Scilla Alecci
Reporter, #Asia #EU desk @ICIJorg
Fmr @Bloombergnews Japan
From Rome, via Tokyo, NYC and Washington D.C.
salecci@icij.org
- Reposted by Scilla AlecciLatest in @icij.org Coin Laundry: @scillaa.bsky.social on the inner workings of HTX, the crypto exchange associated with billionaire Justin Sun. How beneficial is the vaunted transparency of blockchains when paired with complex layers of obfuscation? www.icij.org/investigatio...
- $28 Billion in illicit crypto flows 🫰 The first part of @icij.org 's #CoinLaundry series is live: ICIJ & 37 partners investigated how #crypto companies empowered a shadow economy that thrives on crime. By @spencerwoodman.bsky.social & team www.icij.org/investigatio...
- My story adds a touch of glamour to it ✨ as Hollywood actors like #KevinSpacey and celebrities like #MayeMusk ended up lending a veneer of credibility to an accused crypto fraudster and his PR entourage.... (None of the actors and celebs answered ICIJ's questions) www.icij.org/investigatio...
- From Dubai to Toronto, my colleague @spencerwoodman.bsky.social dives in the world of crypto-to-cash storefronts fueling money laundering’s new frontier These shadowy operations have made it easier than ever to move dirty money around the world. #CoinLaundry www.icij.org/investigatio...
- Reposted by Scilla AlecciICIJ’s latest investigation The #CoinLaundry is now live! Tap the link to read how the crypto boom minted a shadow economy that thrives on crime — and left a trail of devastated victims.
- Reposted by Scilla AlecciThe #CoinLaundry is coming soon. ICIJ’s latest investigation is a global collaboration between 38 media partners in 35 countries! Stay tuned for more on Monday! Sign up to get it straight to your inbox: buff.ly/yZk76B5
- A great summary of our panel on @icij.org 's #ChinaTargets at #Dataharvest 2025 - in a few pen strokes and colors by Pieter Fannes/ @journalismarena.eu
- Chinese government records reviewed by @icij.org as part of #ChinaTargets reveal a yearslong push to silence @rfa.org and target old classmates & friends of Shohret Hoshur, a Uyghur reporter who exposed human rights abused in #Xinjiang www.icij.org/investigatio...
- See you soon!
- 📌 The next day — Saturday, May 24 (11:15–12:30 CEST) — I’m honored to join the brilliant @scillaa.bsky.social and Jelena Cosic on stage for a session on @icij.org's latest cross-border project, #ChinaTargets. 🔗 Session Info: dataharvest25.sched.com/event/23Xt8/... #Dataharvest #EIJC25
- Reposted by Scilla Alecci📌Saturday, May 24 ⏰ 11:15 am #ChinaTargets: How ICIJ investigated China's transnational repression and its abuse of Interpol and the U.N. Our colleague @mariachristoph.bsky.social talks with @scillaa.bsky.social (@icij.org) & Jelena Cosic (@icij.org)
- Some of us from @icij.org will be heading to #EIJ25 soon. We look forward to meeting new & old colleagues in Mechelen #DataHarvest
- ICIJ will be at Dataharvest this week! Catch up with our training manager Jelena Cosic, deputy head of data and research @karriekehoe.bsky.social and reporter @scillaa.bsky.social at their sessions this Friday and Saturday. Check out the #EIJC25 schedule here: buff.ly/UCVNqBb
- Thanks for giving me the opportunity to talk about our #ChinaTargets investigation in collaboration with 42 media outlets. @icij.org
- On this week’s Access Asia, @icij.org ‘s @scillaa.bsky.social speaks to @en.france24.com about the findings of the latest, worldwide investigation into China’s “transnational repression” f24.my/B8dO
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Bay Fang, the predident of Radio Free Asia, bold, brave and righteous like her incredible reporters who risk everything to bear witness to the truth www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/o... - @icij.org ’s partners found dozens of cases where critics of the Chinese government were tracked down and targeted in countries from Belgium to Korea and beyond. #ChinaTargets www.icij.org/investigatio...
- “These overseas dissident groups might seem like peripheral-ish figures to us. ‘What harm can they cause?’ But the CCP doesn’t see it like that,” China security expert Edward Schwarck told @icij.org. “It’s ensuring that a lot of these activists overseas don’t have the capacity to threaten China.”
- @icij.org #ChinaTargets partners in Belgium found that intelligence services warned twice a local politician about his ties with China's intelligence & the potential risks of espionage or interference. @larsbove.bsky.social @kristofclerix.bsky.social @xacoun.bsky.social www.knack.be/nieuws/belgi...
- The politician— who did not respond to comment requests— has not been charged. www.lesoir.be/672290/artic...
