Unravel the Panama Papers - Cleraun Media · ICIJ OFFICER Leaks Database Emma Charlotte Duerre...
Transcript of Unravel the Panama Papers - Cleraun Media · ICIJ OFFICER Leaks Database Emma Charlotte Duerre...
How ICIJ used Technology to Unravel the Panama Papers
Cécile Schilis-Gallego
Data JournalistThe International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
@csgallego | @ICIJorg
16th Cleraun Media Conference • Nov. 12, 2016
Almost 200 journalistsBased in 65 countries
“Our aim is to bring journalists from different countries together in teams - eliminating rivalry and promoting collaboration.
Together, we aim to be theworld’s best cross-border investigative team.”
icij.org/about
The International Consortium ofInvestigative Journalists
You may remember us from...
What are the Panama Papers?
Nearly one in 10 of the 31,000 tax haven companies that own British property are linked to Mossack Fonseca
#panamapapers
Iceland, April 4th 2016
How did we do it?
INSIDE THE 2.6 TB
INSIDE THE 2.6 TB
From Offshore Leaks to the
Panama Papers
HOW IT USED TO WORK...
Jaime Rotondo RussoMonte Esquirnza 26, 4°28010 Madrid Spain
BACK IN JUNE 2013...
BACK TO THE FUTURE...
MAGIC!!
➢ I click on “dots” and I find stories!
➢ I discover stories thanks to fuzzy searching
➢ Find shortest path
What is available now?
100,000+ companiesPortcullis Trustnet and Commonwealth Trust Limited
200,000+ companiesMossack Fonseca
NODES
entity
intermediary
address
There may be duplicates
Suuuuper dirty data
You can check it at offshoreleaks.icij.org
Cécile [email protected] | @csgallego