Financial records obtained by ICIJ show that they included individuals later accused of or sanctioned for money laundering and other financial crimes.

As governments seek to ban the machines, bitcoin ATMs remain entwined with cryptocurrency industry's most mainstream players.

The shift offers companies immunity from certain regulations — and, critics say, weakens protections for scam victims.

Victim advocates fear the funds seized from the Prince Group’s founder will be stashed away for the U.S.’s new strategic cryptocurrency reserve.

Victim advocates fear the funds seized from the Prince Group’s founder will be stashed away for the U.S.’s new strategic cryptocurrency reserve.

New data shows how a key office hammered by layoffs and cost-cutting referred at most two cases in fiscal year 2025.

The number of IRS staff assigned to oversee anti-money laundering practices at the firms dropped to its lowest level in nearly decade.

To investigate the global crypto industry, ICIJ’s media partners stepped inside a shadow economy awash with dirty money.

ICIJ's trailblazing blockchain analysis has uncovered how cryptocurrency giants Binance and OKX are key conduits of illicit transactions.

At least $1.4 billion of its tokens passed through a crypto wallet linked to scams, hacks, and human trafficking.

Kyrrex exploited technology and shell companies while serving suspected fraudsters and pro-Russian military activists, even as its owners claimed the exchange followed anti-money laundering rules.

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How the crypto boom minted a shadow economy that thrives on crime — and left a trail of devastated victims.

An ICIJ investigation traced tens of thousands of transactions and found crypto platforms awash with dirty money.

An ICIJ investigation traced tens of thousands of transactions and found crypto platforms awash with dirty money.

These shadowy operations have made it easier than ever to move dirty money around the world. One man is on a mission to expose them.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists traced tens of thousands of transactions and found major crypto trading platforms awash with dirty money.

These shadowy operations have made it easier than ever to move dirty money around the world. One man is on a mission to expose them.

How the crypto boom minted a shadow economy that thrives on crime — and left a trail of devastated victims.

As Donald Trump and Elon Musk take a chainsaw to the federal bureaucracy, the cuts at the IRS may be especially good news for America’s wealthiest taxpayers.

The upheaval undermines the agency’s quest to tackle high-end tax cheating.