DataharvestEIJC2020

Investigative reporting on tax and financial crime can pose some of the most difficult challenges for journalists.

People involved in financial wrongdoing go to great lengths to hide their identities behind complex and secretive financial structures and transactions. When challenged, they can respond with legal attacks which are becoming increasingly aggressive and complex.

In this session, leading investigative journalists share their experiences and approaches to meeting the challenge of investigative reporting on tax and financial crime. From how to bring complex financial structures to life and create a compelling story, to facing down threats from libel lawyers, privacy lawyers and even hostile criminal investigations that are thrown in the way of journalists attempting seeking to expose financial wrongdoing.