Jo Robin
@jorobin.bsky.social
Digital editor at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (@icij.bsky.social). Formerly: ABC News, Columbia J-School & Broadsheet Melbourne.
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The #CoinLaundry is coming soon. ICIJ’s latest investigation is a global collaboration between 38 media partners in 35 countries!
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November 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The #CoinLaundry is coming soon. ICIJ’s latest investigation is a global collaboration between 38 media partners in 35 countries!
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Dream team Nicole Sadek, Carmen Molina Acosta
and Sam Ellefson (feat. me and Annys Shin) found dozens of examples of law enforcement detaining peaceful protestors to shield Chinese President Xi Jinping from dissent during his overseas travels.
and Sam Ellefson (feat. me and Annys Shin) found dozens of examples of law enforcement detaining peaceful protestors to shield Chinese President Xi Jinping from dissent during his overseas travels.
As President Xi Jinping traveled the world, police swept peaceful protesters off the streets - ICIJ
In country after country, local authorities detained and silenced activists to shield the Chinese leader from dissent.
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April 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Dream team Nicole Sadek, Carmen Molina Acosta
and Sam Ellefson (feat. me and Annys Shin) found dozens of examples of law enforcement detaining peaceful protestors to shield Chinese President Xi Jinping from dissent during his overseas travels.
and Sam Ellefson (feat. me and Annys Shin) found dozens of examples of law enforcement detaining peaceful protestors to shield Chinese President Xi Jinping from dissent during his overseas travels.
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For #ChinaTargets, ICIJ and its media partners collected protest-related photos, videos, police records and court filings, and interviewed over a dozen activists who were detained during President Xi Jinping’s international trips. Read the cases:
As President Xi Jinping traveled the world, police swept peaceful protesters off the streets - ICIJ
In country after country, local authorities detained and silenced activists to shield the Chinese leader from dissent.
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April 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
For #ChinaTargets, ICIJ and its media partners collected protest-related photos, videos, police records and court filings, and interviewed over a dozen activists who were detained during President Xi Jinping’s international trips. Read the cases:
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New report from @citizenlab.ca found that Uyghur rights activists were targeted by spearphishing campaign, including advocates featured in @icij.org's #ChinaTargets investigation.
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Cyberattack against Uyghur rights activists shows hallmarks of Chinese repression tactics, researchers say - ICIJ
Citizen Lab found the advocates, including some featured in ICIJ’s China Targets investigation, were targeted with malicious software disguised as a Uyghur-language tool.
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April 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
New report from @citizenlab.ca found that Uyghur rights activists were targeted by spearphishing campaign, including advocates featured in @icij.org's #ChinaTargets investigation.
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Check out Tamsin Lee-Smith and Jelena Cosic's deep dive into China-backed groups "masquerading as NGOs” at the U.N. in Geneva — and helping Beijing whitewash its rights records. Go team #ChinaTargets! Via @icij.org
At the U.N., China is deploying a growing army of puppet organizations to monitor and intimidate human rights activists - ICIJ
Beijing-backed “GONGOs” have transformed the Palais des Nations into a hostile environment for critics of President Xi Jinping.
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April 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Check out Tamsin Lee-Smith and Jelena Cosic's deep dive into China-backed groups "masquerading as NGOs” at the U.N. in Geneva — and helping Beijing whitewash its rights records. Go team #ChinaTargets! Via @icij.org
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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.
Here is what we found:
Here is what we found:
April 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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.
Here is what we found:
Here is what we found:
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COMING SOON: #ChinaTargets.
ICIJ’s latest investigation uncovers the sprawling scope and terrifying tactics of Beijing’s campaign to target dissident members of its diaspora.
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ICIJ’s latest investigation uncovers the sprawling scope and terrifying tactics of Beijing’s campaign to target dissident members of its diaspora.
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April 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
COMING SOON: #ChinaTargets.
ICIJ’s latest investigation uncovers the sprawling scope and terrifying tactics of Beijing’s campaign to target dissident members of its diaspora.
