The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

12/12/2025

Cambodia's national bank shut down and liquidated the assets of Huione Pay, a key arm of a financial services conglomerate spotlighted in ICIJ's investigation and flagged by U.S. authorities as a money laundering risk.

Huione Pay, a key arm of Huione Group spotlighted in ICIJ’s Coin Laundry investigation, has been closed by Cambodia’s national bank and its assets liquidated.

12/11/2025

Photos of skeletal remains show the grotesque results of former Syrian president Bashar Assad’s killing machine.

There is a sinister, suffocating silence in the more than 33,000 excruciatingly high-quality photographs of people, nearly all men, who were arrested and killed by the Assad regime primarily between 2015 and 2024.

Captured by Syrian military photographers, the images are part of the investigation led by ICIJ and German broadcaster NDR with 24 international media partners.

NDR shared names of detainees extracted from the documents and photographs with the following organizations:

- U.N. Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic
- Ta’afi
- Syrian Network for Human Rights
- Syrian Center for Legal Studies and Research

Learn more: https://www.icij.org/investigations/damascus-dossier/syria-assad-mass-murder-photos-evidence/

12/10/2025

During Syria’s civil war, the United Nations paid Shorouk for Protection, Guarding and Security Services at least $11 million to provide security services to protect U.N. offices, from its de facto headquarters at the Four Seasons Hotel in Damascus to regional hubs.

In leaked memos, which come from a trove of more than 134,000 records obtained by German broadcaster NDR and reviewed by ICIJ, the Syrian regime’s intelligence officers strategized on how to ensure Shorouk maintained its U.N. contracts.

The United Nations continues to employ Shorouk as a contractor and has not identified any “official documents or verifiable evidence” indicating Shorouk’s ownership by Assad’s intelligence services, the U.N. country team in Syria told ICIJ.

Read this story: https://www.icij.org/investigations/damascus-dossier/assad-intelligence-security-united-nations-aid/

12/09/2025

New data provides a rare window into Lake City Army Ammunition Plant’s role in the ecosystem for the popular fi****ms, showing products manufactured at the plant have become a common denominator in crimes involving 5.56-millimeter and .223-caliber rounds.

Popular AR-15 ammunition made at an Army-owned facility was far more likely than any other to turn up in a government database tracking evidence from gun crimes, new data shows.

12/08/2025

Russian Secrets, an investigation by ICIJ’s media partners, uncovered secretive trade operations that largely escaped Western authorities’ scrutiny until Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine triggered a probe into shadowy networks serving the Kremlin.

Russian Secrets, a new cross-border investigation, reveals the shadowy procurement network behind Russia’s surveillance program Harmony.

12/05/2025

One year after the fall of President Bashar Assad’s regime, grieving families are still grappling with a lack of information about those who disappeared into the regime’s vast prison network.

The — an investigation based on a cache of more than 134,000 Syrian security and intelligence records obtained by German broadcaster NDR and shared with ICIJ and 24 media partners — offers an unprecedented glimpse into the Assad regime’s killing machine.

The killing of Thaer al-Najjar’s brother is one of over 10,000 documented in the files, which include photographs of victims and of death certificates.

Read more: https://www.icij.org/investigations/damascus-dossier/syria-assad-regime-detained-dead-search-families/

12/04/2025

Introducing the investigation: A collaboration from ICIJ, NDR and 24 media partners in 20 countries uncovers harrowing new details about former Syrian president Bashar Assad’s regime and one of the most brutal state-run killing systems of the 21st century.

Over eight months, 100+ journalists organized and analyzed a cache of classified Syrian intelligence records obtained by NDR, consulting experts and interviewing Syrian families still searching for loved ones who vanished under Assad’s rule.

Read our findings: https://www.icij.org/investigations/damascus-dossier/

12/04/2025

The investigation is now live.

The exposé includes new details of former Syrian president Bashar Assad's vast system for the detention, torture and murder of Syrian citizens — and the international forces that financed his regime.

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Tens of thousands of secret photos and intelligence files expose the Assad regime’s killing machine.

12/03/2025

ICIJ, NDR and 24 international media partners are set to reveal the findings of our latest investigation tomorrow. Don’t miss it:

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12/03/2025

The crypto firm Tether commands vast power to stop or disrupt criminal activity in cryptocurrency. Yet at least $1.4 billion of its tokens passed through a crypto wallet linked to scams, hacks, and human trafficking.

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At least $1.4 billion of its tokens passed through a crypto wallet linked to scams, hacks, and human trafficking.

12/03/2025

, a new investigation led by ICIJ and NDR in collaboration with 24 media partners into the crimes of the Assad regime, is coming tomorrow.

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12/02/2025

For The investigation, ICIJ reporter Spencer Woodman traveled to Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates to explore the world of crypto-to-cash operations. Experts say they're undermining global anti-money laundering efforts by allowing people to move huge amounts of money without the oversight of regulators.

To learn more, visit the story: https://www.icij.org/investigations/coin-laundry/crypto-cash-desk-currency-exchange-money-laundering/