Gotham City

Gotham City is a French-speaking Swiss investigative news website sourcing information through a judicial watch and specializing in white-collar crime (fraud, corruption, money laundering). Gotham City focuses on white-collar crime cases related to the Swiss financial industry. The court reporters obtain information through open data requests from courts in Switzerland, France and abroad. The articles give as often as possible access to original court documents obtained from official sources. Gotham City is an independent, readership-funded, advertising-free, subscription-only media outlet. History Gotham City was founded in 2017 by investigative journalists Marie Maurisse and François Pilet. The editorial staff also includes Coline Emmel, Federico Franchini and Karine Pfenniger. In June 2019, Gotham City revealed that SICPA, a Swiss company that provides security inks for currencies and sensitive documents, is subject to criminal proceedings by the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland for acts of corruption in Brazil. In August 2019, Gotham City published a second article stating that the federal investigation against SICPA involves suspicions of corruption in fourteen countries. In June 2021, Gotham City revealed that the federal investigation against Sicpa was extended to Philippe Amon, Sicpa's owner.