Did you know? In 2025, the number of IRS investigators assigned to oversee the dirty money defenses of crypto firms and other money transmitters fell 33 percent to 139 agents, down from 208 in 2024. The lowest level since at least 2017.

ICIJ Executive Director Gerard Ryle and tax justice expert Tove Maria Ryding will be discussing the reforms triggered by the #PanamaPapers investigation and why the struggle for transparency is far from over. Bring your questions. Register here: buff.ly/mDGwoES

From @theguardian.com: Last week, the U.S. SEC issued an interpretation clarifying which types of cryptocurrencies are considered securities and how a “non-security” digital asset could meet certain conditions to become an investment contract. buff.ly/HrsLLWV

Anti-money laundering authorities in Canada have revoked registrations of nearly three dozen cryptocurrency businesses following @thestar.com's reporting for the ICIJ-led #CoinLaundry investigation. Read the latest: buff.ly/3SfBpaz

Join ICIJ and @opencorporates.bsky.social on March 26 for a session that bridges the gap between digital anonymity and physical accountability, revealing the "brick and mortar" reality of the global crypto economy. Register now: buff.ly/yzCffyK #Crypto #AML #InvestigativeJournalism

The Mexican government has seized 18,000 firearms under President Claudia Sheinbaum, who took office in late 2024, Mexico's Defense Minister said. Of those, 78% originated in the U.S. Learn more:

A recent EU study highlights an uptick in transnational repression campaigns from China, Russia and Iran, echoing the findings of ICIJ’s #ChinaTargets investigation, which exposed the sprawling scope of Beijing’s campaign to silence criticis abroad. buff.ly/XcCh4NW

The convictions of four business executives linked to spyware developer Intellexa may also lead to further prosecutions against those who played a role in “Predatorgate,” a 2022 phone hacking scandal. Read the story: buff.ly/xhZvDp8

Over half of the money that passed through Bitcoin Depot kiosks in Massachusetts between August 2023 and January 2025 was scam-related, according to the recent lawsuit from the state's attorney general. Read the story: buff.ly/Hr1QNoS

Between 2019 and 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives seized more than 36,000 rounds of .50-caliber ammunition in border states. About a third of them were identified as coming from the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant. buff.ly/Qt2hxAp

From @nytimes.com: A surge of weapons is flowing from the U.S. to Mexico. These firearms — sourced from gun shops, shows, websites and apps — are funneled across the border to fuel the country’s most violent crimes.

The number of cases of possible tax evasion by big businesses and the ultrawealthy referred to criminal investigators at the IRS has declined steeply in the last year. It’s a dramatic reversal of the Biden-era effort to step up scrutiny of these groups. buff.ly/IzLx9ib

ICIJ's #ChinaTargets received the Overseas Press Club of America's Joe and Laurie Dine Award for best international reporting in any medium dealing with human rights. The judges described our investigation as “the very definition of high-impact human rights journalism.”

The #PanamaPapers at 10: What Changed — and What Hasn’t Join ICIJ Executive Director Gerard Ryle and tax justice expert Tove Maria Ryding for a panel on March 31 about how the investigation unfolded, and the loopholes that remain. Register here:

The Justice Department recently announced its seizing of $15 billion in Bitcoin, the US's largest ever asset forfeiture. But questions are swirling the case. For one, we found DOJ is relying on some apparently bogus evidence: www.icij.org/investigatio... @icij.org

From @wsj.com: The Justice Department is investigating Iran’s use of Binance to evade U.S. sanctions. The probe focuses on money flowing through the crypto platform to networks backing terror groups, including Yemen’s Houthi militants.

In October, the U.S. Justice Department announced the seizure of a cache of bitcoin then valued at $15B. Five months later, questions and frustrations have begun to swirl around the department’s handling of the seized funds, tied to the Cambodia-based Prince Group.

NEW: Premier League imposes record fine against Chelsea FC over breaches of financial rules — revealed as part of @icij.org‘s Cyprus Confidential investigation — during Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s ownership. www.icij.org/investigatio...

The Panama Papers at 10: What Changed — and What Hasn’t Having covered this for years on the #Taxcast podcast for @taxjustice.net this is unmissable with Gerard Ryle @icij.org and @toveryding.bsky.social on March 31st www.eventbrite.com/e/the-panama...

How do billions in "anonymous" crypto turn into cold, hard cash? 💸 Join us and @opencorporates.bsky.social on March 26 to see the methodologies behind the #CoinLaundry investigation. Register now: buff.ly/yzCffyK #Crypto #AML #InvestigativeJournalism #FinCrime

Chelsea F.C. have been given a record fine for secretive rule-breaching payments revealed as part of ICIJ’s #CyprusConfidential investigation — but has avoided a points deduction. Read the story: www.icij.org/investigatio...

ICIJ's #ChinaTargets investigation was awarded the Lorenzo Natali Prize (International Best Practices in Journalism) at Voices’ European Festival of Journalism and Media Freedom, recognizing the 100+ "voices" of those who shared their stories with us. Take a look at our reporting: buff.ly/Ph8NmqL

From @irishtimes.com: Senior Kinahan cartel member Sean McGovern, who last summer became the first person to be extradited to Ireland from the United Arab Emirates, has pleaded guilty at the Special Criminal Court to directing a criminal organization.

