The FinCEN Files, an international investigation launched 16 months ago by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), reveal that 2 trillion pieces of dirty money went through international banks.

A new massive leak of documents dissected by Le Soir, in partnership with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, reveals the major role of financial institutions in money laundering. According to the results of the survey, the largest banks on the planet participated in the money laundering of organized crime.

Six banks "including the first in Europe and the number one in the USA", Deutsche Bank, HSBC, JP Morgan, Bank of New York Mellon, Barclays and Standard Chartered are implicated.

The highly confidential documents on which the revelations are based are SAR ("suspicious activity report") sent by financial institutions between 1999 and 2017 to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the dedicated U.S. Treasury Department the fight against money laundering.