The international consortium of investigative journalists is a global network of more than 200 investigative journalists. A public database containing a slice of key data from the giant paradise papers leak, as well as older records from the panama papers, is now public. The icij has published a massive trove of panama papers information on detailed offshore holding of companies in various tax haven nations including thousands of documents related to india linking close to 2,000 individuals, entities and addresses from the country. The analytics process that icij applies to the panama papers may become the model for complex business analytics applications in the years to come. May 10, 2016 the international consortium of investigative journalists. Search engine for the panama papers database by icij. The data primarily comprises emails, pdf files, photo files, and excerpts of an internal mossack fonseca database. How the icij used neo4j to unravel the panama papers dzone.
A panel of journalists discusses data reporting and the panama papers, 11. May 09, 2016 a group of investigative journalists has published the names of thousands of offshore companies at the heart of the panama papers a massive trove of data on the finances of the rich and. The icij spent 15 months analysing leaked documents to make links between different offshore entities. Icij to release panama papers database today the express. What is the difference between the panama papers and the. The data covers nearly 40 years up to the end of 2015 and links to people and companies in more than 200 countries and territories.
Before the panama papers investigation, we completed the offshore leaks database. Nov 05, 2017 the international consortium of investigative journalists icij, the media group that coordinated the panama papers investigation into offshore companies, is set to unravel its new leak on. The committee was established in the wake of the panama papers to probe panamas financial services industry, but now two out of three international members have resigned. Early in april, the icij and over 100 partner media organisations started releasing data and related stories from the panama papers which comprise some 11. Structured data about panama papers collected from the official icij website. The panama papers graph database is now available for download. Where can i download the panama papers documents and.
But journalists across the world have access to it. Im looking hard online, and i cant find the panama papers for download. You can now search the panama papers database online. The leak of the panama papers last year focussed on the inner workings of panamanian law firm, mossack fonseca. Icij has launched a searchable database that contains a fraction of the panama papers, including the names of 368,000 people and companies. The organized crime and corruption reporting project occrp is a global network of investigative journalists. Apr 14, 2016 the analytics process that icij applies to the panama papers may become the model for complex business analytics applications in the years to come.
How to download this database icij offshore leaks database. A group of investigative journalists has published the names of thousands of offshore companies at the heart of the panama papers a massive trove of data on the finances of the rich and. Panama papers database goes public in largest release of. Panama paper trail goes online with massive searchable database.
This icij database contains information on more than 785,000 offshore entities that are part of the panama papers, the offshore leaks, the bahamas leaks and the paradise papers investigations. It was three years in the making and was the most visited website the icij or our parent organization, the center. In what will be likely the largest release in history of secret offshore companies and the people connected to them, the international consortium of investigative journalists icij is planning to release more information as part of the panama papers investigation, according to the icij website. How the icij used neo4j to unravel the panama papers mar.
This anonymity aspect is also crucial for a lot of names that appear in the panama papers. Icij releases the panama papers investigation jake bernstein. Theres now an official panama papers searchable database. Browse by country lebanon icij offshore leaks database. These are the full database and files journalist use.
According to icij, the database contains information on almost 320,000 offshore entities that are part of the panama papers and the offshore leaks investigations. The leaked files from panama based law firm mossack fonseca contain nearly 40 years of data and include information about more than 210,000 companies in 21 offshore jurisdictions, from panama to hong kong. The major difference between these two leaks is that while as the panama papers revealed names of world leaders, drug peddlers and high. How the icij used open source technologies such as neo4j, apache tika, apache solr and more to unravel the panama papers.
The international consortium of investigative journalists latest investigation luanda leaks examines the inside story on how africas richest woman, isabel dos santos, made her fortune. Icijs release of the panama papers wont include personal data, emails, bank records by nassim khadem updated may 9, 2016 3. The icij later announced the release on may 9, 2016 of a searchable database containing information on over 200,000 offshore entities implicated in the panama papers investigation and more than 100,000 additional companies implicated in the 20 offshore leaks investigation. Icijs release of the panama papers wont include personal. The full dataset that has been released by icij recently is available here how were the data collected. Open source offline search engine for the panama papers databese provided by the icij.
