In April 2013, Gerard Ryle led a team that published leaked financial documents comprising tens of thousands of offshore accounts, in which many prominent international figures were implicated. This is the story of how it happened.
Gerard Ryle is the director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in Washington, D.C., where he oversees more than 160 member journalists in over 60 countries. In April 2013, ICIJ published leaked financial documents comprising tens of thousands of offshore accounts, in which many prominent international figures were implicated. That document was the product of a collaboration of thirty-eight news organizations including The Guardian, the BBC, and The Washington Post.