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ICFJ Partner OCCRP Wins Prestigious Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship

The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has won the 2020 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, given to a select group of entrepreneurs whose innovations have had a significant, proven impact on some of the world’s most pressing problems. OCCRP is a long-time partner of ICFJ.  

ICFJ Partner OCCRP Wins Global Data Journalism Award for Cross-Border Investigative Project

An investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) that exposed a complex financial system that enabled corruption by Russian oligarchs and politicians won the 2020 Sigma Award for best data-driven reporting. OCCRP is a long-time partner of ICFJ.  

Riveting Documentary on Slain Journalist Wins Top Investigative Award

ICFJ Investigative Networks Play Key Role in Panama Papers

Investigative journalism networks launched or nurtured by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) have played a key role in the Panama Papers revelations, showing that journalists from Latin America to Africa to Eastern Europe can hold their own with the world’s best.

The success of Panama Papers has demonstrated the changing nature of investigative journalism. In the past, a single media organization with vast resources could manage a comprehensive global investigation on its own.

Panama Papers: Historic Leak Leads to Unprecedented Global Exposé

A massive leak of millions of financial records has exposed an array of crime and corruption spreading across the globe, according to a groundbreaking investigative report called The Panama Papers. The documents expose the hidden financial dealings of more than 128 politicians and public officials around the world, and the offshore holdings of 12 current and former heads of state. These are among the reported findings of a yearlong investigation by more than 100 media organizations.

ICFJ Partner Publishes Investigation for Khadija Project

ICFJ's longtime partner, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), has published another major investigation on its Khadija Project website, named after Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova.

ICFJ Partner Wins Prestigious European Press Prize

The European Press Prize named the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) winner of its Special Award for 2015, calling ICFJ’s partner organization “a determined force for good everywhere it operates.”

ICFJ oversees a six-year, $6.3 million grant from the U.S.