Five years after ICIJ published the #FinCENFiles investigation, the Trump administration has walked back significant anti-money laundering rules. Learn more:

Hundreds of journalists in Peru this month organized to denounce increasingly dangerous working conditions amid rising harassment and threats. Nearly 300 reporters condemned recent attacks by public officials and demanded additional safeguards. Read more:

Nine days after launching a virtual museum that documents crimes by the Assad regime against prisoners, activist and journalist Amer Matar was arrested and confined overnight by Syrian authorities for allegedly “illegally” obtaining the documents. Read more:

Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex continues to flourish in the shadows, relying on offshore financial hubs and other platforms to transfer client funds while evading Western sanctions, according to a new report from Transparency International Russia. Read the story:

Earlier this month, FinCEN announced that it will delete information collected under the Corporate Transparency Act. As FACT's @ianpgary.bsky.social told @icij.org, such destruction of data would be “doubling down on Treasury’s unlawful gutting of this statute.” www.icij.org/news/2025/09...

The U.K’s Football Association announced it is investigating Chelsea Football Club for making undisclosed payments to secure the transfers of Eden Hazard, Willian and Samuel Eto’o, among other charges to be heard by an independent regulatory panel.

Documents from ICIJ's Paradise and Pandora Papers leaks showed the "full extent" of the hidden financial schemes set up by Marcial Maciel, the Catholic priest behind the Legion of Christ religious order. Learn more about the new TV series on HBO:

The use of solitary confinement in immigration detention has sharply increased during the first four months of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to a new report by Physicians for Human Rights, the Peeler Immigration Lab and experts at Harvard Law School. Learn more: buff.ly/K9gouIH

From The BBC: A man running a sex ring operating out of Dubai's most glamorous neighborhoods, and exploiting vulnerable women, has been identified by a BBC World Service investigation. Learn more:

From @financialtimes.com: Last week, more than 100 news organizations signed an open letter calling on the Trump administration to scrap plans to restrict visas for international journalists working in the U.S. The letter was organized by the European Broadcasting Union.

Israel’s targeted strikes on two newspaper offices in Yemen’s capital is the second deadliest single attack on the press ever recorded by CPJ, following the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines. Read more: cpj.org?p=522184

Five years ago today, ICIJ’s #FinCENFiles investigation went live! The ICIJ and BuzzFeed News’ 2020 collaboration exposed the pivotal role the U.S. financial system plays in global dirty money flows. Fast forward to 2025... buff.ly/ATNLjRU

NEW: Trump administration walks back significant anti-money laundering rules spurred by ICIJ’s FinCEN Files investigation. www.icij.org/news/2025/09... via @icij.org

From @theguardian.com: Democracy has declined in 94 countries over the last five years and only a third have made progress, a landmark report by the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance shows. Read more:

I told @icij.org that Treasury's latest moves to gut the Corporate Transparency Act - a pledge to purge data on the true owners of companies - would "double down on Treasury’s unlawful gutting of this statute". @factcoalition.bsky.social www.icij.org/news/2025/09...

On Oct. 20, @umfordschool.bsky.social will be hosting a talk with ICIJ's executive director Gerard Ryle to examine what global investigative journalism reveals about public policy, regulation and enforcement gaps that enable corruption. Register here:

From Med Tech Dive: Patient groups called for substantial changes to medical device user fees in comments submitted to the FDA, used to support staffing and safety efforts. Negotiations have recently kicked off for medical device user fee amendments.

Pay your taxes, get spied on? EU citizens may be footing the bill for their own surveillance. Millions of euros, to be more precise. Public funding has ended up in the pockets of commercial spyware firms, whose tools have been used against journalists, lawmakers, and ordinary citizens.

ICIJ's tech team is looking for a Machine Learning Engineer who will be responsible for designing, building and shipping ML related tasks and pipelines for processing from a large amount of documents through our open source software. Apply by tomorrow:

The IRS issued termination notices to 7,315 probationary employees in February and March as part of the Elon Musk-led government “efficiency” program pushed by President Donald Trump. Just 43 of the terminated employees had documented performance issues.

From @nytimes.com: The Trump administration is quietly dismantling efforts by the Internal Revenue Service to shut down a slew of aggressive tax shelters used by America’s biggest multinational companies and wealthiest people. Read the story:

Chelsea Football Club has been charged with dozens of breaches of Football Association regulations relating to agents, intermediaries and third-party payments between 2011 and 2016 when billionaire Roman Abramovich owned the London club. Read the story:

Your $30 gift to ICIJ empowers crucial investigations that expose corruption and uphold democracy. Together, we can make a difference. Donate today: buff.ly/OUHI9tD

ICIJ had a wonderful time participating on @inn.org’s latest Audience Studio! Learn more about the initiative and register to attend the next round here:

A new documentary series about the Catholic priest behind the Legion of Christ religious order draws on the work of ICIJ and its partners to explore the sect’s scandalous history, including allegations of child sexual abuse and financial malfeasance.