Russian president vladimir putin was not the target of the panama papers leak, according to the head of the international consortium of investigative journalists, who has said the batch of more than 11. For example, many pirate sites use offshore companies to keep the owners out of the public view. Vectoropenstock icij said that the searchable database they will unveil on may 9. Where can i download the panama papers documents and datasets.
Offshore companies incorporated since 1977 projects. How to use the offshore leaks database icij offshore. How the icij used neo4j to unravel the panama papers. This provides the datasets from the icij offshore leaks database from the panama papers. The icij offshore leaks database allows you to search through more than 785,000 offshore companies and trusts more than 200,000 were registered by the panamanian law firm mossack fonseca, whose inner workings were exposed in the panama papers, and 100,000 entities incorporated through portcullis trustnet and commonwealth trust limited, two offshore service providers exposed as part of the. Panama paper trail goes online with massive searchable. Icij set to release panama papers 2 tonight the express. Whats in the paradise papers database of tax haven. Based on a trove of 715,000 documents, our reporting revealed how western financial firms, lawyers, accountants and government officials from lisbon to. Apr 28, 2016 organized crime and corruption reporting project. To find the names of people involved, we would need to run a pos tagger in a. Jake bernstein was a senior reporter on the international consortium of investigative journalists icij team that broke the panama papers story. The data the icij is now making public represents a fraction of the panama papers, a trove of more than 11.
May 04, 2016 how the icij used open source technologies such as neo4j, apache tika, apache solr and more to unravel the panama papers. It covers a period spanning from the 1970s to the spring of 2016. In 2017, the project won the pulitzer prize for explanatory reporting and was a finalist in international reporting. The international consortium of investigative journalists. The full dataset that has been released by icij recently is available here. Icij has several other projects where theyve made queryable databases with visualizations available, but those apparently arent the panama papers documents. Recently, the biggest leak in the journalism world in the history took place. The international consortium of investigative journalists icij publishes today monday a searchable. Apr 04, 2016 but the panama papers easily eclipsed those projects. Run the jar file and take a closer look into the panama papers database.
But the panama papers easily eclipsed those projects. Its a few terabytes, which seems intimidating, but it takes about a day to process petabytes on aws. Find out whos behind almost 500,000 offshore companies, foundations and trusts from the panama papers, the offshore leaks and the bahamas leaks investigations, and explore the offshore financial data from some politicians featured in the paradise papers investigation. In the course of the panama papers and paradise papers investigations, icij was challenged to learn about and implement various technologies to manage international collaboration on terabytes of data structured and unstructured e. Nov 07, 2017 the leak of the panama papers last year focussed on the inner workings of panamanian law firm, mossack fonseca. The committee was established in the wake of the panama papers to probe panama s financial services industry, but now two out of three international members have resigned. Offshore companies incorporated since 1977 the leaked files from panamabased law firm mossack fonseca contain nearly 40 years of data and include information about more than 210,000 companies in 21 offshore jurisdictions, from panama to hong kong. Entire panama papers database is now available online.
The data covers nearly 80 years up to 2016 and links to people and companies in more than 200 countries and territories. $50month and above or $600year and above invitation to exclusive chat with icij staff about our latest major project after publication. Icij launches panama papers database you can now see for yourself which politicians, celebrities and business executives allegedly kept secret shell companies that were exposed in. International consortium of investigative journalists wikipedia.
At this juncture, the raw panama papers records are not available to the public. The international consortium of investigative journalists icij, the media group that coordinated the panama papers investigation into offshore companies, is set to unravel its new leak on. Besides that data, this package is available under gpl3. Oil giant eni to pay millions over sham contracts in panama papers bribery case will fitzgibbon april 23, 2020 u. This icij database contains information on almost 320,000 offshore entities that are part of the panama papers and the offshore leaks investigations. May 09, 2016 icij launches panama papers database you can now see for yourself which politicians, celebrities and business executives allegedly kept secret shell companies that were exposed in the panama papers. This dataset was constructed by the international consortium of investigative journalists and available here under the creative commons attributionsharealike license.