- "The case illustrates how China uses all possible access points in our country to achieve its goals." www.tijd.be/politiek-eco...
- The Chinese Embassy in New Zealand criticized our #ChinaTargets partners' reporting on China's misuse of Interpol. We have the receipts: www.icij.org/investigatio... @paulapenfold.bsky.social @whljustin.bsky.social
- The Chinese Embassy was apparently not happy with our reporting on #ChinaTargets @whljustin.bsky.social
- Reposted by Scilla AlecciNew report from @citizenlab.ca found that Uyghur rights activists were targeted by spearphishing campaign, including advocates featured in @icij.org's #ChinaTargets investigation. www.icij.org/investigatio...
- "Wenn China jemanden ins Land zurückholen möchte, werden offenbar alle Hebel in Bewegung gesetzt: vom Interpol-Auslieferungssystem bis zur persönlichen Kontaktaufnahme durch einen Milliardär. ..." #ChinaTargets
- Ein weiterer Teil der #ChinaTargets Recherche unter Leitung von @icij.org - Der Interpol-Trick: Wie China internationale Auslieferungsverfahren ausnutzt www.profil.at/investigativ... @profil.at
- Reposted by Scilla AlecciWenn China jemanden ins Land zurückholen möchte, werden offenbar alle Hebel in Bewegung gesetzt: vom Interpol-Auslieferungssystem bis zur persönlichen Kontaktaufnahme durch einen Milliardär. Teil 2 der #ChinaTargets. Von @stefanmelichar.bsky.social.
- "Jack Ma was on the line..." Our #ChinaTargets story today details how Chinese authorities weaponized Interpol & strong-armed Alibaba's founder to force a businessman & friend to return to China... www.icij.org/investigatio...
- A #HongKong official told the businessman in a recorded call that Chinese authorities use two "tricks" to force Red Notice suspects to return: "The first one is to freeze all your money … the second one is to threaten your family."(第一个把你所有钱给你冻结了，第二个就是拿你家里人威胁你。)
- Mr H.'s case was one of 50 Red Notices ICIJ & partners examined for #ChinaTargets. The targets included businesspeople & Uyghurs accused of fraud or terrorism. Chinese authorities also used unethical practices to put pressure on them. In NZ @nzstuff.nzcow.com found: www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
- Though it misuses @interpol.int 's system, China is not on the list of 6 countries currently subject to "corrective measures" by the police organization, Ostro, @icij.org reporting partner in #Slovenia found. www.ostro.si/si/zgodbe/ki...
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- Humbled that so many reporters accepted to work with @icij.org on our #ChinaTargets investigation. Nothing better than a global team to expose #China's global repression campaign & the weak response of so many democratic nations. Together we talked to 105 victims and identify trends & patterns.
- In #NewZealand our new partners @whljustin.bsky.social & @paulapenfold.bsky.social found that Chinese police detained the father of an activist published a video about Stuff's reporting on #DeepSeek www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
- In Japan/日本 @nhknewsunofficial.bsky.social interviewed a Hong Kong advocate who said his family in HK was threatened following his activism www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20...
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View full threadIn Ecuador "Así opera la maquinaria represiva de China para aplastar y hostigar a su disidencia en el mundo" www.codigovidrio.com/code/asi-ope...
- Reposted by Scilla Alecci#ChinaTargets phase one, a global investigation led by the @icij.org, is out. Here's the first NZ contribution, from myself and @whljustin.bsky.social
- #ChinaTargets —an investigation by @icij.org & 42 media partners in 30 countries—sheds new light on the vast scale of China's #TransnationalRepression and the feckless response of authorities in many nations where those who have been targeted now seek refuge. www.icij.org/investigatio...
- @icij.org 's collaboration w 42 media in 30 countries started after victims who told us that —tho several media had covered China's transnational repression— what was missing was the "global connection" showing how cases of state-sponsored harassment are not isolated. www.icij.org/investigatio...
- We examined Chinese government records & conducted interviews with 105 victims in 23 countries who have shared their experiences and evidence, including secret recordings of police visits and interrogations. Watch: www.icij.org/investigatio...
- A 2013 presentation for local officers turned out to be an interesting document to understand how Chinese authorities codify the repression of ppl labelled as domestic security threats, wherever they are. Thanks to @adrianzenz.bsky.social for sharing. www.xinjiangpolicefiles.org/files-relate...
- Reposted by Scilla AlecciCOMING SOON: #ChinaTargets. ICIJ’s latest investigation uncovers the sprawling scope and terrifying tactics of Beijing’s campaign to target dissident members of its diaspora. Stay tuned! Sign up to get the stories delivered to your inbox: bit.ly/3SCsH8c
