INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS INC
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Organizations Filed Purposes: INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS, INC.'S (ICIJ) MISSION IS TO UNCOVER AND HIGHLIGHT SYSTEMATIC FAILURES THAT UNDERMINE THE PUBLIC GOOD, USING THE POWER OF TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN CROSS-BORDER INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM.

THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, UNCOVERING CORRUPTION AND ABUSES OF THE PUBLIC TRUST THROUGH A GLOBAL NETWORK OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS WHO COLLABORATE ON PROJECTS THAT DRIVE SOCIAL CHANGE, EMBOLDENING GLOBAL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM AS A SECTOR BY BRINGING TOGETHER THE WORLD'S LEADING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA OUTLETS AND FOSTERING COLLABORATION ON PROJECTS OF GLOBAL IMPORTANCE.

EDITORIAL - HISTORICALLY, ICIJ AND ITS PARTNERS WERE AWARDED A PULITZER PRIZE FOR THE PANAMA PAPERS PROJECT, IT SPARKED INVESTIGATIONS AND DEBATE AROUND THE WORLD. IT WAS A SERIES OF INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS SPEARHEADED BY ICIJ THAT HAVE HELPED REDEFINE JOURNALISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY.WE ARE NOW ESTABLISHED AS THE HUB OF A POWERFUL GLOBAL NETWORK OF MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS. ICIJ HAS A NETWORK OF 267 INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS FROM 100 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. ICIJ ALSO PARTNERS WITH MORE THAN 100 MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE BBC, THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE GUARDIAN, ASAHI SHIMBUN AND OTHER SMALLER NOT FOR PROFITS. THEIR JOURNALISTS WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH ICIJ TO EXPOSE ISSUES OF GLOBAL IMPORTANCE AND BRING CHANGE ON A WORLDWIDE SCALE. WE WORK IN THE BELIEF THAT INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM PLAYS AN INDISPENSABLE ROLE IN DEMOCRACY. IT HOLDS POWER TO ACCOUNT. IT GIVES VOICE TO THE VOICELESS. IT CHALLENGES THE WAY PEOPLE SEE AND UNDERSTAND THE WORLD AROUND THEM AND, IN DOING SO, HELPS TO GENERATE BADLY NEEDED REFORM. IN 2020 ICIJ'S LUANDA LEAKS INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE REAL STORY OF ISABEL DOS SANTOS, DAUGHTER OF ANGOLA'S FORMER PRESIDENT, HAD BECOME AFRICA'S RICHEST WOMAN. ICIJ FOUND THAT DOS SANTOS HAD MOVED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PUBLIC MONEY OUT OF ANGOLA AND INTO A LABYRINTH COMPANIES AND SUBSIDIARIES, MANY OF THEM IN OFFSHORE SECRECY JURISDICTIONS. THE FALLOUT OF LUANDA LEAKS WAS IMMEDIATE AND ENORMOUS. A LUANDA COURT ORDERED A FREEZE OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF DOS SANTOS' ASSETS. THE COURT DECLARED THAT DOS SANTOS AND HER ASSOCIATES HAD CAUSED ANGOLA TO LOSE MORE THAN $1 BILLION.THE FINCEN FILES REVEALED THE ROLE PLAYED BY GLOBAL BANKS IN INDUSTRIAL SCALE MONEY LAUNDERING. THE INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT BETWEEN 1999 AND 2017, MAJOR BANKS INCLUDING JPMORGAN CHASE, DEUTSCHE BANK, HSBC AND OTHERS - MOVED MORE THAN $2 TRILLION THEY SUSPECTED WAS LINKED TO CORRUPT OFFICIALS, DRUG CARTELS, ARMS TRAFFICKERS AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL CRIMINALS, WHILE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FAILED TO STOP IT. THE BANKS REPORTED THESE TRANSACTIONS BUT TOO LATE FOR U.S. AUTHORITIES TO STOP THEM.

DIGITAL DATA - REPORTERS IN OUR PROJECTS BELONG TO NEWSROOMS FROM MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES. THEY SPEAK MANY LANGUAGES AND HAVE A VARIED RANGE OF SKILLS. TECHNOLOGY AIDS ICIJ TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGING TASK OF ENCOURAGING THIS DIVERSE GROUP TO WORK TOGETHER AND, WHEN NECESSARY, IT ALLOWS THEM TO SIFT THROUGH MILLIONS OF CLOUD-BASED DOCUMENTS LOOKING FOR STORY LEADS. OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, OUR DATA & RESEARCH UNIT HAS DEVELOPED A UNIQUE STACK OF SOFTWARE AND TOOLS THAT ARE PROVIDED AS SERVICES TO OUR MEDIA PARTNERS AND FACILITATE THIS REMOTE WORK. DATASHARE IS FREE, OPEN-SOURCE AND MADE AVAILABLE BY ICIJ INC.

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