International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)

#SwaziSecrets, ICIJ’s latest investigation, reveals the role Eswatini may have played in southern Africa’s gold smuggling economy — and how the monarchy’s weak anti-money laundering controls allow those close to the royal family to benefit from proximity to King Mswati III. This cross-border collaboration of eight media partners is based on a leak of over 890,000 internal records from the Eswatini Financial Intelligence Unit. Read the stories: https://buff.ly/4aA2sW9

Did you know? Basis shifting is a tax strategy that allows for assets to be moved around within a partnership structure — minimizing tax liability, often to zero. Read about the IRS’ new plan to clamp down on abusive basis shifting:

🎊 We would like to thank all the speakers and visitors who came to the leHACK #OSINTVillage this weekend and contributed to the success of this event. 🤝 It was a real pleasure to interact with you in person, and we look forward to seeing you again next year. 🥂 We also wish all the speakers an enjoyable tasting of Epieos champagne. The Epieos team - 🎙️ All the speakers of the #OSINT Village: Hervé Letoqueux from VIGINUM, Xavier Tytelman Yulia Yarina from Small Arms Survey 🐧 Pierre Romera Zhang from International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) James Atack from ONYPHE Fabien Vauchelles from Scrapoxy Daniel Heinen from GeoSpy Bill Marczak from Citizen Lab 🧊Thibault Seret from Team Cymru Nico Dekens (Dutch_OsintGuy) Amaury L. from Check First Skip Schiphorst Schiphorst

The prosecution in the #PanamaPapers trial requested the maximum sentence for Jurgen Mossack, now-deceased Ramón Fonseca Mora and several employees of their law firm Mossack Fonseca for alleged money laundering. Last week, all defendants were acquitted.

El International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) es un consorcio internacional de periodistas de investigación que forma a profesionales y medios de comunicación de todo el mundo para destapar complejas redes de corrupción. Entre las potentes herramientas que utilizan se encuentra una plataforma desarrollada con la ayuda de #Neo4j. Utilizando nuestra base de datos grafos, el ICIJ ha podido reducir el tiempo de investigación periodística de meses a horas, permitiendo a los reporteros descubrir hechos y relaciones entre datos que antes estaban ocultos. Con #Datashare, la plataforma de análisis de documentos del ICIJ basada en herramientas de código abierto, incluido #Neo4j, los periodistas ahorran meses de investigación y desentierran hechos y relaciones ocultos.🔍 "Los grafos ofrecen a los periodistas una visión clara de la realidad, para que puedan comprobar los hechos y mantener el rumbo de las investigaciones", afirma Pierre Romera Zhang, CTO del ICIJ. 🎯 Más información sobre este fascinante caso práctico en: https://bit.ly/4clXMnA #frauddetection #Neo4j #graphdatabase

O International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) é um consórcio internacional de jornalistas que capacita profissionais e organizações de comunicação social em todo o mundo para desvendar complexas redes de corrupção. Entre as ferramentas poderosas que usam, está uma plataforma desenvolvida com a ajuda da #Neo4j. Usando o nosso banco de dados grafos, o ICIJ conseguiu reduzir o tempo de investigação de notícias de meses para horas, permitindo que os repórteres descubram fatos e relacionamentos entre dados que antes estavam ocultos. Com o #Datashare, a plataforma de análise de documentos do ICIJ baseada em ferramentas de código aberto, incluindo a #Neo4j, os jornalistas economizam meses de investigação e desenterram fatos e relacionamentos ocultos.🔍 “Os grafos oferecem aos jornalistas uma visão clara da realidade, para que possam verificar os factos e manter as investigações no rumo certo”, afirma Pierre Romera Zhang, CTO do ICIJ. 🎯 Saiba mais sobre este fascinante estudo de caso aqui: https://bit.ly/4cJSgLb #journalism #frauddetection #Neo4j #graphdatabase

A former IRS agent told ICIJ that leaders in the IRS’s Large Business and International Division often dismissed any suggestion that a powerful taxpayer may have committed a crime, and discouraged frontline agents from pursuing big cases. Read the story: https://buff.ly/45PzEqR

ICIJ is a 100% donor-supported independent, investigative news organization that believes truth and transparency are the foundations of a democratic society. Donate to ICIJ today to ensure our reporters can continue groundbreaking investigations.

The tax reporting standard set by the Global Reporting Initiative, whose reporting framework is widely recognized, applies to operations in all countries and goes beyond earnings, losses and tax payments. But some corporations are still holding back.

Legal experts warned the acquittal of 28 defendants in the #PanamaPapers money laundering trial raises questions about the progress of anti-corruption efforts on Panama. On Monday, the country's new president labeled the 2016 investigation a “hoax.”