Popular: Finance, Corruption, Cross-border projects, Digital security
Investigating power across borders since 2011
The International Association of Investigative Journalism unites more than 2,600 reporters in 94 countries — pooling documents, data and expertise to hold the powerful to account, and defending the journalists who do it.
In partnership with newsrooms including
A nine-month collaboration traced more than 600 ageing tankers operating under flags of convenience and opaque ownership to keep sanctioned crude flowing — and the insurers, brokers and ports that make it possible.
Leaked corporate registries from six secrecy jurisdictions expose the hidden owners behind €14bn in property and shell companies.
Internal documents reveal how a generics maker buried trial data on a drug sold to 40 countries.
Satellite data and field reporting map the companies clearing protected forest for cattle and soy.
What we do
Cross-border reporting is expensive, technical and dangerous. The IAIJ gives members the infrastructure, protection and community to pursue it.
We convene reporters across countries to share documents, verify findings and publish simultaneously in dozens of languages.
A pre-publication review desk and an emergency legal fund defend members against lawsuits and intimidation.
Hands-on training, secure tools and a 24/7 rapid-response line protect sources and reporters at risk.
Shared datasets, corporate-registry access and a data team help members turn raw records into stories.
We fund reporting that would not otherwise happen — more than $4.2m awarded to independent projects to date.
A verified directory of vetted colleagues, fixers and specialists you can find and trust in every region.
We expose the wrongdoing that powerful people and institutions try to keep hidden — corruption, the abuse of power, corporate misconduct and the mistreatment of workers and the public. Fighting it is not optional; it is why independent journalism exists.
Kickbacks, rigged contracts and the money that buys silence.
Officials and institutions turning authority against the public.
Money laundering, tax abuse and hidden wealth.
Sexual harassment, discrimination and exploitation, covered up.
Dangerous products, buried data and consumer harm.
Trafficking networks and the professionals who enable them.
Illegal logging, mining, pollution and greenwashing.
Abuses, attacks on journalists, and those who escape accountability.
Our impact
Who relies on us
Beyond our readers, IAIJ investigations and our member network are used by journalists, communications and reputation firms, compliance and due-diligence teams, lawyers and researchers — to research wrongdoing, verify claims and understand risk.
Find trusted collaborators, pooled documents, shared data and secure channels to pursue stories no single newsroom can do alone.
Research allegations, corruption cases and high-profile arrests with verified reporting — and get ahead of reputational risk.
Screen clients, partners and suppliers against the public record for corruption, fraud and sanctions exposure.
Member directory
Search our verified directory of member reporters by country, beat and language — to collaborate, commission, or find a specialist who knows the terrain.
Members are vetted by the Secretariat. Reporters working under threat are not listed publicly for their safety.
The Association’s largest collaboration to date lands across 38 newsrooms in 34 countries.
The fund covered representation for reporters sued after publishing on public procurement.
Twenty grants of up to $25,000 for investigations in the public interest.
A practical field guide to threat modelling, encryption and source protection.
Confidential
Whether it is bribery, an abuse of power, dangerous corporate conduct or harassment covered up at work, we accept documents and tips through encrypted channels including Signal, SecureDrop and end-to-end-encrypted email. We never reveal our sources — and we can help you share safely.
Join as a member, partner your newsroom, or support the work with a donation. Every contribution funds reporting in the public interest.