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Tomas Statius

Investigative Reporter

Tomas Statius is an award winning investigative journalist based in Paris. Most of his work have focused on migration, defense and security industries and the far right. He is the author of two books.

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Surveillance Secrets

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
“They hit us and watched us drown”

“They hit us and watched us drown”

French police cause dozens of drownings with violent tactics against small boats trying to reach overseas territory Mayotte. Similar tactics are being proposed for the Channel.
Poison PR

Poison PR

US taxpayers funded a covert campaign to downplay the risks of pesticides and discredit environmentalists in Africa, Europe, and North America.
False Promise of Biometrics

False Promise of Biometrics

Three-country investigation shows digital IDs in Africa failing to deliver promised democratic and development boost, while making fortunes for tech vendors
Desert Dumps

Desert Dumps

Europe supports, finances and is directly involved in clandestine operations in North African countries to dump tens of thousands of Black people in the desert or remote areas each year to prevent them from coming to the EU.
Sink the Boats

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
Frontex and the pirate ship

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.
France’s Digital Inquisition

France’s Digital Inquisition

Taking apart the secretive fraud detection algorithm that scores half of France’s population but pursues the most vulnerable.
Europe’s Potemkin Lobby

Europe’s Potemkin Lobby

Powerful European farming lobby Copa-Cogeca is losing legitimacy even as it stymies the EU’s green agenda and hoovers up public funds
The Crotone Cover Up

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
France’s forgotten Afghan spies

France’s forgotten Afghan spies

Left Behind: A French-led intelligence cell in Afghanistan was kept secret for years – and now France has left its agents behind
Flight of the Predator

Flight of the Predator

Private jet reveals business spyware web of Israeli tycoon from EU to Africa
Invisible Workers

Invisible Workers

Modern slavery conditions for migrant workers on EU's farms at height of pandemic
Returns to Harm

Returns to Harm

Europe costly, inhumane and malfunctioning deportation machine