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The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists tells stories that show how the world really works, triggering positive change. We are driven by the belief that citizens have the right to be better informed, that access to independently sourced facts is not only essential for democracy but is also a fundamental human right. ICIJ has directed the largest cross-border reporting initiatives

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Did you know?"Evergreening" is a strategy pharmaceutical companies use to create a monopoly around their drug by filing ...
05/28/2026

Did you know?

"Evergreening" is a strategy pharmaceutical companies use to create a monopoly around their drug by filing patents for minor modifications such as dosing amounts and frequency.

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Explore the U.S. patents Merck deploys to stymie competition and keep revenues for its blockbuster cancer drug flowing as long as possible.

As a crackdown against scam-plagued crypto ATMs widens through the US, Canada and elsewhere, one critical aspect of the ...
05/27/2026

As a crackdown against scam-plagued crypto ATMs widens through the US, Canada and elsewhere, one critical aspect of the industry has escaped scrutiny: the giant cryptocurrency exchanges that have enabled these operations through massive transfers of bitcoin.

As governments seek to ban the machines, bitcoin ATMs remain entwined with cryptocurrency industry's most mainstream players.

International drug kingpin Daniel Kinahan was arrested on April 15 under the terms of an extradition agreement between I...
05/27/2026

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.

Kinahan cartel wars with rivals have been linked to at least 20 murders across four European countries, according to Europol.

ICYMI: ICIJ's latest live panel event on our   investigation featured ICIJ chief reporter Sydney P. Freedberg and Serif ...
05/26/2026

ICYMI: ICIJ's latest live panel event on our 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.

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Go behind the scenes of the Cancer Calculus investigation, and hear insights about Merck's cancer drug Keytruda from ICIJ's chief reporter and a health economist.

Are you attending  ?Don't miss the sessions from ICIJ's tech and data team on Friday and Saturday, including our CTO Pie...
05/25/2026

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Don't miss the sessions from ICIJ's tech and data team on Friday and Saturday, including our CTO Pierre Romera Zhang, our head of data Delphine Reuter and our data analyst and engineer Miguel Fiandor.

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Dataharvest 2026 programme View the Dataharvest 2026 – the European Investigative Journalism Conference schedule & directory.

Governments around the world are spending growing amounts on Keytruda, with steep prices straining government budgets, e...
05/22/2026

Governments around the world are spending growing amounts on Keytruda, with steep prices straining government budgets, even in wealthy countries.

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The pharmaceutical giant has built a fortress of patents, traded in secrecy and relentlessly lobbied to guard its revenue kingpin Keytruda.

A decade after the ICIJ   investigation, a German court found the former co-owner of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca...
05/21/2026

A decade after the ICIJ investigation, a German court found the former co-owner of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca guilty of enabling a tax loss of about $15 million.

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Over a decade after the ICIJ investigation, a German court found the Swiss lawyer guilty of enabling a tax loss of about $15 million.

Bitcoin Depot, formerly the world’s largest operator of cryptocurrency ATMs, filed for bankruptcy Sunday, in the latest ...
05/20/2026

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.

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With regulators cracking down on the cash-to-cryptocurrency kiosks in a bid to stop scammers, Bitcoin Depot has said that its business model is no longer viable.

Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a top Trump administration intelligence official and daughter-in-law to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is...
05/20/2026

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 The Washington Post report

The daughter-in-law of RFK Jr. held top posts at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Office of Management and Budget.

Ukrainian national Olena Oblamska, also known as Lola Ferrari, indicted for her alleged role in a $340 million global cr...
05/19/2026

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.

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Authorities say Olena Oblamska was one of the founders of Forsage, a cryptocurrency platform allegedly used as part of a global pyramid scheme.

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05/18/2026

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