Former Trump administration adviser and intelligence official Amaryllis Fox Kennedy previously helped her father secure at least $12M from a Russian investment bank that cooperated with the Kremlin, leaked documents show. Read the story:

Did you know? An "amparo" is a Latin American legal remedy, similar to an injunction, that protects constitutional rights from abuses by the state and, sometimes, private entities. Access to costly health care is a common reason to file amparos.

Since 2023, Tunisian authorities have targeted Inkyfada’s publisher Al Khatt under the guise of regulatory action, blocking bank transfers, demanding proof of Al Khatt’s legal formation, and even suspending the nonprofit’s activities for a month last year.

In multiple interviews, experts told ICIJ that pharmaceutical companies and policymakers should do more to address the underlying problems that cause counterfeits to flourish in the first place: pricing and availability. Read more from the #CancerCalculus:

After a surge in crypto scams, Maine began requiring crypto firms to verify the ownership of certain digital wallets to prevent would-be victims from paying scammers. But Coinbase suggested Maine’s rule was unconstitutional, before it found a workaround.

In a wealthier country, some oncology patients would be candidates for treatment with the blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda. But in Guatemala, access to the expensive treatment is determined by timing, availability and luck. Read about our reporter's trip:

The U.S. and its key intelligence partners say that Chinese intelligence officers are posing as recruiters on LinkedIn and other sites to target foreigners who could have access to classified or privileged information. Read the latest:

In Guatemala and elsewhere in Latin America, patients have taken to courts to force their insurers or public health systems to provide the anti-cancer drug Keytruda. Meanwhile, patients in wealthier countries struggle for access too.

Federal authorities in Mexico seized vials labeled as Keytruda during an operation to dismantle a counterfeit ring in a suburb outside of the capital city, sources told ICIJ. This is the second operation where vials of the cancer drug were seized.

The @citizenlab.ca has analyzed suspicious emails sent to ICIJ reporters and other messages sent by ICIJ impersonators to targets in Asia, Europe and the United States. Their recent report details the findings, one year after #ChinaTargets was published.

For the #CancerCalculus investigation, ICIJ’s data team created datasets using records from patent offices and courts, and analyzed the opaque pricing of a lifesaving drug with a sky-high price tag. Read the data methodology:

@tijd.be organiseerde vrijdag 29 mei samen met het internationaal consortium van onderzoeksjournalisten @icij.org een reünie in Mechelen naar aanleiding van 10 jaar Panama Papers. De Tijd en ICIJ nodigden journalisten en media uit die in 2016 samen met ons de onthullingen deden. #PanamaPapers

From @nytimes.com: A review of securities filings from nearly 500 companies showed that they avoided taxes by attributing hundreds of billions of dollars in earnings to low- or no-tax foreign locales like Cyprus, Bermuda, Switzerland and the Cayman Islands.

The search for affordable medicine can lead people to one of the tens of thousands of online pharmacies operating illegally, or even storefronts run by rogue sellers or organized crime groups. In both cases, the dangers may not be immediately clear.

From @news.abc.net.au: Queensland jet ski salesman Ian Taylor, who helped set up offshore shell companies embroiled in scandals like the #PanamaPapers and #FinCENFiles, is facing extradition to the U.S. on money laundering charges.

Investment giant Fidelity opened a brokerage account for Jeffrey Epstein months before his 2019 arrest, according to a document reviewed by ICIJ. The account took in millions of dollars as Epstein publicly faced intense renewed scrutiny, the record shows.

NEW: As U.S. states & Canada crack down on scam-prone bitcoin ATMs and criminal schemes to fleece senior citizens, @icij.org finds that most mainstream crypto industry players continue to enable massive transfers of bitcoin that facilitate ATM-related fraud. #CoinLaundry www.icij.org/investigatio...

In Austria, @derstandard.at reported that Keytruda costs about $8000 per dose without discounts, making it the country’s single largest medication expense. Austria is the sole country in the EU with no price ceiling for hospital drugs.

Bitcoin Depot has taken its network — comprising some 9,700 kiosks — offline, CEO Alex Holmes said in a statement, and will cease operations citing "increasingly stringent compliance obligations" on crypto ATMs that have made the business infeasible.

ICIJ's latest global investigation, the #CancerCalculus, exposes a broken global health system, telling the story of a breakthrough medicine whose transformative power has been constrained by its manufacturer’s quest for profits. Learn more: buff.ly/J2Hj1g3

In response to the #CancerCalculus investigation’s findings, Mexico’s Ministry of Health released a statement reassuring citizens that “medications used in the public sector meet strict safety, quality, and efficacy standards.” Learn more:

Olena Oblamska, also known as Lola Ferrari, has been accused of being one of the four founders of the cryptocurrency investment platform Forsage, which prosecutors allege was actually a global Ponzi and pyramid scheme.

ICYMI: ICIJ's latest live panel event on our #CancerCalculus investigation featured ICIJ chief reporter Sydney P. Freedberg and Serif Health health economist Bill Pajerowski unpacking what the reporting revealed about the cost of anti-cancer drug Keytruda. Watch the recording:

Data analyzed by ICIJ shows that health and legal systems are increasingly intertwined in some Latin American countries, where Keytruda is often accessed through a court order. Learn more: buff.ly/AsLfrxP

In Tunisia, several journalists and human rights lawyers have recently been jailed under a law that criminalizes spreading “rumours and fake news.” It now ranks 137 out of 180 countries in the @rsf.org World Press Freedom Index, down eight spots since last year.

