Kinahan was taken from Dubai to a Dublin court under armed escort and ordered to remain in prison while he awaits trial for his alleged part in running a global drug smuggling empire.
Women on four continents told ICIJ that global pay-per-action dating sites owned by a Russian businessman and self-styled philosopher left them financially broke and heartbroken.
The estate of a Jewish art dealer has won a decade-long court battle over a $25 million painting whose ownership was exposed by secret financial documents obtained by ICIJ and its media partners.
Academic research shows that investigative reporting, NGO advocacy, and scholarly scrutiny pushed Chinese authorities from denial to dismantling parts of their mass detention system for Uyghurs.
Decades before Christopher Kinahan Sr. fled to Dubai, he dabbled in prison poetry and prose alongside some of Ireland’s most notorious criminals — including remorseless killer Dessie O'Hare.