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International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is a nonprofit newsroom focused on large-scale, cross-border investigative journalism.

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Sep 15, 2026
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Jul 7, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Scilla Alecci

    Lawmakers debate infrastructure security after China Capital (opens the original)

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    ICIJ and its media partners found that Chinese bank ICBC served as a financing hub for infrastructure in the U.K. and Australia, prompting questions about Beijing’s influence over public projects. British lawmakers today raised concerns about Chinese ownership of water utilities and key local infrastructure following ICIJ’s China Capital investigation into financing deals pursued by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world’s largest bank by asset size. Senior conservative peer Lord

  2. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Scilla Alecci

    ICBC serves firms linked to oligarchs, autocrats to push China’s agenda (opens the original)

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    In the heart of London’s financial district, tucked between the Bank of England headquarters and London Bridge, is one of the world’s most influential institutions. The majestic neoclassical building is hard to miss, but few passersby would recognize the ancient coin-inspired logo of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. This outpost of the biggest bank in the world has grown over three decades to hold tens of billions of dollars in assets, expanding rapidly as China has ascended on the w

  3. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Scilla Alecci

    ICBC helped Huawei spirit $1B out of London days after US indictment (opens the original)

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    A little after sunrise on a cloudy Saturday morning, nine bankers returned to their workplace in London’s financial district for an extraordinary meeting. It was Feb. 2, 2019, and the Lunar New Year holiday would soon halt operations at the Beijing headquarters of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. Five thousand miles from the Chinese capital, the bank officers made their way through the lobby of ICBC’s London branch, housed inside an imposing building a short walk from London Bridge.

  4. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Scilla Alecci

    ICBC promoted corrupt exec, ignored misconduct as it expanded (opens the original)

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    For many years, Zhang Hongli was the face of China’s banking might. A plugged-in networker who golfed with Beijing princelings, Zhang helmed the Asia units of Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs before becoming a senior executive vice president of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in 2010. Just “ZHL” in some of ICBC’s internal communications, Zhang traveled the world to sign lucrative deals with new business partners, hobnob with corporate clients and meet bank staff, according to a trove

  5. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Carmen Molina Acosta

    WATCH: How the world’s biggest bank advances Beijing’s interests (opens the original)

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    https://www.icij.org/investigations/chin

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