From @theguardian.com: Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has stepped up his row with the British government over the proceeds of his sale of Chelsea FC, insisting that the money is his to allocate despite the international sanctions imposed on his assets.

A World Bank project had provided $100 million to expand protected environmental areas and boost tourism in Tanzania. But it was cancelled in November 2024 amid allegations that wildlife rangers committed human rights abuses while working on the project.

Russia was hit with a wave of sanctions after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. A new analysis by @thecfhk.bsky.social reveals weaknesses in the response. Learn more:

Even before last year’s staff reductions, the IRS struggled to oversee dirty money in the fast-growing crypto sector, experts say. Cutbacks at the agency have added to the Trump administration’s broader easing of crypto oversight.

From swissinfo.ch: ICIJ's #ShadowDiplomats investigation revealed a series of dubious incidents involving foreign honorary consuls worldwide. In Switzerland, instead of tightening oversight, the government has settled for a review of existing procedures.

While the trafficking of guns into Mexico from the U.S has been widely reported, less is known about the millions of rounds of ammunition experts say are flowing across the southern border each year. Read our recent reporting:

A new EU report, which cites ICIJ's #ChinaTargets investigation, calls for more aggressive action to counter transnational repression, including visa bans, the expulsion of diplomats, and swifter mobilization of sanctions. Read this story:

National governments must take stronger measures to stop arms trafficking and allow legal remedies for their harms, an opinion by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights says. The awaited finding comes as Mexico pressures the U.S. to stop the illegal flow of guns across the border.

Have you watched the latest season of "The Night Agent"? Showrunner Shawn Ryan talks about why he referenced the 2016 #PanamaPapers scandal in the show, and how he learned about the offshore banking world. Read his interview with Motion Pictures Association: buff.ly/lBg9OXE

Italy's Interior Ministry has issued expulsion orders for eight Chinese nationals suspected of spying on political dissidents on behalf of the Chinese government. Three of the suspects were repatriated immediately. Read the story:

Executives linked to the spyware developer Intellexa were sentenced to serve eight years in prison, convicted of “breaching the confidentiality of telephone communications,” as well as illegally accessing information systems.

A Massachusetts suit against Bitcoin Depot is the latest in a series of similar actions against crypto ATM operators across the country in response to growing concerns that sophisticated fraudsters are using the machines to bilk victims. www.icij.org/investigatio...

From @occrp.org: A Belarusian businessman claims members of the Cypriot president's family maintained control for him of two firms registered in Cyprus that continued to operate while he was sanctioned.

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ICYMI, an investigation by @sheilawang.bsky.social, me and @icij.org has found more than 30 unauthorized crypto-to-cash shops on Yonge Street in the Greater Toronto Area, openly flouting the law. We also found alleged links to Iran-backed terror groups.

Suspicious transactions at GTA crypto shops reveal alleged links to Iran-backed terror groups. Is the regulator doing enough to police them? Latest investigation from @sheilawang.bsky.social and me, with help from our friends at @icij.org www.thestar.com/news/investi...

Did you know? As crypto ATMs have multiplied, scams have proliferated alongside them. In 2024, the FBI received nearly 11,000 fraud complaints involving crypto ATMs, a 99% increase from the year prior and representing about $247 million in alleged losses.

While .50-caliber ammunition from companies located primarily in Brazil and South Korea has also made its way to Mexican cartels, the data shows that a U.S. Army plant has been a major source of the ammo being used to wage battles with Mexican authorities.

In former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke’s trial, which is expected to last for about three months, her lawyer maintains that she was merely a “rubber stamp” for official decisions that she had no real influence over.

Canada's new foreign interference watchdog comes less than a year since ICIJ’s #ChinaTargets investigation revealed how Chinese authorities use extensive tactics to target regime critics living overseas. Read the latest:

From ZDFheute: Nearly ten years after the Panama Papers, a former co-owner of law firm Mossack Fonseca, Christoph Zollinger, admitted through his lawyers to aiding and abetting tax evasion. He denies forming a criminal organization.

Democratic lawmakers introduced federal legislation Thursday that would ban defense contractors and government-owned plants from selling high-caliber ammunition to civilians, in response to an investigation by ICIJ and @nytimes.com. buff.ly/tunU9hb

IRS criminal referrals on big corporations and ultrawealthy individuals plummeted during Trump’s first year The IRS office the audits billionaires and large corporations referred *at most* two cases to criminal investigators in fiscal year 2025. www.icij.org/news/2026/03... @icij.org

Recent academic research shows that investigative reporting, NGO advocacy, and scholarly scrutiny pushed Chinese authorities from denial to dismantling parts of their mass detention system for Uyghurs. Learn more:

In the first year of Trump's second administration, the IRS has referred at most two cases of possible tax evasion by ultrawealthy people or large businesses to its criminal investigators, a sharp drop from previous years, new data obtained by ICIJ shows.

Fast zehn Jahre nach Veröffentlichung der #PanamaPapers @icij.org hat in Köln der Prozess gegen einen der früheren Miteigentümer der Skandalkanzlei #MossackFonseca begonnen. @frederikobermaier.com war vor Ort www.zdfheute.de/panorama/kri...

Nearly ten years after the release of the #PanamaPapers @icij.org, one of the former co-owners 🇨🇭🇵🇦 is on trial in Germany. He says he accepted that the shell companies founded and administered by #MossackFonseca could be used for tax evasion. www.zdfheute.de/panorama/kri...