Learn about what tools can be used and what sources of information and data are available to almost anyone willing to uncover issues affecting communities locally and across borders.

Databases

Libra: The landsat imagery browser

A tool to browse, sort, and download more than 275 Terabytes of open Landsat imagery for free.

Panama Registry of Companies

A useful resource for journalists and activists tracking corruption and tax avoidance across...

Yanukovych Leaks

Journalists and activists rescued and digitalised the documents which led to the impeachment of...

Ecosystem of Corporate Politicians

Interactive visualisation showing the relationships between Portuguese politicians and private...

Dronestagram

Making drone strikes locations more visible, a little closer and more real.

The Land Matrix

A set of data visualisations and a public online database on land grabbing deals.

Kings of Coal

An interactive website that can help you stop harmful energy projects financed by the European...

The Migrants Files

A database that contains information on 27,000 migrants who died on their way to Europe since 2000.

LittleSis

A free database of who-knows-who at the heights of business and government.

They Rule

A website offering interactive visualisations on the biggest American corporations.

WikiLeaks

An overview of the WikiLeaks library, launched by Julian Assange in 2006.

OpenCorporates: the largest open database of the corporate world

OpenCorporates is a database which aims to gather information on all the companies in the world....

Drone Updates: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

Monitoring the impact of drone warfare on civilians to hold powers accountable.

Investigative Dashboard

The Investigative Dashboard was created by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project...