December 29, 2019 Archives

Week of December 23, 2019 Archives

RCI - International Investigations

Monday, December 23

Comoros: Neglected Migration Crisis Off African Coast

Tommy Trenchard, Harper's

Bulgaria: How Poisoning Exposed Kremlin's Killers in Europe

Michael Schwirtz, NYT

Mexico: Migrant Smuggling Adapts, Thrives

Maria Verza & Christopher Sherman, AP

Liberia: The Hacker Who Took Down a Country

Kit Chellel, Bloomberg

Tuesday, December 24

UAE: It Seemed a Popular Chat App. It's Secretly a Spy Tool.

Mazzetti et al., NY Times

20,000 Feet Under the Sea, History's Largest Mining Operation

Wil S. Hylton, Atlantic

Syria: ISIS Women and Kids Stranded in the Desert

Loveluck et al., Washington Post

Wednesday, December 25

Russia: How Santa Survived the Soviet Era

Dan Nosowitz, Atlas Obscura

Thursday, December 26

Killer Slime, Dead Birds, and 'Green' Aspirations of EU Subsidies

Apuzzo et al., NYT

Burkina Faso: A Risky American Later-Term Abortion Trial

Mark Hemingway, RCI

Friday, December 27

Albania: Drug Suspect's Banana Bonanza

Lindita Cela and Susana Morán, OCCRP

Britain: Cops Blow £1.5M on E-Cars Lousy at Chasing Crooks

Martin Beckford, Mail

Ukraine: Boaters Tricked or Coerced Into Migrant Smuggling

Belford et al., OCCRP