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Staff reporter — Mostly immigration and the .1 percent — swoodman@ICIJ.org — Signal: 919-418-0817. PGP at link below

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    It’s official! Governor cuomo signs bill to ban confessions of judgment. “New York courts exist to uphold the rule of law, not to give unscrupulous creditors a means to prey on consumers.”

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    Aug 27

    Isolation is being used by as a harmful substitute for proper healthcare services, according to the lawsuit filed by , and a dozen immigrants.

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    Aug 19

    Swiss authorities won't let us share the decision publicly, but one thing boggles my mind from this case launched after 's . As reported, the former manager of Angola's sovereign wealth fund has agreed to return $2bn to Angola. 2,000,000,000

    Quantum Global, whose offshore dealings featured heavily in 's , will return money to Angola's sovereign wealth fund, according to (Gotham City has the best news on Swiss legal decisions, well worth following)
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    Aug 14

    Speaking of ... we were just nominated for an ONA award in the category of explanatory reporting:

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    Aug 14

    The Project on Government Oversight has a new report building on our investigation, finding that 40 percent of ICE detainees who are placed in solitary have a mental illness by and me

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  6. Jul 24

    Senators Grassley and Blumenthal demand briefing from ICE over misuse of solitary confinement, citing and partners

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    Jul 23

    Great thread to understand , its significance and the work that went into it.

    (Thread) 1/ is ’s latest offshore project. It started with a story we wrote in 2017 as part of the investigation and continued when an anonymous source sent us a USB key in the mail that contained 200,000 files (thank you, whistleblower!)
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  8. Jul 23

    A whistleblower sent over 200,000 documents detailing how American luxury brands and VC funds have used Mauritius to suck dry public coffers of Africa's poorest nations. Fantastic work by and our partners

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  9. Jul 18

    Read more here from our partners at the Miami Herald who can't help but to keep owning this story:

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  10. Jul 18

    From our leaked Jeffrey Epstein financial docs: His Bermuda shell company is a case study in Wall Street's pre-recession excesses — an opaque offshore vehicle loaded up with mortgage-backed securities and CLOs:

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    Jul 17

    👋🏽 I am where I belong, at the people’s house and you’re just gonna have to deal!

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    Jun 25

    BREAKING: New ICIJ investigation reveals hundreds of millions of dollars in secret payments by Odebrecht bribery unit, involving prominent figures and massive public works projects

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    Jun 26

    : Odebrecht created a department primarily to manage the company’s bribes. Receivers had codenames such as Darth Vader or Robocop. received the files and shared it with & 50+ reporters. Here's why:

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    Jun 26

    Leaked files from Odebrecht’s Bribery Division reveal $230 million of previously undisclosed payments to Latin American officials in Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Dominican Republic. A new investigation by + 50 journalists in the Americas.

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    NEW: Our latest collaboration with 50 reporters across 10 countries in the Americas – the – reveals Odebrecht’s cash-for-contracts operation was even bigger than the company had acknowledged.
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  15. Jun 25

    Reminder that Silicon Valley's best and brightest at Palantir built ICE intelligence tools explicitly aimed at mapping immigrants' family connections and home addresses. Source docs here:

    Threats of deportation raids frighten Baltimore immigrants: 'They're afraid to go outside'
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    Jun 24

    The FDA released more than 6 million previously hidden medical device “incident” reports, filed in secret from 1999 through 2019 by device makers:

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  17. Jun 21

    Elizabeth Warren read our stories on ICE's heavy use of solitary confinement. She's now demanding answers from the agency on "extremely disturbing" practices and its apparent violations of DHS rules

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    May 22

    The U.S. routinely uses highly punitive solitary confinement on migrants in jail, despite laws against it, says journalist . “A solitary confinement cell is a bathroom-sized room that you’re locked in. … You are in an armored sealed box and you can’t get out.”

    Reporter Spencer Woodman on solitary confinement in migrant detention
    Journalist Spencer Woodman, who co-wrote a major report on migrant detention for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, says solitary confinement is routinely used to punish.
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  19. May 22

    A whistleblower within the Department of Homeland Security goes public about widespread abuse of solitary confinement at ICE with

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    May 21

    How US immigration authorities use solitary confinement # via

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