Post-conflict zones are scenes of immense profiteering by organised crime and regime partners. War Winners builds coalitions from local, international and exiled journalists to return attention and accountability to complex contexts. It combines digital investigations with money trails and ground reporting to explore some of the most under-reported places in the world.
NEWSROOM WAR WINNERS
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
Afghan War Profiteers
Before the fall of Kabul, billions of dollars were sunk into a failing Western intervention. New records reveal the Afghan contractors who profited and the millions they stashed in Dubai property.
The Rubble King
President Bashar al-Assad is demolishing opposition neighbourhoods in order to create a shiny new Syria – one in which dissent never existed – and reward his cronies with the spoils
Syrian Women on the Run
Denmark’s threats to send refugees back to Syria has disproportionately affected women – including some who fled abusive partners
Syria’s “Bloody” Phosphates
Secret trade with EU enriches Assad regime and evades sanctions
Putin’s Syrian Mercenaries
Russia’s exploitative foreign mercenary system sending Syrians to Ukraine
Syria’s Russian-Backed Demolition Campaign
Russian-led fake demining campaign a cover for community reprisals
Syrians fleeing Denmark
Mapping the EU flight of refugees fleeing Danish crackdown on Syrians
Why Denmark Declared Syria Safe
Denmark’s murky path to declaring refugees should return to Syrian capital