International Consortium of Investigative JournalistsInternational Consortium of Investigative Journalists

A Project By: The Center for Public IntegrityA Project By: The Center for Public Integrity

Cross Border Investigations

  1. Tobacco Underground Tobacco Underground

    The illicit trafficking of tobacco is a multibillion-dollar business today, fueling organized crime and corruption, robbing governments of needed tax money, and spurring addiction to a deadly product. Drawn by profits rivaling those of narcotics, smugglers move cigarettes by the billion, making tobacco the world's most widely smuggled legal substance.

  2. Collateral Damage Collateral Damage

    Post-9/11 U.S. foreign policy and military aid and assistance had a huge impact in nations around the world — and at home. This award-winning project includes 20 articles from four continents.

  3. Divine Intervention, U.S. AIDS Policy Abroad Divine Intervention, U.S. AIDS Policy Abroad

    A year-long investigation of President Bush’s initiative to fight AIDS abroad finds that conservative ideology hinders its real benefits by insisting on abstinence-only programs over promoting condom use.

  4. Windfalls of War, U.S. Contractors in Afghanistan & Iraq Windfalls of War, U.S. Contractors in Afghanistan & Iraq

    A comprehensive examination of companies that won contracts for work in Iraq and Afghanistan — and of their campaign contributions, led by General Electric and Vinnell Corporation (the former Northrup Grumman).

  5. Business of War Business of War

    This 11-part series examined the secret industry of war and found at least 90 private military companies that work for governments, corporations, and even criminal groups in 110 countries.

  6. Latin America Latin America

    An investigation into U.S. military aid to Latin America during the 1990s — focusing on Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Brazil — found a huge amount linked to human rights abuses.

  7. Water Privatization Water Privatization

    What would happen if a few private companies had full control of our most vital resource? The project examined privatization of the world’s water, noting major growth of the largest private water companies.

  • United States
    • Michael Montgomery, United States, is an award-winning correspondent for American Radio Works, the largest investigative/documentary unit in U.S. public radio and a division of Minnesota Public Radio.

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  • Finland
    • Timo-Erkki Heino, Finland, has worked for the Finnish Broadcasting Company since the 1970s, where he has produced cultural, social, and investigative documentaries.

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  • Italy
    • Leo Sisti, Italy, has been a reporter for the Italian newsweekly L'Espresso for the past 30 years, where he has investigated corruption, financial crimes, politics, terrorism and organized crime.

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  • Nicaragua
    • Carlos Fernando Chamorro, Nicaragua, founded (and is currently the editor of) Confidencial, a weekly publication combining investigative journalism and analyses of current affairs, which the U.S. magazine The Nation called "the most respected muckraking operation in the country."

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  • South Africa
    • Jacques Pauw, South Africa, was a founding member and assistant editor of Vrye Weekblad, the first Afrikaans language anti-apartheid newspaper that became one of the most persecuted and prosecuted newspapers in South African history.

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  • Sweden
    • Bo G. Andersson, Sweden, has been an investigative reporter for Dagens Nyheter, Sweden's largest morning paper for almost 20 years and is its national news editor.

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  • Jordan
    • Mahassen al-Emam, Jordan, is the director and founder of the Arab Women Media Center (AWMC), a nongovernmental organization in Jordan that trains women journalists and helps promote the role of media in democracy.

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The Network Locate ICIJ members on this interactive map. Our members include newspaper and magazine reporters, TV and radio producers, and freelance journalists worldwide. Investigations From Around the World Find links and tools for cross-border investigative reporting, from networking with other journalists to tracking down documents and filing FOIAs. Investigations From Around the World Read some of the world’s best investigative reporting from ICIJ members, associates and others – on the environment, national security, corruption and more.