[1] The site has also been awarded both nationally and internationally for its coverage of investigations dedicated against corruption.
[1][2] One of the first main investigations occurred in February 2010, with the report involving the purchase of armoured personnel carrier by the Peruvian Armed Forces at a highly inflated price later being spread through national media outlets.
[4][5] IDL-Reporteros is a member of the Global Investigative Journalism Network,[1] has been supported by the Open Society Foundations[2] and was recognized as an Ashoka Changemaker as part of the Ashoka Fellows project.
[7] IDL-Reporteros won the 2018 National Journalism Grand Prize for its Lava Juez investigations.
[3] In 2019, the site won the Global Shining Light Award related to the Lava Juez investigations.