Swiss Leaks
- Logo
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) analysis of leaked files of one of the world’s most private banks : HSBC
- URL
- http://www.icij.org/project/swiss-leaks/explore-swiss-leaks-data
- Keywords
- financial flows, financial tracking, stories, datajournalism, ICIJ, banking system, HSBC leaks, Swissleaks
- Project Current Phase
- Released
- Project Start Date
- N/A
- Launch Date
- N/A
- Most Recent Update
- N/A
- Update Frequency
- N/A
- Thematic Focus
- Finance
- Issue addressed
- Traceability
- Geographic Focus
- World
Experience
How does a user interact with and navigate the project?
- Narrative
- Yes
- Query
- Geographic Map
- Yes
- Timelines
- Lists
- Yes
- Network Visualisation
- Other Visualisation
- Raw Data
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 (US)
- Partners
Impact
Indicators of reach and impact of the project
- Target Audience
- Online Audience Reached
- International
- No (N/A followers)
- Publisher's Twitter Followers
- 41.2K
- Online Rank
- Google: N/A Alexa: OSE Domain Authority Rank: 78/100 Marketing Grader Rank: 63/100 ()
- Online Rank (Publisher)
- Google: 7 Alexa: 172,117
- News Source
- Very High
- Offline Audience Reached
- International
- Outcome
- Last updated
- 17/10/2015
- Attempts against the project
- N/A /
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
- Dedicated
Project Methodology
What strategies were in place for managing the project?
- Project Methodology
- N/A
- Open Source
- No
- Open Data
- No
- Budget
- N/A
- Contracting
- N/A
- Risk Planning
- Minimal
- Sustainability Planning
- Updated
Documented Practices
Documentation about project practices
: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD8372B8BC7E9A4D5
- Collect / Find Data Sources
- http://www.icij.org/resources/tools
- Plan / Project Design
- http://www.icij.org/resources/secrets%20of%20the%20masters
Practices
How projects handle different aspects of data management
- Data Modeling
- Documents
- Ethical Collection
- No guidelines
- Ethical Storage
- N/A
- Data Collection
- Trained Collectors
- Data Collection
- Data Verification
- Corroborated
- Data Cleaning
- N/A
- Data Analysis
- Classification / Tagging / Categories / Linking
- Data Description
- No
- Data Licensing
- Restricted
- Ethical Publishing
- Signed project
- Ethical Publishing
- Data Publishing Mode
- Scrapable