Jun 10, 2025
WATCH: Inside China Targets — a live panel with ICIJ reporters
ICIJ reporters went behind the scenes of the China Targets investigation and took questions from our readers during a virtual event.
Investigative reporting
May 30, 2025
ICIJ’s Caspian Cabals investigation wins prestigious TRACE Prize
The international award honors investigative journalism that shines a light on corruption, bribery and other illicit financial activity around the world.
Jan 21, 2025
Uncovering a Kazakh oligarch’s Spanish idyll
A reporter and photographers visited Timur Kulibayev’s sprawling Mediterranean coast estate as part of the “Caspian Cabals” project and discovered plush villas, high security and ambivalent neighbors.
Sep 23, 2024
In Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, bucolic landscapes belie a darker underbelly
Behind the scenes of ICIJ’s Swazi Secrets investigation, reporters encountered smiling citizens, gun-toting security, and a simmering undercurrent of fear and mystery.
May 07, 2024
Adult webcam platform paid $2.6m into controversial influencer Tristan Tate’s bank account, leaked documents show
ICIJ found Paxum Bank, favored by the porn industry, processed Tate’s transactions until shortly before he and his brother Andrew Tate were charged with rape and human trafficking.
Jan 26, 2024
‘Their lives would be in danger’: Surge of violence in Ecuador threatens accountability journalism
ICIJ spoke with member Paúl Mena Mena about his concerns that the worsening security crisis could silence Ecuadorian journalists.
Oct 10, 2023
Frequently asked questions about the Trafficking Inc. investigation
What sort of trafficking does this investigation cover? Are there any leaked files? How can I send ICIJ tips? These questions and more, answered.
Oct 10, 2023
About the Trafficking Inc. investigation
An ICIJ investigation examines networks of companies, people and business practices that draw profit from cross-border labor trafficking and sex trafficking.
Oct 10, 2023
Workers at Amazon warehouses in Saudi Arabia claim they were deceived, exploited, trapped
The accounts of dozens of workers reveal how major American corporations profit, directly or indirectly, from employment practices that may amount to labor trafficking.
Aug 18, 2023
Crece preocupación por la libertad de prensa en Ecuador tras asesinato de candidato presidencial
Periodistas ecuatorianos se preparan para la primera vuelta de una elección presidencial marcada por la violencia mientras lamentan la muerte de su ex colega Fernando Villavicencio.
Aug 18, 2023
Concerns about press freedom grow in Ecuador after presidential candidate is assassinated
Ecuadorian journalists brace for the first round of a presidential election marred by violence while mourning the death of former colleague Fernando Villavicencio.
Jun 27, 2023
Philippine lenders and labor agents fleece workers seeking overseas jobs, interviews and confidential documents show
Domestic workers hoping to improve their lives overseas risk exploitation and abuse. Many end up burdened with crippling debts owed to recruiters, go-betweens and traffickers.
Jun 12, 2023
How torture, deception and inaction underpin the UAE’s thriving sex trafficking industry
An underground network of suspected sex traffickers has taken refuge in the wealthy Gulf nation. The U.S. State Department says efforts to identify and protect victims have fallen short.
May 03, 2023
‘It’s a poisonous cocktail’: How legal threats are being leveraged against journalists in Panama
On World Press Freedom Day, investigative reporter Mary Triny Zea reflects on restrictions to journalism around the world after Panama’s transparency office fines another media outlet.
Mar 22, 2023
Housing crisis used to coerce trafficked workers in Massachusetts, new investigation finds
In a new Trafficking Inc. story, GBH News reveals how workers are trapped in low-paying jobs for fear of being evicted from housing provided by their employer.
Mar 02, 2023
Western firms certified as socially responsible trade in Myanmar teak linked to the military regime
Records show how environmental certification firms and middlemen legitimize deals that start with Myanmar’s brutal junta and end as yacht decks.
Mar 01, 2023
Environmental auditors approve green labels for products linked to deforestation and authoritarian regimes
A new ICIJ-led cross-border investigation exposes how a lightly regulated sustainability industry overlooks forest destruction and human rights violations when granting environmental certifications.
Jan 11, 2023
From court records to military archives, document dive revealed the world’s Shadow Diplomats
Nine documents illustrate how journalists obtained records to build the first comprehensive account of global wrongdoing by volunteer diplomats known as honorary consuls.
Dec 21, 2022
How 2022 turned into one of ICIJ’s biggest years for investigations and impact
Over the last 12 months, the newsroom behind the world’s biggest journalism collaborations put out more deep-dive global exposés than ever before.
Nov 22, 2022
Highlights from Shadow Diplomats reporting around the world
ICIJ media partners investigated honorary consuls tied to their countries, unearthing cases of wrongdoing by the part-time diplomats and a critical lack of government oversight.
Nov 14, 2022
Watch: Investigating the global threat of rogue diplomacy
The Shadow Diplomats investigation identified at least 500 current and former honorary consuls who have been accused of crimes or embroiled in controversies including drug and weapons trafficking, murder, fraud and terror financing.
Nov 01, 2022
How a remote US military base became the front line of a battle for equal pay for Filipino workers overseas
Hundreds employed by a major U.S. defense contractor are allegedly trapped at Diego Garcia island in the Indian Ocean due to a minimum wage dispute.
Oct 27, 2022
Abuses on US bases in Persian Gulf ensnare legions of migrant workers
Defense contractors hire thousands of foreigners. Many are trapped by employment practices banned by the U.S. government.
Oct 27, 2022
Human trafficking perpetrators in Massachusetts ‘almost never held accountable’
Victims of human trafficking are hiding in plain sight in the state, according to an investigation by GBH News.
Aug 29, 2022
How to navigate and search ICIJ’s Offshore Leaks Database
In the first installment of this multi-part video series, ICIJ’s training manager Jelena Cosic walks through the basics of how to search through more than 800,000 offshore entities from the Pandora Papers, Panama Papers and more.