Scilla Alecci

ICIJ • 3rd June 2024

Whistleblower accuses US of ignoring evidence Standard Chartered Bank served suspicious Iranian clients - ICIJ

A former Standard Chartered Bank executive said in a new court filing that U.S. authorities either overlooked or concealed crucial evidence showing the bank conducted many more transactions with sanctioned Iranian entities and international “terror groups” than it admitted to when settling a criminal case in 2012.

ICIJ • 19th March 2024

An ‘anonymous’ company secretly linked to an Indonesian billionaire is destroying Borneo’s rainforests, environmentalists say

A new report by Greenpeace and others alleges that Sukanto Tanoto’s Royal Golden Eagle masks its ties to an Indonesian pulpwood company accused of unprecedented destruction of forests and orangutan habitats.

ICIJ • 29th February 2024

Myanmar’s controversial timber trade persists, despite Western sanctions

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.

ICIJ • 6th February 2024

Former Malaysian finance minister charged following Pandora Papers revelations

Malaysian authorities have charged former finance minister Daim Zainuddin and his wife for failing to disclose assets, as part of an anti-corruption probe stemming from Pandora Papers revelations.

ICIJ • 31st January 2024

Whistleblower accuses medical tech giant Medtronic of putting ‘profit before patients’

ICIJ’s Implant Files uncovered controversial deals between Medtronic and hospitals around the world. Now, a former U.S. sales representative alleges the company used kickbacks and pressure tactics to make sales, despite patient injuries.

ICIJ • 19th January 2024

Isabel dos Santos charged with 12 crimes in Angola over her dealings as Sonangol chair

The ultra-rich daughter of Angola’s former president and her advisors are accused of defrauding the country of $219 million, including through financial schemes uncovered by ICIJ.

ICIJ • 18th January 2024

Malaysian politician under Pandora Papers probe linked to $52 million offshore trust and UK, US property investments

ICIJ’s new findings come as Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency investigates former finance minister Daim Zainuddin’s offshore assets, previously uncovered in the Pandora Papers leak.

ICIJ • 14th December 2023

Sri Lankan public security minister used shell companies to own London flats

Tiran Alles, a businessman and politician, is the latest Sri Lankan official identified in the Pandora Papers data trove.

ICIJ • 23rd November 2023

Lawmakers call for EU crackdown after ’s Cyprus Confidential revelations

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.”o debated over the need to speed up ongoing negotiations to better coordinate criminal penalties for sanction evasion across the bloc.

ICIJ • 14th November 2023

German journalist dubbed the ‘Putin connoisseur’ had secret book deal with Russian oligarch

ICIJ partners reveal that Hubert Seipel — known for his unusual access to the Russian president — agreed to receive around $700,000 from a shell company tied to steel tycoon Alexey Mordashov.

ICIJ • 26th October 2023

US ‘perfect playground’ for laundering money linked to environmental crimes, new report finds

The United States’ reputation as a hub of financial secrecy has attracted criminals from around the world, including those profiting from the destruction of the Amazon.

ICIJ • 3rd October 2023

Investigators worldwide continue to open ‘Pandora’s Box’ to pursue criminals identified in Pandora Papers two years after ’s landmark investigation

The Pandora Papers exposed the financial secrets of powerful people in more than 100 countries, leading to a worldwide crackdown on tax dodgers, money launderers and the white-collar professionals who enable them.

ICIJ • 1st March 2023

Deforestation Inc

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.

ICIJ • 10th July 2022

The Uber Files

When the ride-hailing giant called, powerful politicians answered, leaked text messages and emails reveal.

ICIJ • 24th May 2022

The faces of China's detention camps in Xinjiang

A new leak of Chinese government records reveals thousands of never-before seen mug shots of Uyghurs and other photos from inside the notorious internment camps, as well as new details of the national mass detention program.

ICIJ • 11th April 2022

The oligarch’s accountants: How PwC helped a Russian steel baron grow his offshore empire

Longtime PwC client Alexei Mordashov was hailed as Russia’s richest man in 2021. The Pandora Papers reveal his ties to murky transactions with companies linked to a key Putin associate.

ICIJ • 11th April 2022

Russian bankers shuffled personal wealth offshore long before latest sanctions, Pandora Papers show

Amid rounds of Western sanctions since 2014, executives at five of Russia’s biggest financial institutions made moves to safeguard hundreds of millions in assets.

ICIJ • 20th March 2022

Burger King holds a quiet stake in its Russian franchisee even as it publicly distances itself, leaked records show

The fast-food giant is a partner in a Cyprus-registered joint venture with VTB Bank, known as Putin’s “piggy bank,” that shuffled money to and from an anonymous shell company in Seychelles.

ICIJ • 27th February 2022

The Ericsson List

Court documents filed as part of the Swedish company's $206 million plea agreement reveal how Ericsson lawyers and employees withheld information from U.S. prosecutors, including details about its operations in ISIS-held areas of Iraq.

ICIJ • 28th January 2022

From Banksy to Picasso, offshore world awash in valuable art

The Pandora Papers reveal more than 1,600 works of art secretly traded through tax havens.