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Investigations Around the World
By Simona Raetz | September 28, 2011, 5:33 pm
In this week’s round-up: In Chile, telephone surveillance by police is invading the privacy of ordinary citizens; In Iraq, recruiters for extremist organizations increasingly target poor women to carry out suicide missions; and in the U.S. , Florida school officials redirected millions of federal stimulus dollars – meant to improve poor-performing schools -- to delaying layoffs and budget cuts. Read More
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Investigations Around the World
By Simona Raetz | August 25, 2011, 4:46 pm
In this week’s round-up: One of the world’s largest diamond mines, in Zimbabwe, is also a torture camp; in Colombia, people close the National Narcotics Agency are found in possession of confiscated goods from drug lords and the mafia; and western-made computer spy equipment is legally exported to authoritarian countries who use it to monitor human rights activists. Read More
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New ICIJ Members
By Simona Raetz | August 15, 2011, 2:32 pm
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has added 15 new reporters to its roster of more than 100 journalists in 50 countries. Read More
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Looting the Seas III
As other fisheries are pushed to their limits, giant trawlers have moved southward toward the edge of Antarctica to catch what is left. For this finale of Looting the Seas, reporters from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists spent seven months on four continents to document how Asian, European and Latin American fleets have devastated fish stocks in the southern Pacific, once among the world’s richest waters.
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Island of the Widows
Thousands of men working in the Pacific Coast sugarcane fields of El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and neighboring countries have been dying of chronic kidney disease, an ailment that in most parts of the developed world is a manageable condition. The condition has been exacerbated by difficult working conditions and poor access to timely health care, while governments and the sugar industry have done little in response.
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Looting the Seas II
Spain is the most powerful fishing nation in a region where economies and fish stocks are in shambles. A team of reporters from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists examined the Spanish fishing industry’s political influence, global reach and criminal record. The stories reveal an industry more subsidized by taxpayers than any other in the European Union, even as it has racked up an extensive history of flouting rules and breaking laws.
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Interpol’s Red Notices used by some to pursue political dissenters, opponents
Over five months, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists conducted a probe of how Interpol really works. A complex profile of the international police organization emerged after dozens of interviews and reviews of Interpol documents and public records in several countries. Nations aligned with Interpol have used the group not just for chasing murderers and sex offenders, but as a tool against political opponents and refugees. CNN Radio’s Libby Lewis reported and wrote this article and produced a broadcast report of ICIJ’s findings
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The Truth Left Behind: Inside the Kidnapping and Murder of Daniel Pearl
The Pearl Project spent more than three years investigating the roles of 27 men linked to the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
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Smoke Screen: Big Tobacco’s Global Lobbying
Down-and-out in developed nations, Big Tobacco is refocusing its lobbying on emerging markets.
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Looting the Seas
For seven months, ICIJ deployed 12 journalists to investigate the black market bluefin trade, a trail that led from major fishing fleets and tuna ranches in the Mediterranean and North Africa, through ministry offices, to some of the world’s largest buyers in Japan. ICIJ’s team uncovered a supply chain that at every step was riddled with fraud, negligence, and criminal misconduct.
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Dangers in the Dust: Inside the Global Asbestos Trade
In the fall of 2009, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists began delving into industry efforts in developing countries to promote the use of asbestos — a known carcinogen banned or restricted in 52 countries. During nine months of research, the ICIJ team in partnership with the BBC documented the activities of a global network of industry groups, led by the Canadian government-backed Chrysotile Institute, which has helped fuel use of the toxic mineral in nations such as China, India, Brazil and Mexico. With the help of industry-funded scientists, these groups have influenced government regulations and fought off attempts to ban the cheap, fire-resistant construction and insulation material.
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The Global Climate Change Lobby
Global attempts to craft a pivotal new climate treaty in Copenhagen this December are being stymied by a far-reaching, multinational backlash led by fossil fuel industries and other heavy carbon emitters, according to an ICIJ investigation based on reporting in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, India, Japan, and the United States.
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Tobacco Underground
The illicit trafficking of tobacco is a multibillion-dollar business today, fueling organized crime and corruption, robbing governments of needed tax money, and spurring addiction to a deadly product. Drawn by profits rivaling those of narcotics, smugglers move cigarettes by the billion, making tobacco the world's most widely smuggled legal substance.
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