14.10.2025
Surveillance Secrets
Trove of surveillance data challenges what we thought we knew about location tracking tools, who they target and how far they have spread
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Investigations
11.09.2025
Syria’s Stolen Children
Under the Assad regime, hundreds of Syrian children were hidden in orphanages to extort their parents. Families still have few answers from the new government or the international charity that kept it a secret for years.
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11.10.2024
Turkey’s EU-funded deportation machine
The EU has funnelled hundreds of millions of euros into a shadowy deportation system operating just outside its borders in Turkey. Syrian and Afghan refugees have been detained, abused and even killed as a result
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09.09.2024
The Kutum massacre
Previously unpublished execution videos link leaders of the Sudanese RSF militia to ethnic massacres in the Western region of Darfur.
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23.03.2024
Sink the Boats
The UK government is paying France to ‘Stop the Boats’. Now first-time footage reveals French police have violently intercepted dinghies sailing for Britain, risking the lives of people on board
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12.02.2024
2,200 Frontex emails to Libya
Frontex has shared locations of migrant boats with Libya's coast guard more than 2,000 times in three years – despite watching them whip, beat and shoot at passengers
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11.12.2023
Frontex and the pirate ship
The EU’s border agency Frontex and the Maltese government are systematically sharing coordinates of refugee boats trying to escape Libya with a vessel operated by a militia linked to Russia, human trafficking, war crimes and smuggling.
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02.06.2023
The Crotone Cover Up
Italy lied about its role in a shipwreck that killed 94 people – including 35 children – and the EU border agency Frontex helped cover it up
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06.04.2023
Inside Croatia’s Secret WhatsApp Group
How high-ranking Croatian officials presided over clandestine communications about border operations
Published with
08.12.2022
Europe’s Black Sites
Refugees arbitrarily detained, tortured at secret facilities in EU
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05.12.2022
Shot for Seeking Asylum
First video of live ammunition being used against asylum seekers in EU
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03.12.2022
The Left Behind
Tracing fate of Afghans who assisted the UK after fall of Kabul
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30.11.2022
Flight of the Predator
Private jet reveals business spyware web of Israeli tycoon from EU to Africa
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28.06.2022
“We were slaves”
Greece uses asylum seekers to forcibly return migrants to Turkey
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30.06.2022
Syria's “Bloody” Phosphates
Secret trade with EU enriches Assad regime and evades sanctions
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06.05.2022
Frontex, the EU Pushback Agency
Frontex’s internal data shows EU border agency involved in mass pushbacks
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01.04.2022
Putin’s Syrian Mercenaries
Russia’s exploitative foreign mercenary system sending Syrians to Ukraine
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25.03.2022
Turning a blind eye to Egypt’s violent navy
Dictatorship known for war crimes gets billions in naval exports
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23.03.2022
Syria’s Russian-Backed Demolition Campaign
Russian-led fake demining campaign a cover for community reprisals
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23.02.2022
From Switzerland with love
Swiss arms harming civilians from Brazil's favelas to Afghanistan
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22.12.2021
Who died at Europe's border?
Using OSINT to find life stories of nameless dead at Poland-Belarus border
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06.10.2021
Unmasking Europe's Shadow Armies
Shocking evidence links violence against asylum seekers in EU to state security
Published with
29.04.2021
Frontex in the Central Mediterranean
EU agency plays a direct role in Libyan coast guard’s interception operations
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20.04.2021
Why Denmark Declared Syria Safe
Denmark's murky path to declaring refugees should return to Syrian capital
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23.10.2020
Frontex Complicit in Pushbacks
Pushbacks in Greece undertaken with support or connivance of EU super agency
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05.10.2020
UK’s toothless arms control
Tracing British-made sniper rifles to Yemen, Syria and Russian-occupied Ukraine
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25.08.2020
Airbus maintaining Turkey's war
European giant aids Turkey with military airbridge to embargoed Libya
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17.07.2020
Invisible Workers
Modern slavery conditions for migrant workers on EU's farms at height of pandemic
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23.06.2020
Masked men
Clandestine state forces behind most violent pushbacks, according to new evidence
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16.06.2020
Cast Adrift
Greek coast guard intercepts asylum seekers, abandons them on life rafts
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08.05.2020
Torment in Turkey
Asylum seekers funneled to EU border are pawns in power game
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08.05.2020
The Killing of Muhammad Gulzar
Reconstructing a death at the Greek-Turkish border raises serious questions
Published with
05.04.2020
Deep Pushbacks From Greece
New wave in Greece of extrajudicial deportations overland and at sea
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16.12.2018
Italian arms serving dictators
Tracing Italian weapons to Turkmenistan, Syria and Saudi Arabia
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09.05.2023
The Instagarchs
How the war in Ukraine and international sanctions upended the gilded world of Russia’s oligarch class – as seen through the prism of their social media
Published with
14.10.2025
Surveillance Secrets
Trove of surveillance data challenges what we thought we knew about location tracking tools, who they target and how far they have spread
Published with
11.09.2025
Syria’s Stolen Children
Under the Assad regime, hundreds of Syrian children were hidden in orphanages to extort their parents. Families still have few answers from the new government or the international charity that kept it a secret for years.
