This week the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a United States-based investigative non-profit organisation, launched what is thought to be the biggest cross-border journalism collaboration yet.

The M&G Centre for Investigative Journalism (amaBhungane) is part of that project, which drew on a leaked cache of 2.5-million records — totalling more than 260 gigabytes of data that lay bare the secrets of more than 120 000 offshore companies and trusts.

Working with journalists from 46 countries, the project has exposed forgotten money trails and hidden dealings of covert companies and private trusts in offshore hideaways.

• • Read an overview of the project.

• • Learn how we did it.

• • See the global network of media collaborators.

• • A ‘Who’s Who’ of prominent figures who hide offshore.

• Play the interactive game ‘Stash Your Cash’

amaBhungane stories

• • Offshore records solve mystery of civil war chopper deal

• Zimbabwe voters’ roll in hands of suspect Israeli company

Selected ICIJ and other partner organisations’ stories

• • CASE STUDY: Commonwealth Trust Limited, British Virgin Islands

• • CASE STUDY: Portcullis TrustNet, Cook Islands, BVI & Singapore

• A world of shadows

For more stories from the ICIJ’s global network, go to their website.