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4 May, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Amazon’s latest corporate filings in Luxembourg revealed that the company collected record sales income of €44bn (£38bn) in Europe last year, but did not have to pay any corporation tax to the U.K., @guardian reports. theguardian.com/technology/202…
This year, countries are expected to negotiate a global minimum corporate tax scheme and digital tax reform at the OECD in order to get big tech companies and multinationals to “pay their fair share and do so in the right place.” icij.org/inside-icij/20…
ICIJ's #LuxLeaks investigation brought attention to Luxembourg's role as a corporate tax haven for multinational companies that cut deals around complex financial structures designed to create drastic tax reductions. icij.org/investigations…
Here's a video explainer of some of the more common tax schemes we were seeing in the #LuxLeaks files:

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9 Apr
ICIJ is deeply concerned by reports from Moscow that investigative reporter Roman Anin has been taken in for questioning following a raid on his apartment by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB).
Roman Anin, the editor in chief of @istories_media, has worked with ICIJ on several major investigations that have exposed global crime and corruption, including #PanamaPapers and #FinCENFiles.
ICIJ Director @RyleGerard says, “We are closely monitoring the arrest and treatment of our cherished member, and partner in investigative reporting, Roman Anin."
Read 4 tweets
3 Apr
Five years ago today, ICIJ and more than 100 media partners around the globe published the #PanamaPapers — a massive investigation on the rogue offshore finance industry that continues to change the world. bit.ly/3sRmi9p
Hundreds of tax probes and investigations were launched.

"I started working on the case basically from the minute you all broke the story," a former U.S. prosecutor who was part of the team that led America's legal response to the #PanamaPapers says. bit.ly/3fEaWSA
But after governments fell, new laws were written, criminals were prosecuted, and more than $1.36 billion in unpaid taxes, fines and penalties were recouped, the fight against offshore financial secrecy and chicanery emboldened by #PanamaPapers goes on. bit.ly/3dwcmf5
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8 Mar
👑🧵/ Last night's #Megxit interview, in which Prince Harry and Meghan Markle share details of life after being financially cut off from the monarchy, renews attention on the royal family's enormous wealth, private estates, and how those assets are shielded from public view.
2/ Last month, @guardian revealed that Queen Elizabeth successfully lobbied the government to change a draft law in the 1970s in order to conceal her “embarrassing” private wealth from the public as part of the 'Queen's consent' investigation. bit.ly/3cZkmXv
3/ In 2017, ICIJ's #ParadisePapers investigation revealed that Queen Elizabeth's private estate, the Duchy of Lancaster, indirectly invested in a rent-to-own loan company accused of predatory tactics via the Cayman Islands. bit.ly/2ODFIPG
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20 Sep 20
NEW: Together with @BuzzFeedNews and 108 other media organizations we reveal the #FinCENFiles – our latest cross-border investigation.

Using super secretive bank documents and months of reporting, we expose how banks fail to stop dirty money flows. bit.ly/3kDpxwN
#FinCENFiles reveals $2 trillion worth of payments – revealing big-name banks (you’ve heard of them) moved suspicious money even after promising officials they would fix money laundering controls.
These global giants have moved masses of dirty money tied to mobsters, fraudsters and corrupt regimes – sometimes it's for people they can’t identify.
And – you can explore some of the transactions we found here. bit.ly/2ZUGRVV
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3 May 20
To mark #WorldPressFreedomDay we spoke with our colleagues - and friends - across the world.

We wanted to share the realities working during the coronavirus, but also the everyday obstacles our passionate network of journalists face.

bit.ly/2VXwFKF #PressFreedom
What are the biggest challenges facing our team?

– Access to data is restricted
– Information is scarce
– COVID-19 makes it harder to meet with contacts
– Leaders and officials are taunting reporters
– Newsrooms and resources are shrinking. Image
All month we're talking with our team from Chile to Tanzania, Russia to Malaysia - and beyond.

We want to highlight the hurdles these reporters overcome to deliver global-scale investigations.

Get our stories in your inbox each week. Sign up here: bit.ly/2nr7ph7 Image
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12 Feb 20
🚨Today we added 18 new members to our ICIJ family! 😀

Our network now spans 100 countries, with reporters from The Gambia, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, and more added today.

Here is a quick intro to these investigative reporters! (Thread) bit.ly/2vv0EyN
🇲🇦 First up: Ali Amar, @MarocAmar, from @LeDesk in Morocco joins our family. He’s worked with us on #ImplantFiles, #PanamaPapers and #ParadisePapers.

Here's his work on the #PanamaPapers: ledesk.ma/2016/04/03/pan…

Welcome to the team!!
@MarocAmar @LeDesk 🇨🇱 @aarellanoj joins us from #Chile – where he’s been working for @ciper as a reporter/editor, now contributor, for six years.

He also worked on #PanamaPapers and #ParadisePapers with us!
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