Week of January 8, 2018 Archives
RCI -
International Investigations
Monday, January 8
China: Empire Reborn
Edward Wong
,
New York Times
Israel: Netanyahu Son's Party Tape Figures in Graft Probe
Raoul Wootliff
,
Times/Israel
China: Facial Recognition and a Push for Total Surveillance
Denyer
et al.,
Wash. Post
Ukraine: Dirty Deal Traced to Three Tycoons
Al Jazeera
Mexico: Losing Faith in the State, Some Towns Break Away
Fisher
et al.,
NY Times
Tuesday, January 9
Iran: App Powering Uprising
Iranwire
,
Daily Beast
Poland: The Tattooist of Auschwitz and His Secret Love
Ritu Prasad
,
BBC News
Afghanistan: Heroin Trade Explains Intervention's Failure
Alfred W. McCoy
,
Guardian
Ukraine: U.S. Weapons vs. Chinese Cash
Nolan Peterson
,
Daily Signal
Britain: Spotty Warnings vs. Sex-Abusive Partners
Maeve McClenaghan
,
Bur. Inv. Journ.
Wednesday, January 10
Cambodia: Python Regime Constricts Freedom
Martha Bayles
,
American Interest
Israel: Palestinian Authority Paid Terrorists, Kin $347M
Lahav Harkov
,
Jerusalem Post
China: Mystery of the Exiled Billionaire Whistle-Blower
Lauren Hilgers
,
NYT Magazine
France, Brazil Unveil Plans to Fight Fake News
Glenn Greenwald
,
Intercept
China: How WeChat Became the Primary News Source
Mia Shuang Li
,
CJR
China: Apple Giving All Chinese iCloud Data to State-Owned Firm
David Gilbert
,
Vice
Italy: Police Take Out Pizza-Oven Mafia
Barbie Latza Nadeau
,
Daily Beast
Haiti: U.N.-Backed Police Force Carried Out a Massacre
Jake Johnston
,
Intercept
Iran: Why Going Easy on Mullahs Could Hurt Ordinary Iranians
Lee Smith
,
RCI
Thursday, January 11
Israel: Using Facebook Posts to Jail Palestinians
Noah Kulwin
&
Amel Guettatfi
,
Vice
Russia: Hacking the Olympics
David Gilbert
,
Vice News
Friday, January 12
Pakistan: FBI Uses Age-Progressed Pics in Hunting '86 Hijackers
Brett Forrest
,
WSJ
Iran: Unrest Spark Was Millions of Defrauded Investors
Farnaz Fassihi
, Asa Fitch,
WSJ
El Salvador: Youth Face Gangs, Police Abuse
Cora Currier
&
Natalie Keyssar
,
Intercept