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Confidential whistleblower reports obtained by ICIJ say four pharma giants paid tens of millions of dollars to proxies to supply lifesaving drugs to Russian agencies as part of a corrupt system that keeps prices high and limits patients' access. buff.ly/k8VzDsG

With leaked internal records, ICIJ identified a handful of wholesale markets and other businesses around the Russian capital that made up a significant share of the cash U.S.-sanctioned payment firm A7 processed. buff.ly/LdOtdaJ

Five years after #PandoraPapers, ICIJ looks back at promises lawmakers made to bolster transparency. Some recommendations became law. Many more stalled, were watered down or dropped. And in the U.S., much of what was won has been rolled back. Read more: buff.ly/dEhtouu

The accounting giant Deloitte helped doctor a paper trail that enabled Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich to conceal billions in assets and dodge millions in tax, according to a joint investigation by TBIJ and BBC Panorama. Read the story: buff.ly/ZLcNJUh

The European Union has removed Panama from its tax haven “blacklist” in a move acknowledging corporate and tax transparency reforms made by a country infamously synonymous with offshore financial secrecy. Read the latest: buff.ly/4Kesyu8

Companies owned by Hungarian oligarch Lőrinc Mészáros — a friend of former prime minister Viktor Orbán — donated heavily to a right-wing influence operation that peddled propaganda online for the ruling Fidesz party, ICIJ media partner @direkt36 found. buff.ly/bXGtGTL

Confidential records reviewed by Swedish daily Göteborgs-Posten and ICIJ show how, despite public pledges, trading firm Gunvor Group used some of its subsidiaries to continue doing business with sanctioned Russian oil and gas producers. buff.ly/QK7MwMJ

From New Zealand to Mexico, ICIJ's #ChinaCapital investigation team uncovered strategic deals and moves the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China made around the world to further the political priorities of the party-state. Read some of the revelations: buff.ly/wmqFViU

The dating industry’s lead trade group is urging Apple and Google to block a new dating app that the convicted fraudster known as the Tinder Swindler says he plans to launch to safeguard women from similar criminals. Read the story: buff.ly/7SDj8M6

A massive oil deal between the U.S. and Venezuela has revived the profile of Alejandro Betancourt, a businessman under investigation in Spain and Switzerland on suspicion of laundering billions out of Venezuela and into the European financial system. buff.ly/lyL65xa

A review by ICIJ found cancer drug makers have paid over $1.7 billion in settlements and fines over a 15-year period. But those payments often make up less than 1% of their revenues – and experts said many companies see them as the cost of doing business. buff.ly/vrQTYZr

Yorgen Fenech, the businessman accused of orchestrating the killing of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, was found not guilty on all charges. A Maltese jury returned an 8-1 verdict in his favor. The prosecution is expected to appeal the verdict. buff.ly/bTnAWgP

The Kazakh government is claiming in a confidential arbitration that international oil giants awarded $10.7B in Kashagan oil field contracts which had been compromised by self-dealing, unjustified cost increases or won through bribery, sources told ICIJ. bit.ly/4wtpBDM

Boxing promoter Daniel Kinahan has been charged with directing the activities of a criminal organization after being extradited from Dubai to his native Ireland amid a huge security operation. Read the latest: bit.ly/4q816KC

The UN paid roughly $10 million last year to companies formerly linked to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government, continuing business relationships after the regime's fall. bit.ly/4c0x8T4

Cryptocurrency exchange HTX is making moves that could soften the blow of new sanctions on the firm, experts tell ICIJ. buff.ly/t7gNhsa

Women on four continents told ICIJ how they were lured and left broken both financially and romantically by pay-per-action dating sites owned by a Russian businessman. Read the story: buff.ly/HU28Yma

Leaked #PandoraPapers records reveal that Giacomo Tamburello and his family, now facing prosecution, accumulated gold bars, luxury real estate and a $89 million stake in a bank with the help of unscrupulous financiers and lawyers. Read the latest: buff.ly/A4AuLFF

Leaked #PandoraPapers records reveal that Giacomo Tamburello and his family, now facing prosecution, accumulated gold bars, luxury real estate and a $89 million stake in a bank with the help of unscrupulous financiers and lawyers. Read the latest: bit.ly/3T6kdZk

A battle over whether the public has the right to know how much Austria’s public hospitals pay for the blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda is heading to the Constitutional Court, a case stemming from ICIJ’s #CancerCalculus investigation. buff.ly/QLKvGOS