The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is a global network established in 1997 by the Center for Public Integrity, based in Washington, D.C. This organization consists of 165 investigative journalists from more than 65 countries, collaborating on critical issues such as cross-border crime, corruption, and holding those in power accountable. For over 25 years, the ICIJ has brought to light various cases, including the smuggling and tax evasion practices of major tobacco corporations in 2000, the activities of organized crime groups, and investigations into private military contractors, asbestos firms, and climate change advocates. They also made headlines by revealing important information about contracts related to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

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China uses dissidents-turned-spies to infiltrate overseas activist groups, as authorities flounder

5 days ago | icij.org | Scilla Alecci

Guo Jian took notes as Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, speaker for the Tibetan parliament-in-exile, met with pro-democracy activists in 2017 in Dharamshala, India, and discussed China’s repressive policies against the Tibetan minority. A naturalized German, Guo, then 36, wearing glasses and a traditional white khata scarf, his hair in a buzz cut, was part of a delegation of Chinese democracy advocates from Europe.
Poor coordination, information gaps hamstring EU efforts to combat China’s repression of overseas dissidents

1 week ago | icij.org | Scilla Alecci

Despite public condemnations, the European Union’s response to Beijing’s repressive tactics against dissidents beyond China’s borders remains ineffective and lacks coordination, according to a survey of 10 EU governments conducted by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and its media partners, alongside interviews with European lawmakers.
Poor coordination, information gaps hamstring EU efforts to combat China’s repression of overseas dissidents

1 week ago | icij.org | Scilla Alecci

Despite public condemnations, the European Union’s response to Beijing’s repressive tactics against dissidents beyond China’s borders remains ineffective and lacks coordination, according to a survey of 10 EU governments conducted by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and its media partners, alongside interviews with European lawmakers.
After outpacing EU naval mission, cargo ship remains stranded in Libya

2 weeks ago | icij.org | David Kenner

Over the past two years, the Med Sea Eagle has become a floating symbol of the lawlessness and impunity that have dogged commercial shipping on the high seas. The cargo ship’s then-owners abandoned it in June 2023, and conditions grew so dire that one crew member attempted suicide. Then, last summer, a company that chartered the Med Sea Eagle allegedly bribed its crew to deliver high-speed boats and “military tactical” vehicles to Libya, according to leaked emails written by the ship’s owner.
Canadian lawmakers urge action against transnational repression in wake of China Targets probe

3 weeks ago | icij.org | Scilla Alecci

Canada’s lawmakers are urging the government to implement a recently adopted law against foreign interference following reports by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, CBC News and other media partners that the Chinese government has targeted dozens of Chinese dissidents living in Canada and other countries over the last decade.
ICIJ’s Caspian Cabals investigation wins prestigious TRACE Prize

4 weeks ago | icij.org | Sam Ellefson

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has won the TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting for Caspian Cabals, a sweeping investigation exposing how Western oil companies ignored corruption risks and cost blow-outs to secure their stakes in the critical Caspian pipeline, enriching Kazakh and Russian elites along the way. The investigation, published in November 2024, brought together more than 60 journalists in 30 countries.
Beijing targeted friends of U.S.-based reporter amid campaign against Radio Free Asia, documents reveal

1 month ago | icij.org | Scilla Alecci

Leaked Chinese government records show Beijing’s systematic reprisals against Uyghur reporters working for a news organization that is now in the Trump administration’s crosshairs. The documents include a list of names with addresses, professions, phone numbers and other private details of 42 “sensitive and special” people who had allegedly been in “close contact” with Uyghur journalist Shohret Hoshur, 60. Hoshur, who escaped China in 1994, has been a reporter for Radio Free Asia (RFA) since 2007.
How a Pentagon contractor built a global empire — and a massive tax evasion scheme - ICIJ

1 month ago | icij.org | David Kenner

A case that the Justice Department has described as one of the largest tax evasion prosecutions in U.S. history culminated on Wednesday with businessman Douglas Edelman pleading guilty in a Washington courtroom to conspiracy and making false statements to U.S. authorities, along with several other criminal charges.
Cyprus misses EU deadline as long-awaited sanctions unit stalls

1 month ago | icij.org | Sam Ellefson

Cyprus missed the European Union’s deadline to create a long-awaited national sanctions implementation unit after objections from the Cyprus Bar Association prompted lawmakers to delay passing the necessary legislative package. The bar association pushed back against the legislation during a May 12 parliamentary committee hearing, arguing it violated the Cyprus constitution by allowing the unit to operate in English, which is not an official language of the country.
How a dark reimagining of “Dumbo the Elephant” shaped the business dealings of an Irish drug lord

1 month ago | icij.org | Fergus Shiel

You could call it the Deadly Poets Society. As he rose to become a cartel godfather, Christopher Kinahan Sr. wrote and edited poetry and prose under a pen name as part of a high-security prisoners’ writing group that included a killer with mystical pretensions. And, in a twist fit for a thriller, Kinahan later named two of his companies with the same nom de plume he had used as the editor-of-choice for feared Irish felons: Cian Sharkhin — an anagram of Chris Kinahan.