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We work together with investigative journalists around the globe to investigate the most important stories in the world.

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ICIJ @icij.org · 1d

Nora Gámez Torres of the @miamiherald.com and @elnuevoherald.com was honored for her coverage of U.S.-Cuba relations and historic developments on the island. She was a key collaborator on ICIJ’s 2019 #BriberyDivision investigation.

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ICIJ @icij.org · 1d

@nataliaviana.bsky.social, an ICIJ member and co-founder of @apublica.org, was honored for her leadership, innovation and uncompromising journalistic ethic. Judges said "our times demand: a reporter, editor, storyteller and mentor to new generations" like Viana. buff.ly/rdUWlgp

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ICIJ @icij.org · 1d

Omaya Sosa, an ICIJ member and co-founder of Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism, was honored for her editorial leadership and support for regional journalists. Judges called her a “strong and consistent advocate, writer and speaker for investigative reporting.” buff.ly/rdUWlgp

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ICIJ @icij.org · 1d

ICIJ’s Latin America coordinator and reporter @isacotas.bsky.social was honored for her cross-border corruption and financial crime investigations. Judges said her reporting is "valuable amid dramatic changes in economic policies that are reshaping the Americas." buff.ly/rdUWlgp

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ICIJ @icij.org · 1d

From Mexico to Puerto Rico, Brazil to Miami, the winners of the 2025 Maria Moors Cabot Prize share one thing in common: a track record of working with ICIJ.

The four prize winners were celebrated Wednesday at a ceremony at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. buff.ly/rdUWlgp

Six journalists standing in front of a Columbia Journalism School backdrop.

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ICIJ @icij.org · 1d

From @gijn.org: Complex investigative projects continue to shed light on money laundering and official graft throughout Asia, often across borders and under severe information and security constraints.

Check out this roundup featuring ICIJ's #CaspianCabals:

State-Connected Oligarchs and Looted Public Funds: Tracking Illicit Money Across Asia

In this installment of GIJN's Asia Focus project, we look at how investigative journalists across the continent are exposing kleptocracy and documenting official corruption.

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ICIJ @icij.org · 2d

More than 3,500 of the IRS probationary workers dismissed earlier this year were rated as “fully successful” or better, while the remainder had no performance rating or record, a recent report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration notes.

Watchdog report finds overwhelming majority of IRS employees fired by DOGE for performance had no documented issues - ICIJ

A new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration notes that the termination letters were written for the agency by the OPM and its cuts failed to follow internal IRS procedures.

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ICIJ @icij.org · 3d

From @apnews.com: Four years ago, it seemed that the days in politics of billionaire Andrej Babiš were numbered.

On Saturday, Action of Dissatisfied Citizens movement Babiš created claimed its greatest election victory since its foundation in 2011.

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Babiš is back: Billionaire’s return steers Czechia away from Ukraine and toward Hungary and Slovakia

Four years ago, Andrej Babiš seemed to be on his way out of Czech politics. His ANO, or YES, movement had been defeated, and he was expected to quit.

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ICIJ @icij.org · 3d

Data gathered by Peru's press association shows the number of attacks against journalists, including death threats, have doubled in the country since 2022. ICIJ member Gustavo Gorriti said he was verbally attacked by Lima's mayor.

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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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ICIJ @icij.org · 4d

Revisit the original stories from the 2022 #TraffickingInc investigation here: buff.ly/KGI26WG

Trafficking Inc. - ICIJ

An ICIJ investigation examines networks of companies, people and business practices that draw profit from cross-border labor trafficking and sex trafficking.

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ICIJ @icij.org · 4d

From @theguardian.com: Warehouse laborers from Asia say the world’s second largest employer, Amazon, has failed to live up to its promises to compensate them for financial abuses tied to their work for the online retailer in Saudi Arabia. #TraffickingInc buff.ly/bCXbHIy

‘We want justice’: workers at Amazon warehouses in Saudi Arabia still waiting on financial redress

Asian migrant laborers who paid predatory recruiting fees say global mega-corporation has not kept its promise to pay them restitution

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ICIJ @icij.org · 4d

Researchers from Transparency International Russia posed as a fake Hong Kong-based electronics exporter to learn how the Garantex crypto exchange continues to flourish in the shadows through Exved, a cross-border payment processing platform.

