The Panama Papers: Why It Couldn’t Have Happened Ten Years Ago
Blog post from Neo4j
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) conducted a massive financial data leak known as the Panama Papers, which exposed offshore tax structures used by high-profile individuals and celebrities over the past 40 years. The leak consisted of 2.6 Terabytes and 11.5 million documents, making it one of the largest data leaks in history. To analyze this vast dataset, ICIJ worked with graph technology, specifically tools like Linkurious and Neo4j, which enabled them to process complex connections quickly and efficiently, without requiring specialized technical expertise. This approach allowed investigative journalists to make sense of the massive dataset, highlighting the importance of democratizing scalable data analysis technologies for a free and open society.