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Soccer
players in Argentina, Olympic bids in Tokyo, the United Nations, and
European lawmakers – if you thought our world tour ended on
Wednesday, then get your lunchbox ready as we’re taking off again
today.
First stop:
the
world. Find stories in your country, your language,
and read local reporting by our 80+ partners who have published this
week!
Have you
found the bank reports connected with your country? Check out this interactive
map of dodgy transactions. You can explore some of the
data we extracted from the secret bank reports – and find out how
your country is connected.
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The
investigation on global banking has prompted action in the United
Kingdom, Belgium, and Portugal.
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The United
Kingdom’s banking regulators called financial institutions’
anti-money-laundering protocols inadequate. The regulators’ head of
enforcement Mark Steward expressed concern that banks viewed their
responsibility as a “bureaucratic exercise in red tape."
British MP
Mel Stride also wrote to parliament, requesting an investigation into
our exposé. And our Belgian partners from three media outlets have
been asked to share their findings with their country’s federal
parliament.
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ICIJ's
partners investigated suspicious transactions linked to
corruption, schemes involving food and housing programs for the
poor, and more.
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Our Latin
American contingent on the FinCEN Files covered 13 countries. The 72
reporters teamed up to reveal the banking secrets of the region’s
rich, and expose the dirty secrets of soccer players and
organizations. My two cents: our Latin American team always impresses
with their amazing artwork! Some of the best of the project, so far.
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From
transactions linked to Olympic bids, fugitive financiers and
terrorist organizations, see key stories by ICIJ’s media partners in
Asia.
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From Asia,
our partners from the Philippines to Pakistan reported on their local
impact - from jet fighters in Indonesia to connections to one of
India’s most powerful conglomerates, Adani. In Taiwan, partners
revealed that local banks cleared transactions for a sketchy
cryptocurrency firm accused of market manipulation. A collaboration
within a collaboration, our Japanese partners teamed up with our
French partner to expose new details on the Tokyo Olympic bid.
Start with
the world, and end with the world, our investigations were also
spoken about at this week’s United Nations meeting. A new report
cited FinCEN Files and the Panama Papers as investigative journalism
helping to "generate the sustained national political will
needed to create
accountable and transparent systems to promote
financial integrity.
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The FinCEN
Files investigation exposes tensions between British bank’s New York
and London operations.
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The senators
want tougher consequences for banks and their executives who move money
linked to crime and corruption.
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Where in the
world is Pantheon Worldwide? Not even its own bank can say.
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Secret
transactions, lost jobs, worker injuries, gutted buildings, unpaid
bills: Ihor Kolomoisky’s untold American legacy.
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The Kaloti
probe offers rare insight into the illicit gold trade.
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A handful of
secretive agencies mass-produce U.K. shell companies owned by criminals
and launderers.
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Europe’s
biggest bank aided massive Ponzi scheme while on probation over ties to
drug kingpins.
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The FinCEN
Files show public money pouring out of the collapsing country.
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Trillions in
tainted dollars flow freely through major banks, swamping a broken
enforcement system.
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From Ukraine
to the United States, from Tunisia to Turkmenistan, FinCEN
Files details the punishing human cost of laundered trillions.
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These are the
people zipping money across the world thanks to the global banking
system.
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The FinCEN
Files investigation reveals the role of global banks in
industrial-scale money laundering.
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We explain
the role of U.S.-based correspondent banks in facilitating the global
flow of dirty money.
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How we turned
a leak into usable information exposing the futility of anti-money
laundering efforts.
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More than 400 reporters from 88 countries came together to investigate.
This is how it happened.
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A 16-month
long cross-border investigation involving more than 400 reporters.
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Financial
institution employees are the world’s first line of defense against
money laundering.
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