Jul 24, 2024
Why are Russian disinformation campaigns citing ICIJ?
ICIJ spoke to disinformation experts about how these campaigns fuse fact with fiction, and engage in narrative laundering to trick audiences.
Browse the ICIJ’s complete collection of investigative reports that focus on Europe.
ICIJ spoke to disinformation experts about how these campaigns fuse fact with fiction, and engage in narrative laundering to trick audiences.
In 2013, ICIJ media partner Politiken revealed that Russian nationals and others used the services of Nordea’s Copenhagen branch to maintain about 100 offshore companies.
An ICIJ media partner found two of oligarch Roman Abramovich’s children held Lithuanian passports when his financial affairs were rapidly reorganized ahead of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Researchers cited ICIJ’s 2020 investigation into a Ukrainian oligarch’s sprawling property portfolio among 25 cases of allegedly ill-gotten funds being funneled into the sector.
Journalists worry the shooting will be used as a “political tool” to further clamp down on independent press.
The Dubai Unlocked investigation shows how the emirate became a refuge for self-proclaimed “Cryptoqueen” Ruja Ignatova and nearly a dozen of her associates, even as the United Arab Emirates sought to clean up its image as a haven for criminals and fraudsters.
Caoimhe Robinson, wife of accused drug kingpin Daniel Kinahan, has bought and sold properties in Dubai as he faces U.S. sanctions, the Dubai Unlocked investigation reveals.
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.
In the biggest global election year in history, the 2024 World Press Freedom Index shows a chilling pattern of political disregard for journalists’ safety — from Europe to the Middle East.
The two countries are finalizing an agreement under which the U.S. Justice Department and FBI will assist Cyprus authorities in identifying and prosecuting sanctions evasion and other illicit finance operations “with a nexus to Cyprus."
ICIJ partners in Europe report that, a year after Deforestation Inc., regulators are struggling to uphold sanctions on Russia’s massive forestry industry.
One year after the Deforestation Inc. exposé, ICIJ and its media partners found wood products have continued to flow from the military-controlled country into Europe and the U.S.
Despite reforms to root out oligarchs who own U.K. real estate, the country has repeatedly overlooked Kremlin-linked assets hidden in plain sight.
The watchdog, set to launch in 2025, will lead a European push to curb illicit financial flows.
The new unit, slated to launch later this year, is the latest reform effort after Cyprus Confidential revealed the role of Cypriot firms in helping Putin allies avoid Western sanctions.
Abdelbasit Hamza, whose European business ties were exposed in ICIJ’s Cyprus Confidential investigation, has been targeted by European authorities and has reportedly been arrested in Cairo.
Paul Caruana Galizia’s new book grapples with the seismic impact of his mother’s murder, and how her fearless reporting may have saved Malta from becoming a “mafia state.”
Cyprus Confidential documents show over $1.5 million in payments from a Bulgarian businessman to a convicted murderer.
An ICIJ partner found two of the oligarch's children were Lithuanian citizens at the time of offshore moves that may have safeguarded billions in assets from sanctions.
More than 270 journalists around the world collaborated on ICIJ’s latest investigation — here’s some of what they found in a trove of millions of leaked documents.
The U.S. has deployed a team of experts to aid Cypriot authorities' response to ICIJ's Cyprus Confidential investigation, which exposed a rogue financial system serving the Russian elite.
ICIJ found a Cyprus-based firm aided Alexey Mordashov’s bid to protect a $1.4 billion investment from EU sanctions. Now, authorities are accused of sitting on the same information.
During a debate called in response to ICIJ's latest investigation, one parliamentarian said it showed how the entire European bloc was turning into a “gangster’s paradise.”
Prosecutors were seeking an eight-year prison sentence for the singer — whose use of offshore companies was exposed by ICIJ — over nearly $16 million in unpaid income taxes.
European lawmakers called to fix “weak link” in the bloc’s financial system in response to ICIJ’s investigation, while sales of books by a Kremlin-friendly German journalist have been halted.