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  1. Silent Partners Silent Partners

    The Center’s investigation of nonprofit political organizations known as 527 groups, a major source of money and influence in state and federal elections in the 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006 campaigns.

  2. Harmful Error Harmful Error

    Who suffers when prosecutors break the rules? The Center pursued this question in every state and found 2,000 cases overturned or otherwise modified by judges on account of prosecutorial misconduct.

  3. Hired Guns Hired Guns

    High-profile federal lobbying scandals tend to obscure state-level lobbying, but influence buying is at least a $1 billion-a-year industry across the 50 states, with more than 1,300 ex-legislators lobbying ranks.

  4. Party Lines Party Lines

    The Center tracked political influence through 2004 in all 50 states by profiling organizational, individual, and industry donors, as well as the top consultants hired by state parties and caucus committees.

  5. The Water Barons The Water Barons

    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.

  6. Making a Killing Making a Killing

    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.

  7. Watchdogs on Short Leashes Watchdogs on Short Leashes

    Only 23 states have independent commissions with at least minimal authority to investigate or enforce violations of ethics rules, a Center survey found. You can check your state in a searchable web database.

  8. 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.

  9. Tobacco Tobacco

    A year-long Center investigation found that tobacco company officials at BAT, Philip Morris, and R.J. Reynolds profited by working closely with companies and individuals directly connected to organized crime in five countries.

  10. International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)

    ICIJ is a collaboration of some of the world’s top investigative reporters. Launched in 1997 as a project of the Center for Public Integrity, ICIJ globally extends the Center's style of watchdog journalism.

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International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

The Center’s International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is a collaboration of some of the world’s leading investigative reporters. ICIJ extends globally the Center’s style of watchdog journalism, working with 100 reporters in 50 countries to produce long-term, transnational projects.

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