canada to France, Uruguay, Malaysia and beyond, ICIJ's latest investigation The #CoinLaundry shed light on the growing cryptocurrency shadow economy.

Here are some of the stories journalists uncovered around the world:

ICIJ and its #CoinLaundry media partners interviewed 45 victims of crypto scams on four continents. In most cases, the funds from the alleged scammers’ wallet addresses were channeled to accounts at major exchanges, including Binance, OKX, HTX and Bybit. www.icij.org/investigatio...

As Hollywood stars paraded down the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival, Kevin Spacey posed for photos alongside his producer, a woman in a shimmering silver gown, before settling in to watch the trailer for “Holiguards Saga — The Portal of Force.” www.icij.org/investigatio...

ICIJ's latest investigation The #CoinLaundry is a collaboration of 113 journalists from 38 media partners in 35 countries that exposes how cryptocurrency companies have empowered a shadow economy that lavishly profits from crime.

Here are our findings:

#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.

The four Maria Moors Cabot Prize winners were celebrated earlier this month at a ceremony.

“This year’s sweep by ICIJ-connected journalists speaks volumes about the strength of our global network,” said ICIJ Executive Director Gerard Ryle.

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Here is Nicol Sadek‘s story that won the Livinston Award for International Reporting: www.icij.org/investigatio...
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Congratulations to Nicole Sadek! Another great circle closing: having an ICIJ.org reporter winning a Livingston Award, which I managed for 4 years over 20 years ago!

ICIJ’s tech team partnered with machine learning scientists from the AI Journalism Resource Center at @oslomet.bsky.social and the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK to develop a passport detection tool.

Learn about the process and results:

Last week, @icij.org published the China Targets, a chilling investigation on China's influence in silencing critical voices across the globe. Here is a great and short Q&A about the findings:

Impact! Becuase of @icij.org‘s reporting:
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COMING SOON: #ChinaTargets.
My news organization @icij.org led a 10-month investigation that uncovered the sprawling scope & terrifying tactics of Beijing’s campaign to target dissident members of its diaspora.
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My Opinion essay about the destruction of the nation's first environmental education center by the Ann Arbor, MI, school board was published in The @detroitnews.bsky.social:
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