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ICIJ’s latest investigation uncovers the sprawling scope and terrifying tactics of Beijing’s campaign to target dissident members of its diaspora.
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I couldn't be more proud of Brenda Medina, @jescuderoma.bsky.social and Delphine Reuter's deep and careful reporting on this important investigation.
The Tom Renner Award goes to “Tráileres, Trampa para Migrantes” (Cargo Trucks: A Trap for Migrants). Judges said this multimedia investigation “brings breathtaking new insight to an opaque underworld.” @noticiastelemundo.com @icij.org @bellingcat.com www.telemundo.com/noticias/not...
April 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I couldn't be more proud of Brenda Medina, @jescuderoma.bsky.social and Delphine Reuter's deep and careful reporting on this important investigation.
Lol that @nytimes.com linked out to a fake Panama Papers website full of AI-generated slop instead of @icij.org 🫠
February 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Lol that @nytimes.com linked out to a fake Panama Papers website full of AI-generated slop instead of @icij.org 🫠
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Autocrats who have long attempted to control the media have cheered the Trump administration's foreign assistance freeze. Many affected are the only investigative journalism organizations in poor countries or fragile democracies.
Hear from the journalists themselves 🧵:
Hear from the journalists themselves 🧵:
February 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Autocrats who have long attempted to control the media have cheered the Trump administration's foreign assistance freeze. Many affected are the only investigative journalism organizations in poor countries or fragile democracies.
Hear from the journalists themselves 🧵:
Hear from the journalists themselves 🧵:
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NEW: Leaked documents suggest Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s companies failed to pay taxes on huge profits generated by offshore investments worth $6 billion, ICIJ media partners found. www.icij.org/investigatio... via @icij.org
UK MPs push for probe into Russian billionaire’s possible $1B tax dodge - ICIJ
Leaked documents suggest Roman Abramovich’s companies failed to pay tax on huge profits generated by offshore investments worth $6 billion, ICIJ media partners found.
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February 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
NEW: Leaked documents suggest Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s companies failed to pay taxes on huge profits generated by offshore investments worth $6 billion, ICIJ media partners found. www.icij.org/investigatio... via @icij.org
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Leaked documents suggest Roman Abramovich’s companies failed to pay tax on huge profits generated by offshore investments worth $6 billion, reporting by ICIJ media partners the BBC, @theguardian.com and @tbij.bsky.social found.
UK MPs push for probe into Russian billionaire’s possible $1B tax dodge - ICIJ
Leaked documents suggest Roman Abramovich’s companies failed to pay tax on huge profits generated by offshore investments worth $6 billion, ICIJ media partners found.
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February 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Leaked documents suggest Roman Abramovich’s companies failed to pay tax on huge profits generated by offshore investments worth $6 billion, reporting by ICIJ media partners the BBC, @theguardian.com and @tbij.bsky.social found.
Check out Kazakh "oil prince" Timur Kulibayev's fancy European property portfolio, courtesy of @icij.org's talented data team. Classic rich-guy move to buy more than one castle. #CaspianCabals 🏰
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Uncovering Timur Kulibayev’s European property empire - ICIJ
As the wealth of Kazakhstan’s “oil prince” expanded so did his real estate portfolio, which now includes a U.K. mansion once owned by Prince Andrew.
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November 25, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Check out Kazakh "oil prince" Timur Kulibayev's fancy European property portfolio, courtesy of @icij.org's talented data team. Classic rich-guy move to buy more than one castle. #CaspianCabals 🏰
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"Everyone was afraid of being poisoned one day, of not getting up, not waking up." Read Nicole Sadek's excellent #CaspianCabals reporting on the communities devastated and displaced by Western companies chasing Kazakh oil riches. Via @icij.org www.icij.org/investigatio...
The lost village: Western oil companies enriched Kazakhstan's power brokers — and left a community in ruins - ICIJ
Ten years ago a mysterious health crisis ushered in the end of Berezovka. Former residents are still grappling with chronic illness and broken promises.
