Leaked documents reveal $2tn of possibly corrupt US financial activity

Thousands of documents, which have been disclosed to an international group of investigative journalists, detail $2 trillion (£1.55tn) of potentially corrupt transactions that were washed through the US financial system. The documents were originally leaked to BuzzFeed News, which later shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). There are over 2,000 suspicious activity reports (SARs) filed with the US government’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the documents show. SARs are filed by banks and other financial institutions when they believe a client is...