The leaked documentsinclude more than 2,100 suspicious activity reports filed by banks and other financial firms with the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. BuzzFeed News obtained the records and shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. ICIJ organized a team of more than 400 journalists from 110 news organizations in 88 countries to investigate the world of banks and money laundering.
Taxpayers were forced to shoulder some of the burden of salvaging Darko Horvat’s business empire after it collapsed under more than $340 million in debt.
The FinCEN Files reveal how a handful of secretive agencies mass-produce U.K. shell companies owned by criminals and launderers from former Soviet states.
The FinCEN Files investigation exposes tensions between British bank’s New York and London operations.
FinCEN Files shows the role of U.S.-based correspondent banks in facilitating the global flow of dirty money.
Where in the world is Pantheon Worldwide? Not even its own bank can say.
The FinCEN Files show trillions in tainted dollars flow freely through major banks, swamping a broken enforcement system.
Coordinator:
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
Editor-in-Chief: Anuška Delić
Authors: Anuška Delić, Matej Zwitter, Maja Čakarić, Katarina Bulatović, Meta Gantar
Design: Studio Mashoni
