Swiss Leaks
| The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) analysis of leaked files of one of the world’s most private banks : HSBC | ||
| Home page | http://www.icij.org/project/swiss-leaks/explore-swiss-leaks-data | |
| Approach | ICIJ analyzed leaked HSBC files and uncovered the profiles of the main protagonists of this huge financial scandal in a news app. The project reveals the amount of money which has been circulating from 2006 and 2007 and indexes the coverage of these stories in various national newspapers. | |
| Phase | Released | |
| Tags | financial flows, financial tracking, stories, datajournalism, ICIJ, banking system, HSBC leaks, and Swissleaks | |
| Practices | Organise | |
| Thematic Focus | Finance |
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| Issue addressed | Traceability |
| Geographic Focus | World |
Experience
How does a user interact with and navigate the project?
| Narrative | true |
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| Geographic Map | true |
| Lists | true |
Description
Summary of the project and its approach
| Swiss Leaks is a collaborative investigation that exposes how the Swiss branch of one of the world’s biggest banks, HSBC, profited from doing business with tax dodgers and criminals around the world. It is a worldwide investigation conducted by the ICIJ. | |
| Approach (How?) | ICIJ analyzed leaked HSBC files and uncovered the profiles of the main protagonists of this huge financial scandal in a news app. The project reveals the amount of money which has been circulating from 2006 and 2007 and indexes the coverage of these stories in various national newspapers. |
| Language | English |
| Commissioner | Self-commissionned |
| Publisher | ICIJ |
Impact
Indicators of reach and impact of the project.
Target Audience : Online Audience Reached : International Twitter : ( followers) Publisher's Twitter Followers : 41.2K Online Rank : Google: Alexa: OSE Domain Authority Rank: 78/100 Marketing Grader Rank: 63/100 () Online Rank (Publisher) : Google: Alexa: News Source : Very High Offline Audience Reached : International Outcome : Last updated : 17/10/2015 Attempts against the project : /Technology
What tools and code were used to create the project?
Tech Best Practices: : : : Code Repository : https://github.com/swissleaks/swiss_leaks_data : Tool : : : : Database : : Frontend : : : : : Backend : : : : : Data Format : CSV : Data Standard : CSV Technical Documentation URL : : Technical Architecture Documentation : Schema Documentation : Design Documentation : API Documentation :Data Sources
Data Sources : https://github.com/swissleaks/swiss_leaks_data : : : : :Team
Team size and expertise
Team Size : Large Team Experience : Research : Dedicated Data Science : Dedicated Engineering : Dedicated Design : DedicatedProject Methodology
What strategies were in place for managing the project?
Project Methodology : Open Source : false Open Data : false Budget : Contracting : Risk Planning : Minimal Sustainability Planning : UpdatedDocumented Practices
Documentation about project practices
Collect PlanPractices
How projects handle different aspects of data management
Data Modeling : Documents Ethical Collection : No guidelines Ethical Storage : Data Collection : Trained Collectors Data Collection : Data Verification : Corroborated Data Cleaning : Data Analysis : Classification / Tagging / Categories / Linking Data Description : false Data Licensing : Restricted Ethical Publishing : Signed project Ethical Publishing : Data Publishing Mode : Scrapable