White-collar crime
This Shady Law Firm Keeps Helping Banks and Oligarchs Launder Money
Despite a VICE investigation—and the small sliver of sunlight it shined on Mossack Fonseca's dealings—the firm is still up to its old tricks.
After Years of Incompetence, the New York Fed Is Losing Power to Washington
After a series of catastrophic failures to regulate Wall Street banks, the New York Fed had many of its powers secretly stripped away by the federal government.
The Lawyer Who Went from Fighting for Guantánamo Bay Inmates to Going After Shady Banks
Josh Denbeaux takes on cases most attorneys would consider lost causes. When I asked him why, he said, "Well, I don't lose."
2014 Was a Banner Year for Injustice in America
Here's everything we learned about policing and crime this year.
I Set Up a Shell Corporation, and So Can You!
Just how easy is it to establish a bogus business entity that can be used to funnel money offshore? I decided to see for myself.
Has the US Legal System Always Been Such a Joke?
Between paramilitary police and timid prosecutors afraid to pursue white-collar criminals, it's easy to be cynical about law and order in America.
Matt Taibbi Talks About Criminalized Poverty and Why Wall Street Is Above the Law
The investigative journalist's new book, The Divide, is about the two separate but extremely unequal criminal justice systems in America.