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Now, internal documents reveal the company was secretly owned by the intelligence services of former President Bashar Assad’s regime.
As the United Nations poured money into the firm, those intelligence services were engaged in a violent campaign to crush opposition.
As the United Nations poured money into the firm, those intelligence services were engaged in a violent campaign to crush opposition.
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Now, internal documents reveal the company was secretly owned by the intelligence services of former President Bashar Assad’s regime.
As the United Nations poured money into the firm, those intelligence services were engaged in a violent campaign to crush opposition.
As the United Nations poured money into the firm, those intelligence services were engaged in a violent campaign to crush opposition.
Hidden within a drab Damascus shopping center sits the unmarked office of Shorouk for Protection, Guarding and Security Services — an unassuming security company that raked in at least $11 million from the United Nations to protect U.N. offices during the Syrian civil war.
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hidden within a drab Damascus shopping center sits the unmarked office of Shorouk for Protection, Guarding and Security Services — an unassuming security company that raked in at least $11 million from the United Nations to protect U.N. offices during the Syrian civil war.
Imad’s death certificate, found among more than 134,000 leaked Syrian intelligence records, confirmed the worst. It was dated Aug. 14, 2012, just 10 days after the raid on their parents’ home.
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Imad’s death certificate, found among more than 134,000 leaked Syrian intelligence records, confirmed the worst. It was dated Aug. 14, 2012, just 10 days after the raid on their parents’ home.
When the Assad regime collapsed in December 2024, Thaer's family was one of thousands of Syrians who flocked to prisons, hospitals and mass grave sites, looking for clues about their loved ones’ fates.
Like many others, they came up empty.
Like many others, they came up empty.
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
When the Assad regime collapsed in December 2024, Thaer's family was one of thousands of Syrians who flocked to prisons, hospitals and mass grave sites, looking for clues about their loved ones’ fates.
Like many others, they came up empty.
Like many others, they came up empty.
Two days later, officers smashed through the family’s front door and hauled Imad away to prison.
Thaer, now 57, searched for his brother for 13 years.
Thaer, now 57, searched for his brother for 13 years.
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Two days later, officers smashed through the family’s front door and hauled Imad away to prison.
Thaer, now 57, searched for his brother for 13 years.
Thaer, now 57, searched for his brother for 13 years.
When the revolution against President Bashar Assad erupted in 2011, Thaer and Imad al-Najjar supported peaceful protests calling for the end of his regime.
After Assad’s security forces fired on protesters in the Syrian capital, Thaer joined the nascent armed rebellion.
After Assad’s security forces fired on protesters in the Syrian capital, Thaer joined the nascent armed rebellion.
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
When the revolution against President Bashar Assad erupted in 2011, Thaer and Imad al-Najjar supported peaceful protests calling for the end of his regime.
After Assad’s security forces fired on protesters in the Syrian capital, Thaer joined the nascent armed rebellion.
After Assad’s security forces fired on protesters in the Syrian capital, Thaer joined the nascent armed rebellion.
The cache of photos is the largest collection of images of Syrian prisoners ever obtained by journalists. Taken by military photographers, the images show detainees who perished in regime hospitals and prisons.
Until now, the Syrian public had no knowledge of these images.
Until now, the Syrian public had no knowledge of these images.
December 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The cache of photos is the largest collection of images of Syrian prisoners ever obtained by journalists. Taken by military photographers, the images show detainees who perished in regime hospitals and prisons.
Until now, the Syrian public had no knowledge of these images.
Until now, the Syrian public had no knowledge of these images.
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.
December 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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.
#DamascusDossier, a new investigation led by ICIJ and NDR in collaboration with 24 media partners into the crimes of the Assad regime, is coming tomorrow.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
#DamascusDossier, a new investigation led by ICIJ and NDR in collaboration with 24 media partners into the crimes of the Assad regime, is coming tomorrow.
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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...
November 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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...