Datashare's two-year redesign project drew on feedback from dozens of journalists, culminating in a new interface that enhances functionality and a design system that allows future platform upgrades to be integrated easily and seamlessly. See what’s new: buff.ly/HZuCr8N

In our @icij.org session, we're discussing Uncovering Offshore Secrecy through Passport Detection: Journalists and Scientists Reveal how they Integrated Machine Learning - with Delphine Reuter and Nuno Loureiro, moderated by @bheravi.bsky.social #datajconf

Our partners @icij.org‬ redesigned their open-source platform, DataShare, strengthening the data investigative journalists rely on to be accessible across borders and offline. Learn more: loom.ly/yJ-qlL0

Noch 7 Tage bis zum Internationalen #TagDerDemokratie. Bis dahin stellen wir euch Projekte vor, in denen wir uns weltweit für Demokratie einsetzen. Heute im Fokus: wie wir die #Pressefreiheit mit Partnern wie corruption.bsky.social und @icij.org stärken. Wie genau? So ⬇️

Only 7 days left until International #DayOfDemocracy. Until then, we will be presenting projects in which we are promoting democracy worldwide. Today's focus: how we are strengthening #pressfreedom with partners such as corruption.bsky.social and @icij.org. How exactly? Like this ⬇️

Come work with us! We are looking for a qualified Machine Learning (ML) Engineer to join ICIJ’s technology team, working closely with our ML engineer in coordination with full stack and system engineers as well as a UX/UI designer. Learn more:

A new watchdog position in Canada was mandated by legislation passed in June 2024 following a public inquiry into foreign interference. The legislation also includes provisions to create a public registry of foreign agents. Read more:

Although Intellexa seemingly decreased its activity after it was sanctioned by the United States last year, the spyware company has not been sanctioned by the EU. Cyber threat researchers recently reported a “resurgence” in Intellexa’s activities.

From @rsf.org: The Department of Homeland Security published a proposal to introduce a fixed term for the visas used by foreign journalists to work and live in the U.S. Currently, the visas last indefinitely as long as the holders remain in compliance.

Un rapport de l'organisme de surveillance révèle que la grande majorité des employés de l'IRS licenciés par DOGE pour des raisons de performance n'avaient aucun problème avéré. @icij.org

NEW: US Treasury watchdog finds that of the 7,315 IRS workers terminated by DOGE, just 43 were documented underperformers. Almost 50% of the fired employees had been appraised as working at or above expectations. www.icij.org/news/2025/09... via @icij.org

Did you know? A 2020 Senate report drawing on findings from in ICIJ’s #PanamaPapers investigation noted the art industry constitutes “the largest, legal unregulated industry in the United States.” A bipartisan group of senators hopes to change that:

Less than 1% of the more than 7,000 probationary workers fired from the IRS earlier this year on performance grounds were actually documented underachievers, according to a new report from an internal watchdog. Read our latest:

#USA: The Trump admin’s new proposed restrictions on journalist visas would have catastrophic consequences for press freedom. Reliable reporters may be arbitrarily deported — or self-censor to avoid expulsion. rsf.org/en/usa-propo...

We’re hiring! Join @icij.org as a Machine Learning Engineer (12-month contract) to build NLP, vision & audio tools in Datashare to advance investigative journalism with real-world impact. Apply here 👉 www.icij.org/about/work-w...

The World Bank's investments in East African hospitals were meant to help alleviate poverty. For some, however, those services came at an almost unbearable cost (co-published with @icij.org)

Simon Cheng, one of 10 U.K.-based Hong Kong activists on a bounty list, welcomed the latest report by the U.K. Joint Committee on Human Rights as “long-overdue and vital recognition of the pervasive and insidious threat that transnational repression poses in the UK.”

Don't miss @gijn.org’s 14th Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Malaysia in November! ICIJ's deputy head of data and research @karriekehoe.bsky.social and several ICIJ members will be part of the program lineup of 300+ speakers. Learn more:

The publication of “Tsar In Propria Persona” marks the culmination of Roman Badanin and Mikhail Rubin’s reporting at the ICIJ media partner Proekt, which since its launch has exposed the commercial and personal relationships that underpin the Putin regime.

From @wsj.com: Chinese money launderers appear to have moved some $312 billion in illicit transactions through U.S. banks and other financial institutions in recent years to aid Mexican drug cartels and other criminals, the Treasury Department said.

A decade since the IFC had begun its private health care push into Africa, a report by the World Bank’s independent evaluation group found there was still “limited evidence” that the IFC’s health care investments had benefited the poor. Learn more:

From @theatlantic.com: While the Joint Committee on Taxation indicates the richest of rich Americans pay an average tax rate of 34%, a new study finds it sits at just 24%. That number has fallen in recent years, and is expected to remain low.

ICIJ reporter Nicole Sadek was featured on The Emory Wheel for her award-winning reporting on "The Lost Village," part of the #CaspianCabals investigation, and her trajectory as an investigative reporter. Learn more: buff.ly/X0RDvXS

ICIJ's reporting, together with our global partners, has sparked resignations, new laws, investigations and real-world change. If you’ve ever read one of our stories and thought, “This matters” — now’s the time to act. Donate today:

Canada's Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree confirmed that the government has already begun vetting potential candidates for its first foreign interference commissioner role, ICIJ media partner CBC News reported. Learn more about the latest move: