Investigations
2025
Damascus Dossier
Tens of thousands of secret photos and intelligence files expose the Assad regime’s killing machine.
PARTNER STORIES
Damascus Dossier stories from around the world
By David Kenner - Dec 19, 2025
The Coin Laundry
How the crypto boom minted a shadow economy that thrives on crime — and left a trail of devastated victims.
IMPACT
Canada revokes dozens of crypto firms’ registrations
By Spencer Woodman - Mar 24, 2026
China Targets
How Beijing abuses international institutions to terrorize its critics and extend its repressive tactics worldwide.
IMPACT
Canada names first foreign interference watchdog
By Carmen Molina Acosta - Feb 05, 2026
2024
Caspian Cabals
How Western oil companies bet on Kazakhstan, turned a blind eye to corruption risks — and ended up at the mercy of Vladimir Putin.
Swazi Secrets
A glimpse inside the tiny kingdom of Eswatini — Africa’s last absolute monarchy — where suspicious money flows and the elite exploit proximity to the king.
2023
Cyprus Confidential
A new investigation by ICIJ and 68 media partners exposes the sprawling financial industry that has powered the Putin regime as it dominates its neighbors — and undermines the West.
Deforestation Inc.
An ICIJ-led cross-border investigation exposes how a lightly regulated sustainability industry overlooks forest destruction and human rights violations when granting environmental certifications.
2022
Shadow Diplomats
The untold story of how hundreds of rogue honorary consuls, including alleged terror financiers and criminals, have undermined a little-known system of global diplomacy.
Trafficking Inc.
An ICIJ investigation examines networks of companies, people and business practices that draw profit from cross-border labor trafficking and sex trafficking.
IMPACT
Nigeria arrests human trafficker spotlit by ICIJ
By Carmen Molina Acosta - Jan 03, 2025
Hidden Treasures
A collection of stories from ICIJ's Pandora Papers, FinCEN Files, Panama Papers and more show how art and antiquities have become prized assets in the offshore world, and how the secretive trade in these cultural treasures has, in some cases, provided cover for looters and thieves.