Cryptocurrency exchange Garantex lives on despite sanctions, new report unveils - ICIJ

The ostensibly shuttered exchange continues to operate through Telegram-based services that facilitate crossborder payments, according to Transparency International Russia (in exile).

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ICIJ @icij.org · 5d

Following #ChinaTargets revelations, Canadian lawmakers spoke out against China’s targeting of dissidents living in Canada and elsewhere, urging the government to act.

Officials have confirmed that countering foreign influence is an “utmost priority.”

Canada to announce new foreign interference watchdog to fight transnational repression - ICIJ

Just months after ICIJ’s China Targets investigation, the country has confirmed that countering foreign influence is an “utmost priority” for the government.

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ICIJ @icij.org · 6d

From @politico.com: Economist Gabriel Zucman has an idea that taps into deep frustration among an angry public tired of watching costs rise as governments collapse while trying to balance the books.

Learn about the "Zucman tax":

New rock-star economist Gabriel Zucman’s wealth tax transfixes France

The 38-year-old has a recipe to save the EU’s second-biggest economy from a debt crisis — but will the government dare act on it?

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ICIJ @icij.org · 6d

From CBC News: Members of Russia's business elite are flying in Canadian-made luxury planes that were imported after sanctions targeting the country's aviation sector came into place, CBC's visual investigations unit has found via documents ICIJ provided.

How a Russian oligarch imported a Canadian-made luxury jet despite sanctions | CBC News

Dozens of Canadian-made planes have made their way to Russia, even after that country was subjected to strict sanctions following its invasion of Ukraine, a CBC News visual investigation has found.

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ICIJ @icij.org · 7d

ICIJ and its partners used Datashare to securely gather sensitive documents to help journalists unearth secrets buried in files using powerful search functionality and AI-fueled features.

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Datashare redesign makes research tool more powerful, more accessible for all - ICIJ

Datashare, the document research platform behind the Pandora Papers and other groundbreaking global investigations, has been relaunched with a new streamlined design.

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ICIJ @icij.org · 8d

A German court this week sentenced a former political aide featured in ICIJ’s China Targets investigation to more than four years in prison after finding that he spied for China for nearly two decades.

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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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Pierre Romera Zhang @pirhoo.com · 9d

Rather than strengthening safeguards highlighted by @icij.org's #FinCENFiles five years ago, the Trump administration has chosen to weaken major anti-money laundering rules. www.icij.org/news/2025/09...

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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ICIJ @icij.org · 9d

Three ICIJ investigations, #PanamaPapers, #PandoraPapers and #HiddenTreasures, have revealed the use of art holdings as part of money laundering schemes, obscuring the ultimate ownership of pieces.

The new Art Market Integrity Act aims to change that.

New US bill aims to clamp down on money laundering through art holdings - ICIJ

The proposed Art Market Integrity Act would subject art brokers to the same BSA reporting requirements as antiquities dealers, banks and other financial institutions.

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ICIJ @icij.org · 9d

Activist and journalist Amer Matar was recently arrested at a border crossing between Syria and Lebanon for allegedly “illegally” obtaining documents belonging to security services and exploiting them for personal use, according to Syrian authorities.

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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ICIJ @icij.org · 10d

In recent years, IFC-backed hospitals have continued to put patients in financial distress. ICIJ spoke with 12 people who, since 2020, have received treatment at Avenue Group hospitals for themselves or family members only to come under financial strain.

The World Bank set out to transform health care for the poor in Africa. It drove patients deeper into poverty. - ICIJ

A surge in private equity funding for hospitals left a trail of crushing debts, patient detentions and broken promises.

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ICIJ @icij.org · 10d

Six years after ICIJ’s #SolitaryVoices investigation, Physicians for Human Rights found over 10,000 people were placed in solitary confinement in U.S. detention facilities run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, over a 14-month period.

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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ICIJ @icij.org · 11d

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Sia At The Game @rhpsia.bsky.social · 14d

ICYMI: Five years after @icij.org published the FinCEN Files, the Trump administration plans to rollback significant anti-money laundering rules and delete data on U.S. companies from a new federal "beneficial ownership" database. www.icij.org/news/2025/09...

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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