U.S. prosecutors have accused Okhotnikov of running Forsage, a global Ponzi and pyramid scheme that used a rigged cryptocurrency investment platform to steal at least $340 million from investors between 2020 and 2022.
November 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
U.S. prosecutors have accused Okhotnikov of running Forsage, a global Ponzi and pyramid scheme that used a rigged cryptocurrency investment platform to steal at least $340 million from investors between 2020 and 2022.
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:
Here are our findings:
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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:
Here are our findings:
More than 110 journalists from over 30 countries have come together to investigate the crypto industry around the world.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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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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ICIJ reporter and partnership coordinator @scillaa.bsky.social will be a speaker at the @globalfreemedia.bsky.social's World Congress and Media Innovation Festival #IPIWoCo25 in Vienna this month! Don't miss the “The Future of Investigative Collaboration” panel on Oct. 25.
October 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
ICIJ reporter and partnership coordinator @scillaa.bsky.social will be a speaker at the @globalfreemedia.bsky.social's World Congress and Media Innovation Festival #IPIWoCo25 in Vienna this month! Don't miss the “The Future of Investigative Collaboration” panel on Oct. 25.
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
October 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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
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
The four prize winners were celebrated Wednesday at a ceremony at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. buff.ly/rdUWlgp
October 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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
The four prize winners were celebrated Wednesday at a ceremony at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. buff.ly/rdUWlgp
Human trafficker “Christy Gold” was sentenced to pay 1.5 million naira (just under $1,000) each to the two survivors who testified in the case “as compensation and restitution for the physical, mental and emotional trauma she subjected them to.” buff.ly/PUoLBXi
August 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Human trafficker “Christy Gold” was sentenced to pay 1.5 million naira (just under $1,000) each to the two survivors who testified in the case “as compensation and restitution for the physical, mental and emotional trauma she subjected them to.” buff.ly/PUoLBXi
And last but not least, the most time-saving features of Datashare: batch search lists of names to quickly find them all in your documents.
August 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
And last but not least, the most time-saving features of Datashare: batch search lists of names to quickly find them all in your documents.
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August 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Datashare, ICIJ’s powerful investigation software, has a new design!
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On an evening in 2020, a driver hit Victor Oumah on the outskirts of Nairobi. His injuries were so bad that doctors thought he was dead.
Four years later, he’s mostly recovered. But he and his ten siblings are still reeling from debt incurred by the bill from his one month of treatment.
Four years later, he’s mostly recovered. But he and his ten siblings are still reeling from debt incurred by the bill from his one month of treatment.
July 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
On an evening in 2020, a driver hit Victor Oumah on the outskirts of Nairobi. His injuries were so bad that doctors thought he was dead.
Four years later, he’s mostly recovered. But he and his ten siblings are still reeling from debt incurred by the bill from his one month of treatment.
Four years later, he’s mostly recovered. But he and his ten siblings are still reeling from debt incurred by the bill from his one month of treatment.
Kimani’s coworkers voted to donate part of their paychecks. Over 300 people contributed. But by the time his boss sent the money to the hospital, the bill had risen again.
Kimani's legs were eventually operated on at a different hospital. His jaw has yet to be repaired.
Kimani's legs were eventually operated on at a different hospital. His jaw has yet to be repaired.
July 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Kimani’s coworkers voted to donate part of their paychecks. Over 300 people contributed. But by the time his boss sent the money to the hospital, the bill had risen again.
Kimani's legs were eventually operated on at a different hospital. His jaw has yet to be repaired.
Kimani's legs were eventually operated on at a different hospital. His jaw has yet to be repaired.
After a van hit Daniel Kimani late last year and shattered his legs and jaw, his bill ballooned uncontrollably. First, the hospital required a deposit to take him. Then, he couldn't have surgery without more funds, and couldn’t be discharged until his bill was settled.
July 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
After a van hit Daniel Kimani late last year and shattered his legs and jaw, his bill ballooned uncontrollably. First, the hospital required a deposit to take him. Then, he couldn't have surgery without more funds, and couldn’t be discharged until his bill was settled.