The story that rocked the world: Ten years of the Panama Papers, part 1 (There's also a part 2 & 3)
https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/the-story-that-rocked-the-world-ten-years-of-the-panama-papers-part-1/
Ten years after the Panama Papers hit front pages around the world, ICIJ unpacks how the groundbreaking investigation came together, beginning with an unprecedented data leak.
By Tracie Mauriello
March 31, 2026
A decade ago, the biggest network for journalists ever assembled set out to investigate a system built to stay hidden.
What they uncovered became the Panama Papers, a sweeping investigation that broke open the secretive world of finance and exposed how the rich and powerful use offshore structures to protect wealth and dodge scrutiny.
The global project broke the model for investigative journalism. It built on years of pioneering collaborative projects by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and exploded into the mainstream as the best new way for journalists to take on systems that no single newsroom could unravel alone.
This series explores how it all came together, drawing on the recollections of the journalists whose reporting sparked a global reckoning over financial secrecy and its consequences. You can read part two here, and part three here.
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https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/cracking-the-veil-of-secrecy-ten-years-of-the-panama-papers-part-2/
https://www.icij.org/investigations/panama-papers/global-headlines-and-a-public-reckoning-ten-years-of-the-panama-papers-part-3/