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November 25, 2024 at 3:46 PM
"Everyone was afraid of being poisoned one day, of not getting up, not waking up." Read Nicole Sadek's excellent #CaspianCabals reporting on the communities devastated and displaced by Western companies chasing Kazakh oil riches. Via @icij.org www.icij.org/investigatio...
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#CaspianCabals: An ICIJ investigation with 77 journalists from 26 international media partners, reveals how Western oil companies ignored bribery risks and massive cost overruns to secure their stake in a critical Kazakhstan-Russia pipeline, only to be sidelined by the Kremlin.
Caspian Cabals - ICIJ
How Western oil companies bet on Kazakhstan, turned a blind eye to corruption risks — and ended up at the mercy of Vladimir Putin.
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November 22, 2024 at 11:44 PM
#CaspianCabals: An ICIJ investigation with 77 journalists from 26 international media partners, reveals how Western oil companies ignored bribery risks and massive cost overruns to secure their stake in a critical Kazakhstan-Russia pipeline, only to be sidelined by the Kremlin.
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Eswatini’s king had a bold plan: a “special economic zone” to supercharge the tiny African country’s economy. But a decade after a spate of evictions pushed residents out, ICIJ’s #SwaziSecrets shows the SEZ is far from a thriving metropolis.
How international gold dealers exploited a tiny African kingdom’s economic dream - ICIJ
Eswatini’s king professed to have a bold plan for a thriving economic zone. ICIJ uncovered two phantom gold refineries channeling millions of dollars to Dubai through it.
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April 16, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Eswatini’s king had a bold plan: a “special economic zone” to supercharge the tiny African country’s economy. But a decade after a spate of evictions pushed residents out, ICIJ’s #SwaziSecrets shows the SEZ is far from a thriving metropolis.
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NEW: #CyprusConfidential — an investigation by ICIJ,
@papertrailmedia.bsky.social and nearly 70 partners — reveals how Cyprus firms power the Kremlin’s financial machine and shielded the wealth of oligarchs, including after Russia’s 2022 Ukraine invasion. bit.ly/3FZvQr9
@papertrailmedia.bsky.social and nearly 70 partners — reveals how Cyprus firms power the Kremlin’s financial machine and shielded the wealth of oligarchs, including after Russia’s 2022 Ukraine invasion. bit.ly/3FZvQr9
Cyprus ignores Russian atrocities, Western sanctions to shield vast wealth of Putin allies - ICIJ
ICIJ-led investigation Cyprus Confidential reveals how the EU member state powered the Kremlin’s financial machine, moving vast sums for oligarchs, including after Russia’s 2022 Ukraine invasion.
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November 14, 2023 at 4:22 PM
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Hey, folks! 👋 @icij.bsky.social is seeking a social media whiz to join our team in the U.S. It’s an early career role for someone passionate about audience-focused digital storytelling, able to navigate evolving platforms, and interested in global accountability journalism. Questions welcome! 🙂
Help fill this desk! ICIJ is hiring - ICIJ
Our small but highly ambitious team is growing. Are you our next employee?
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October 12, 2023 at 3:35 PM
Hey, folks! 👋 @icij.bsky.social is seeking a social media whiz to join our team in the U.S. It’s an early career role for someone passionate about audience-focused digital storytelling, able to navigate evolving platforms, and interested in global accountability journalism. Questions welcome! 🙂
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Today marks two years since ICIJ published the #PandoraPapers — the largest investigation in journalism history. From India to Germany, Peru, the U.K. and beyond, authorities worldwide continue to investigate tax evaders, money launderers and the white-collar professionals who enable them.
Investigators worldwide continue to open ‘Pandora’s Box’ to pursue criminals identified in Pan...
The Pandora Papers exposed the financial secrets of powerful people in more than 100 countries, leading to a worldwide crackdown on tax dodgers, money launderers and the white-collar professionals who...
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October 4, 2023 at 12:36 AM
Today marks two years since ICIJ published the #PandoraPapers — the largest investigation in journalism history. From India to Germany, Peru, the U.K. and beyond, authorities worldwide continue to investigate tax evaders, money launderers and the white-collar professionals who enable them.