The Centro de Investigación Periodística in Chile found that increased phone surveillance by police – part of an effort to track drug smugglers – has violated the privacy of ordinary citizens.

An investigation by the Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism reveals what has motivated some women to become suicide bombers for Islamic extremist in Iraq.

The Florida Center for Investigative Reporting found that Florida school districts spent $890 million of U.S. government stimulus money -- intended for low-performing schools and economic development – on covering holes in the general operating budget and only delaying inevitable cuts.

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The BBC program, Panorama, investigates a torture camp run by Zimbabwe's security forces near the country's Marange diamond mines, which by some estimates hold a fifth of the world’s diamond deposits.

The Colombian newspaper El Tiempo, found that property confiscated from individuals associated with the illegal drug trade and the Colombian mafia had ended up in the hands of associates of officials in the National Narcotics Agency.

“Investigations Around the World” is a regular ICIJ feature designed to showcase great investigative reporting across the globe. We are always looking for stories to highlight, so please send your links to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). An investigation by Bloomberg Markets finds that Western spy equipment has been used routinely by Bahrain and other authoritarian regimes to intercept private computer communications and facilitate the arrests of human rights activists and political dissidents.

Tanzania’s The Guardian revealed the alleged theft of U.S. $33 million from a Tanzanian bank by a shell company and a subsequent cover-up by government officials believed to have been attempting to hide their involvement in the scheme.

Croatian journalist Kruno Kartus uncovered the uncontrolled sale and use of toxic pesticides in Croatian agriculture. His story was honored with the annual Velebitska Degenija award by the Croatian Journalists’ Association.

The Salt Lake Tribune chronicles the story of two employees from the Department of Workforce Services who appear to have conspired in creating a list of state assistance recipients they suspected of being undocumented immigrants. The state workers planned to hand the list to immigration officials.

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Early in the morning on January 31, my email inbox was filled with congratulatory messages from colleagues back home in Latvia.

“Drink champagne,” wrote my former editor, with whom I had worked at the Latvian daily newspaper Diena, “Vaskevics is finally arrested!” Read More >>