Reporting for the #CancerCalculus, ICIJ identified several alarming incidents in which fake Keytruda was supplied to hospitals in Mexico, where at least one person died after being “infused” with the counterfeit medication, according to Merck.

In a reinterpretation of banking rules, federal authorities granted some crypto companies special, slimmed-down national banking licenses that come with minimal federal oversight and immunity against a wide range of actions by state regulators.

The U.S. State Department has revoked visas of lawmakers, government officials and judges from Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Costa Rica over a range of accusations from organized criminal activities to “witch hunts” of President Trump’s political allies.

As a crackdown against scam-plagued crypto ATMs widens, one critical aspect of the industry has escaped scrutiny: the crypto giants that have enabled these operations through massive transfers of bitcoin. #coinlaundry

The Trump administration designated six Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations in 2025, opening the door for law enforcement to take a variety of actions against the groups and those who do business with them. Read about the first such case:

A recent report by @freedomhouse.bsky.social shows a quarter of all countries have attempted to silence dissidents abroad. China was by far the most prolific in 2025, but Vietnam and Russia also stood out, rounding out the top three perpetrators. Learn more:

International drug kingpin Daniel Kinahan was arrested on April 15 under the terms of an extradition agreement between Ireland and the United Arab Emirates. His presence in Dubai had long allowed him to evade U.S. and European law enforcement.

Are you attending #Dataharvest26? Don't miss the sessions from ICIJ's tech and data team on Friday and Saturday, including our CTO Pierre Romera Zhang (@pirhoo.com), our head of data Delphine Reuter and our data analyst and engineer Miguel Fiandor. Add to your schedule:

A U.S. Senate report underscored Merck & Co.'s vast pricing disparities across the world — part of ICIJ's #CancerCalculus investigation — noting that the U.S. pays over five times as much for Keytruda as Japan. Merck declined to comment on the findings.

Guatemalan oncologist Julio Ramírez told #CancerCalculus reporters he had only treated one patient with Keytruda, but that funding for two more treatments had been approved. He said this was an improvement, although he sees around 40 patients per week.

In South Africa, one of the only countries in sub-Saharan Africa where Keytruda is readily available, a small-business owner with lung cancer can’t get her private insurer to fully comply with a landmark ruling by the national regulator to cover the drug.

From @nytimes.com: Hugo and Mariano Jinkis, a father and son from Argentina accused of bribing Latin American soccer officials for lucrative television and marketing rights, evaded U.S. prosecutors for years. Both have now entered talks to negotiate a plea deal. buff.ly/mzEYzcg

Did you know? When ICIJ reached Russian President Vladimir Putin with a right-to-reply letter prior to the #PanamaPapers’ publication, the response was unexpectedly public. The Kremlin called a press conference. Gerard Ryle recalls how the day unfolded:

The stories from the #CancerCalculus investigation underscore the urgent need to rethink how the world balances innovation, cost and access. For hundreds of thousands of patients, that balance will determine their survival.

Citizen Lab has analyzed suspicious emails sent to ICIJ reporters and other messages sent by ICIJ impersonators to targets in Asia, Europe and the United States. Their recent report details the findings, one year after #ChinaTargets was published.

Heute in Linz, um via IFG mehr über die Beschaffung des Krebsmedikaments Keytruda zu erfahren. #CancerCalculus @profil.at @icij.org www.profil.at/investigativ...

BREAKING: Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a senior Trump intelligence official, daughter-in-law of RFK Jr. and ally of DNI Tulsi Gabbard, to leave two of three key administration intel posts Friday, @icij.org & @washingtonpost.com report. www.icij.org/news/2026/05...

Counterfeit drugs are bad business for pharmaceutical companies. These cheaper alternatives infringe on trademarks, siphon off business, create reputational damage and erode patient trust, all of which can affect a company’s bottom line.

Journalists for the #CancerCalculus found that Keytruda’s sky-high price has caused a ripple effect for health systems around the world, exacerbating inequalities and driving patients to desperate measures. Read our partners' findings:

ICIJ partners for the #CancerCalculus found that Merck received over $1 billion in tax breaks in the Netherlands last year under a tax regime called the “innovation box,” which grants companies a reduced corporate tax rate for “innovative activities.”

Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a top Trump administration intelligence official and daughter-in-law to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is stepping down this week from two key administration posts, ICIJ and @washingtonpost.com report

Bitcoin Depot, formerly the world’s largest operator of cryptocurrency ATMs, filed for bankruptcy Sunday, in the latest blow to an industry that has been plagued by allegations of facilitating hundreds of millions of dollars of fraud annually. Read more:

ICYMI: Trump administration allows major crypto firms to skirt state regulators that have been policing dirty money in the industry. One regulator was shocked over the sudden loss of state authority, saying, “We will not be able to address consumer complaints.” @icij.org www.icij.org/investigatio...

From @financialtimes.com: Shakira has scored a big win in a protracted battle against Spanish tax authorities who were ordered to return €55mn in unlawful penalties that the Colombian pop star had been forced to pay.

Ukrainian national Olena Oblamska, also known as Lola Ferrari, indicted for her alleged role in a $340 million global cryptocurrency fraud scheme, has appeared in court in Oregon after being extradited to the United States from Thailand. Read the story: