Democratic lawmakers introduced federal legislation Thursday that would ban defense contractors and government-owned plants from selling high-caliber ammunition to civilians, in response to an investigation by ICIJ and @nytimes.com. buff.ly/tunU9hb
IRS criminal referrals on big corporations and ultrawealthy individuals plummeted during Trump’s first year
The IRS office the audits billionaires and large corporations referred *at most* two cases to criminal investigators in fiscal year 2025.
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Recent academic research shows that investigative reporting, NGO advocacy, and scholarly scrutiny pushed Chinese authorities from denial to dismantling parts of their mass detention system for Uyghurs.
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In the first year of Trump's second administration, the IRS has referred at most two cases of possible tax evasion by ultrawealthy people or large businesses to its criminal investigators, a sharp drop from previous years, new data obtained by ICIJ shows.
Fast zehn Jahre nach Veröffentlichung der #PanamaPapers @icij.org hat in Köln der Prozess gegen einen der früheren Miteigentümer der Skandalkanzlei #MossackFonseca begonnen. @frederikobermaier.com war vor Ort www.zdfheute.de/panorama/kri...
Nearly ten years after the release of the #PanamaPapers @icij.org, one of the former co-owners 🇨🇭🇵🇦 is on trial in Germany. He says he accepted that the shell companies founded and administered by #MossackFonseca could be used for tax evasion. www.zdfheute.de/panorama/kri...
From @malaysiakini.com: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission issued a notice to trace four people linked to the late former finance minister Daim Zainuddin, after they allegedly failed to respond to examination notices and attempts to contact them. buff.ly/anyaean
Villagers in Tanzania have filed a formal grievance with the World Bank, claiming the bank still hasn’t provided adequate redress for loss of livelihoods and alleged human-rights abuses stemming from a bank-funded environmental program.
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A new report by researchers at the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation identified Hong Kong as a key hub in the illicit trade of Western military technology to Russia.
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ICIJ's #DamascusDossier investigation lays bare the bureaucratic apparatus of former Syrian president Bashar Assad's regime that reduced each detainee’s death to anodyne paperwork designed to mask this campaign of mass murder.
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From @reutersinstitute.bsky.social: Founder and editor-in-chief of the Salvadoran newspaper El Faro Carlos Dada is one of the most respected Latin American journalists worldwide, but he can’t practice journalism in his own country. Dada now lives in exile. buff.ly/LNIqGp5
Last year’s IRS staff cuts weakened the anti-money laundering watchdog’s office within the agency, which is tasked with overseeing protections against dirty money in crypto exchanges and other so-called money service businesses.
As cryptocurrency use in the United States surges, the number of federal investigators assigned to review safeguards against dirty money in the industry plummeted last year to the lowest level since at least 2017, according to federal data obtained by @icij.org.
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ICIJ’s #CoinLaundry investigation uncovered how crypto-to-cash operations have made it easier than ever to move dirty money around the world.
With these services, people can anonymously cash out huge sums of cryptocurrency and bypass financial regulators. buff.ly/2fmryxU
Hong Kong has positioned itself as a stepping stone to the African market. A recent Oxford study notes that Hong Kong offers “privileged access to the Chinese mainland,” ease of doing business, low regulation, and a credible common law legal system.
From @pressfreedom.bsky.social: More journalists and media workers were killed in 2025 than in any other year since CPJ began collecting data. Despite a rise in targeted killings, there have been few transparent investigations and no one held accountable.
A United States Army ammunition plant was the source of almost half of all the .50-caliber rifle rounds seized by Mexican authorities over more than a decade, according to Mexico’s Defense Minister.
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A study commissioned by the European Parliament recommends strengthening data protection clauses in EU laws, including identifying transnational repression as a “systemic risk” that regulated platforms are responsible for under the Digital Services Act.
From The Indian Express: The Central Board of Direct Taxes has disclosed collective figures regarding the offshore assets “brought to tax” following The Indian Express reporting for the #PanamaPapers, #ParadisePapers and #PandoraPapers.
Four business executives linked to the spyware developer Intellexa have been convicted by a Greek court for their involvement in the illegal wiretapping of government ministers, military officials, and journalists.
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Massachusetts is suing crypto ATM operator Bitcoin Depot for allowing criminals to use its machines to scam the state’s residents, the latest example of increasing scrutiny on the business practices of one of the world’s largest operators of the machines.
From @bellingcat.com: A shipwreck in India, an ammunition seizure in Senegal, and a raid on an oil tanker in Malaysia – all three incidents involve ageing vessels, operating with false papers and one recurring figure: Captain Suniel Kumar Sharma.
Austrian firm Bitpanda — backed by investors including billionaire Peter Thiel and reportedly planning for a listing on the Frankfurt stock exchange — said it had addressed regulators' concerns, but an internal report has cast doubt on those claims.
An elite unit of Portugal’s Public Prosecutor’s Office is taking over a money laundering probe into Elvira Gavrilova Paterson, the Ukrainian producer of an upcoming Kevin Spacey film and associate of accused crypto fraudster Vladimir Okhotnikov.
Russia fell to its lowest ranking in the 2025 @rsf.org press freedom index amid its most intense crackdown on independent media since the fall of the Soviet Union.
Despite the pressure campaign, ICIJ media partner @istories.bsky.social is on a mission.
From Artnet: An inventory of Leon Black’s Southeast Asian art holdings in the #EpsteinFiles includes a $7 million bronze Shiva that may match one linked to Douglas Latchford, who was featured on ICIJ's 2021 #PandoraPapers investigation.
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The surge of fraud complaints involving crypto ATMs has become a problem for the industry and raises questions about whether the retailers that host the machines are doing enough to protect consumers.
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From @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social: Veteran national security expert warns that as Canada opens up to China, it should do more to ensure the country doesn't use the opportunity to increase transnational repression against members of the Chinese diaspora. buff.ly/KsSGqGi
