The ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database is one of the world’s largest publicly accessible resources for investigating offshore companies, trusts, foundations, and financial secrecy networks. Developed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, the database allows researchers, journalists, watchdog organizations, academics, and members of the public to explore information connected to offshore entities uncovered through major global investigations including the Panama Papers, Pandora Papers, Paradise Papers, Bahamas Leaks, and Offshore Leaks. The database contains information on more than 810,000 offshore entities connected to people and companies across more than 200 countries and territories.
The platform was created to increase transparency around complex corporate structures that are often difficult for the public to examine. Users can search individuals, companies, intermediaries, offshore service providers, and jurisdictions to identify relationships and corporate connections. The database helps investigators visualize networks that may otherwise remain hidden behind layers of shell companies, trusts, and offshore registration systems. While offshore entities can be used for legitimate purposes, the database provides valuable insight into structures that have been associated with tax avoidance, financial secrecy, corruption investigations, sanctions evasion, and other matters of public interest.
For journalists and researchers, the Offshore Leaks Database serves as a powerful starting point for investigating financial networks, beneficial ownership structures, corporate relationships, and cross border business activities. The platform includes data spanning more than eighty years and draws from some of the largest document leaks in investigative journalism history. These records have supported reporting projects around the world and have contributed to policy discussions concerning transparency, anti corruption efforts, beneficial ownership disclosure, and financial accountability.
The database is also a valuable educational resource for anyone seeking to understand how offshore finance operates. Through searchable records, relationship mapping, and supporting documentation, users can learn how offshore structures are created, how intermediaries facilitate financial secrecy, and how investigators uncover connections between people, companies, and jurisdictions. The resource continues to be expanded and enhanced with new tools that help researchers analyze large datasets and compare information against known offshore entities.
Services Offered:
• Searchable offshore company database
• Beneficial ownership research
• Corporate network mapping
• Offshore entity investigation tools
• Financial transparency research resources
• Cross border corporate relationship analysis
• Public access to major investigative datasets
• Historical offshore records research
• Open data for journalists and researchers
• Investigative reporting support resources
Who This Resource Helps:
The Offshore Leaks Database is useful for investigative journalists, nonprofit watchdog organizations, academics, historians, financial crime researchers, anti corruption advocates, attorneys, compliance professionals, policy researchers, and members of the public seeking greater transparency regarding offshore financial structures and corporate ownership networks.