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Big Tech

‘Sham credibility’: how UK shell companies fuel ‘pig-butchering’ crypto scams

Criminal gangs are exploiting lax regulation to use the UK as a base for carrying out industrial-scale fraud

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Global Health

The drug was meant to save children’s lives. Instead, they’re dying.

Reporting by the Bureau reveals that at least a dozen brands of asparaginase, a key childhood cancer drug, have been proven to be poor quality, with ten still on the market.

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The Enablers

Hacked evidence and stolen data swamp English courts

Major court case reveals how illegally obtained evidence is being used by leading law firms to advance clients’ claims

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Environment

HSBC’s secretive loan to a coal company bulldozing a village

Senior bankers greenlit $340m deal with energy giant RWE but recommended HSBC's involvement was kept quiet

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Family Justice

What you need to know about the pilot for reporting on the family court system

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Environment

How industrial food is devastating the planet and driving climate change

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The Enablers

Investigating how UK executives, lawyers and advisors are enabling oligarchs, dictators and criminals around the world

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Global Health

A cross-border collaborative series of investigations revealing systemic harms and barriers to health care

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06.02.23

Telling the stories that matter

Our latest investigations

‘Sham credibility’: how UK shell companies fuel ‘pig-butchering’ crypto scams

The drug was meant to save children’s lives. Instead, they’re dying.

Hacked evidence and stolen data swamp English courts

HSBC’s secretive loan to a coal company bulldozing a village