Published with
11.10.2024
Turkey’s EU-funded deportation machine
The EU has funnelled hundreds of millions of euros into a shadowy deportation system operating just outside its borders in Turkey. Syrian and Afghan refugees have been detained, abused and even killed as a result
Published with
09.09.2024
The Kutum massacre
Previously unpublished execution videos link leaders of the Sudanese RSF militia to ethnic massacres in the Western region of Darfur.
Published with
23.03.2024
Sink the Boats
The UK government is paying France to ‘Stop the Boats’. Now first-time footage reveals French police have violently intercepted dinghies sailing for Britain, risking the lives of people on board
Published with
12.02.2024
2,200 Frontex emails to Libya
Frontex has shared locations of migrant boats with Libya's coast guard more than 2,000 times in three years – despite watching them whip, beat and shoot at passengers
Published with
11.12.2023
Frontex and the pirate ship
The EU’s border agency Frontex and the Maltese government are systematically sharing coordinates of refugee boats trying to escape Libya with a vessel operated by a militia linked to Russia, human trafficking, war crimes and smuggling.
Published with
02.06.2023
The Crotone Cover Up
Italy lied about its role in a shipwreck that killed 94 people – including 35 children – and the EU border agency Frontex helped cover it up
Published with
06.04.2023
Inside Croatia’s Secret WhatsApp Group
How high-ranking Croatian officials presided over clandestine communications about border operations
Published with
08.12.2022
Europe’s Black Sites
Refugees arbitrarily detained, tortured at secret facilities in EU
Published with
05.12.2022
Shot for Seeking Asylum
First video of live ammunition being used against asylum seekers in EU
Published with
03.12.2022
The Left Behind
Tracing fate of Afghans who assisted the UK after fall of Kabul
Published with
30.11.2022
Flight of the Predator
Private jet reveals business spyware web of Israeli tycoon from EU to Africa
Published with
28.06.2022
“We were slaves”
Greece uses asylum seekers to forcibly return migrants to Turkey
Published with
30.06.2022
Syria's “Bloody” Phosphates
Secret trade with EU enriches Assad regime and evades sanctions
Published with
06.05.2022
Frontex, the EU Pushback Agency
Frontex’s internal data shows EU border agency involved in mass pushbacks
Published with
01.04.2022
Putin’s Syrian Mercenaries
Russia’s exploitative foreign mercenary system sending Syrians to Ukraine
Published with
25.03.2022
Turning a blind eye to Egypt’s violent navy
Dictatorship known for war crimes gets billions in naval exports
Published with
23.03.2022
Syria’s Russian-Backed Demolition Campaign
Russian-led fake demining campaign a cover for community reprisals
Published with
23.02.2022
From Switzerland with love
Swiss arms harming civilians from Brazil's favelas to Afghanistan
Published with
22.12.2021
Who died at Europe's border?
Using OSINT to find life stories of nameless dead at Poland-Belarus border
Published with
06.10.2021
Unmasking Europe's Shadow Armies
Shocking evidence links violence against asylum seekers in EU to state security
Published with
29.04.2021
Frontex in the Central Mediterranean
EU agency plays a direct role in Libyan coast guard’s interception operations
Published with
20.04.2021
Why Denmark Declared Syria Safe
Denmark's murky path to declaring refugees should return to Syrian capital
Published with
23.10.2020
Frontex Complicit in Pushbacks
Pushbacks in Greece undertaken with support or connivance of EU super agency
Published with
05.10.2020
UK’s toothless arms control
Tracing British-made sniper rifles to Yemen, Syria and Russian-occupied Ukraine
Published with
25.08.2020
Airbus maintaining Turkey's war
European giant aids Turkey with military airbridge to embargoed Libya
Published with
17.07.2020
Invisible Workers
Modern slavery conditions for migrant workers on EU's farms at height of pandemic
Published with
23.06.2020
Masked men
Clandestine state forces behind most violent pushbacks, according to new evidence
Published with
16.06.2020
Cast Adrift
Greek coast guard intercepts asylum seekers, abandons them on life rafts
Published with
08.05.2020
Torment in Turkey
Asylum seekers funneled to EU border are pawns in power game
Published with
08.05.2020
The Killing of Muhammad Gulzar
Reconstructing a death at the Greek-Turkish border raises serious questions
Published with
05.04.2020
Deep Pushbacks From Greece
New wave in Greece of extrajudicial deportations overland and at sea
Published with
16.12.2018
Italian arms serving dictators
Tracing Italian weapons to Turkmenistan, Syria and Saudi Arabia
Published with
09.05.2023
The Instagarchs
How the war in Ukraine and international sanctions upended the gilded world of Russia’s oligarch class – as seen through the prism of their social media
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