The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. These stories are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Stories are not available for download but can be easily ordered by contacting the Resource Center:
Search results for "tax evasions" ...
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"A Crack in the Swiss Vault"
This investigative story takes an in-depth look into offshore banking, specifically in Switzerland. Bradley Birkenfeld is an American citizen serving extensive prison time for revealing to the U.S. Government that "he and his colleagues" had been secretly helping their "American customers evade hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes" through private banking divisions in Geneva.
Tags: taxes; tax evasion; Geneva; Switzerland; UBS; banking; investments; IRS; Department of Justice
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Offshore Crime, Inc./Miskovic Millions
An investigation of business practices by East European criminals and corrupt politicians uncovers money laundering, tax avoidance, and other illegal actions costing $250 billion each year in lost tax revenues.
Tags: money laundering; tax evasion; offshore; European crime; offshore accounts
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Almost Haven: The Increasing Globalization of Financial Crime and Tax Evasion
Four years after 9/11, dirty money is more prevalent than ever. Tax cheats use the same methods that terrorists use to hide money. Everyone is playing the game, including big respected companies like Microsoft, our biggest banks, law firms and accountants. The ability of the US government to combat this traffic is remarkably weak- - probably in part because much of the problem originates in the US itself.
Tags: illicit cash; tax shelter; tax cheats; banks
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Executive Pay and Perks series
In a time when employee pensions and benefits are being cut, top corporate executives are not feel any of the pain. They have multimillion-dollar pay packages, corporate jets to use for fun, and other benefits, while they evade paying their fare share of taxes.
Tags: corporate executive; salary; benefits; executive perks; tax evasion
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Where Do They Belong?
This 20/20 investigation delves into human trafficking in Cambodia to supply babies to adoptive parents in foreign countries. They discovered that many children were sold by impoverished parents or taken from them under false pretenses and then marketed as orphans to potential adopters. The story includes an interview with Lauryn Galindo, who was convicted of fraud, money laundering and tax evasion in 17 cases related to the adoption scandal.
Tags: adoption; fraud; Cambodia; human trafficking; kidnapping; orphanages
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Probing into the Wealth of Public Servants
The Korean Broadcasting System investigative team researched the land holding and tax records of hundreds of high-ranking South Korean government officials and found numerous instances of tax evasion and speculative real estate purchases by officials. The investigation led to changes in South Korean law regarding declaration of properties of public servants.
Tags: South Korea; tax evasion; tax records; land records; real estate; real estate speculation; public officials
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Federal Tax Cheats
This investigation found tens of thousands of employees of the federal government did not pay their taxes. This accounts for $2 billion in unpaid taxes. Employees worked for the house of representatives, the senate, the department of veterans affairs, the department of homeland security and even in the white house. 32 thousand employees of the U.S. Postal Service alone owed more than $200 million.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; FOIA; taxes; federal employee; house of representatives; senate; department of veterans affairs; department of homeland security; white house; tax evasion; postal service
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MRDD Boss Profits from his Nonprofit
This series of articles investigates how a nonprofit CEO routed money from the organization into his own private business. Findings included misrepresentation, diversion of cash and possible tax evasion.
Tags: nonprofit; Leadership First; Mental Retardation and Development Disabilities; MRDD; Ohio State University; charity; money
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A lavish lifestyle at teacher's expense.
Reporters from the Miami Herald found the president of the United Teachers of Dade of committing fraud and using corporate funds to finance personal assets. Followed by a FBI investigation on Pat Tornillo, the reporters used their contacts in the FBI to find out how the union leader had evaded taxes and used company finances. Tornillo was later sentenced by the courts.
Tags: Union Teachers of Dade; FBI investigation on Tornillo; Pat Tornillo; Union Leader of teachers of Dade; FOIA; tax evasion; mail fraud
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Tobacco Traffic
The Center for Investigative Reporting looks at how major tobacco companies, Phillip Morris and Brown & Williamson, organized smuggling of cigarettes on a massive scale into Colombia and elsewhere in the world. The story aired on NOW with Bill Moyers, PBS.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; tobacco; cigarettes; Phillip Morris; Brown & Williamson; Colombia; smuggling; import tax evasion; tobacco companies; Congress; USA Patriot Act; ASH; tobacco industry; Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids; USDA; political contributions; Center for Responsive Politics; NOW; Bill Moyers; PBS