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Cook Island provider a 'one-stop shop' for the mega-rich
The story of Portcullis TrustNet and its birthplace — the Cook Islands — is in many ways the story of the offshore system itself.It’s a largely invisible world, a curious blend of the parochial and the...
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Top Malaysian politicians use offshore secrecy
Key members of the Malaysian government, their families, and well-heeled associates are among those owning secretive offshore companies in Singapore and the British Virgin Islands, according to a cache...
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McCain campaign reels in riches from 2008 legal fund
More than four years after the fact, John McCain the senator is benefiting big time from John McCain the presidential candidate.That's because the McCain-Palin Compliance Fund Inc. of a presidential...
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Obama proposes shifting funds from nuclear nonproliferation to nuclear weapons
The Obama administration will propose a deep cut in funding for nuclear nonproliferation programs at the Energy Department largely so it can boost the department’s spending to modernize its stockpile...
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Dem senator: Campaign finance laws a 'mockery'
Campaign finance law is a “mockery,” a Democratic senator declared today during a hearing on Capitol Hill, while also urging federal officials present to criminally investigate politically-active...
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Release of offshore records draws worldwide response
ICIJ’s investigative series on offshore secrecy – which draws from a cache of 2.5 million secret records – has ignited reactions around the globe.In the few days since the initial release of stories by...
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Political strategists praise power of online fundraising
Digital strategists Teddy Goff and Zac Moffatt worked for warring candidates during the 2012 presidential election, but they both agree that successful politicians going forward will fully embrace...
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GOP senators urge FCC to avoid new disclosure rules
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and a dozen of his Republican colleagues have asked the Federal Communications Commission to resist implementing new rules targeting the makers of political advertisements in...
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Center's Kristen Lombardi talks to 'Diane Rehm Show' about campus sexual assault
The Center for Public Integrity’s landmark series on campus sexual assault continues to draw attention from other media outlets, more than three years after the initial stories were published. On...
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Pentagon spends billions on duplicative camouflage outfits, GAO says
The baggy camouflage uniforms currently worn by American troops in Pentagon corridors and in Middle East combat zones may not look flashy, but they aren’t cheap.After having just two basic uniforms in...
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Continuing our investigation into the trillion-dollar world of offshore tax...
Our reporting of previously secret off-shore companies and trusts from the British Virgin Islands to Singapore will continue throughout this year. The exact value of wealth held offshore in tax havens...
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Wealthy supporters fuel Obama nonprofit
Sixteen people accounted for nearly a quarter of the $4.8 million collected by Organizing for Action, the self-described "grassroots" nonprofit group affiliated with President Barack Obama that was...
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GOP super donor Bob Perry dead at 80
Texas homebuilder Bob Perry, who ranks among the nation's most generous donors to Republican candidates and causes, has died at age 80.Perry is perhaps best known in political circles for helping...
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Louisiana sinkhole shatters calm, prompts buyouts on the bayou
BELLE ROSE, La. — Tim Brown eases his john boat from his back yard dock into his daily therapy: The Bayou Corne that courses through this patch of southern Louisiana like a lifeline. Brown powers past...
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OPINION: 'limited benefit' plans are no real bargain
Among insurance executives, Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini has been among the most vocal in warning of “premium rate shock” when major provisions of Obamacare kick in on January 1. "We've done all the math,...
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'Crocodile Dundee' actor Paul Hogan chases his missing offshore millions
"Crocodile Dundee" star Paul Hogan may have settled his tax case with Australian authorities but he is accusing his once-trusted tax adviser of absconding with $34 million he helped Hogan hide in...
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Onshore and offshore realms equally secretive in Greece
For me, the Offshore Leaks investigation started in September 2012.ICIJ's deputy director, Marina Walker Guevara, sent me a list of Greek names they had extracted from the data and some extra clues on...
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Allen West fuels his nonprofit with campaign cash
Vanquished Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., is using his boatload of surplus campaign cash to fuel another political endeavor — building his newly created nonprofit organization.West's still-active campaign...
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From homemaker to hell-raiser in Love Canal
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — The woman who helped free an entire community from a toxic dump, literally rewriting environmental laws in the process, was so shy at the start of the struggle she tried to hide...
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Report urges phaseout of deadly acid
Oil companies should phase out the use of a highly toxic acid that places millions at risk, a new report from the union representing many refinery workers says.The report from the United Steelworkers...
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