Most corruption stories end when the headlines fade.
Atlas Ahead follows what happens next — who disappeared from the courts, who walked free, who the system never touched. Every fact leads back to the reporting that uncovered it.
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ICELAND · THE STORY
The people filled the streets.
The leader quit.
Ten years later, he has never been charged. And he came back with a new political party.
UNITED STATES · THE STORY
No to a union, twice.
Then, yes.
Their first deal got 96 of every 100 votes. Here is what it pays them.
PANAMA · THE LEDGER
One leak.
Two billion dollars.
Ten years of Panama Papers, counted — and what it never touched.
GERMANY · THE REPORTING
A stranger messaged
a German newsroom.
“Interested in data?” They gave the scoop away.
MALAYSIA · THE STORY
A leader took money
that was not his.
A court found him guilty. Then his time was cut in half.
MALAYSIA · THE STORY
A leader is in prison.
The man charged is not.
Eight years of looking. He has never been to court.
UNITED STATES · THE STORY
They struck all three
at once. Nobody had.
Six weeks later: 25 percent, and the two-tier system gone.
UNITED STATES · THE LEDGER
Most Americans like unions.
Few are in one.
For forty years, one went up. One went down.
UNITED KINGDOM · THE REPORTING
Fifteen years of reporting.
Then a TV drama.
Then Parliament quashed the convictions itself.
UNITED STATES · THE STORY
Five counts. No trial.
No verdict, ever.
Dropped by the government, ended by the judge.
UNITED STATES · THE STORY
15,000 nurses struck.
All four ratified.
The longest nurses' strike New York City has had.
UNITED STATES · THE RULE
Passed 51 to 38 in 2019.
Repealed 94 to 2.
In between: a bribery trial, and a verdict.
UNITED STATES · THE LEDGER
It was a crime
to ask for more.
Philadelphia, 1806: eight shoemakers, tried for combining.