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30.06.22

Domestic Violence

Police abuse victims let down by systemic weaknesses, say watchdogs

A new report prompted by Bureau reporting and work by the Centre for Women's Justice has found “systemic weaknesses” in how police forces respond to domestic abuse committed by officers and staff.

16.06.22

Environment

I am angry about the murders in the Amazon. And you should be too

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira dedicated their lives to a war against extinction in the Amazon

31.05.22

Big Tobacco

Big Tobacco firms advertising on schools’ doorsteps

Philip Morris International and British American Tobacco accused of exploiting legal "loophole" around advertising

27.05.22

Migrant fruit pickers charged thousands in illegal fees to work on UK farms

Labourers from Nepal say they paid third-party agencies as much as £3,000 to secure six-month job

19.05.22

Environment

Insurance giant Marsh signs on for environmentally disastrous pipeline project

Company defies its employees to broker project that will generate 33 million tons of carbon emissions each year

28.04.22

Local Power

Cornwall to Newcastle: children with disabilities forced to travel hundreds of miles for school

The desperately underfunded special educational needs and disabilities system is having grave consequences for young people and plunging councils further into record debt

25.04.22

Big Tobacco

Paid protesters, free lunches and backroom chats: Inside the menthol lobbying machine

Menthol cigarette makers have tried to stoke fears among Black smokers as part of a campaign against legislation at a federal, state and even city level

05.04.22

Health Inequality

Disabled people trapped waiting years for vital home adaptations

Thousands of disabled people across the UK are waiting months to be assessed for vital adaptations to their home, and years to get the work done, the Bureau has found

05.04.22

The Enablers

BlackRock ploughed UK pension funds into Putin’s war chest

Asset-management giant has earned over $1bn from shareholdings in Russian companies since 2014 annexing of Crimea

30.03.22

Big Tech

US investment firms prop up ad revenue for Russian propaganda sites

Yandex, a company owned almost entirely by Western investors is still helping sites pushing false Russian claims make thousands of dollars a day through on-site adverts

17.03.22

Domestic Violence

Police officers accused of abuse avoid convictions and keep their jobs

Eight out of 10 police employees accused of domestic abuse are still working, an investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and ITV has found

16.03.22

Global Superbugs

Superbugs on the shelves: diseased chicken being sold across America

Companies routinely exceed level of bacteria allowed by USDA – and do not have to recall their products

10.03.22

Global Health

UK could use vaccine donations to slash £140m from foreign aid spending

New rules could let countries claim back more than they paid for surplus doses that were given away

09.03.22

Environment

BlackRock tells oil regulator: ignore our CEO’s climate pledges

Chief executive of world's biggest assets manager has said sustainability will be at the heart of the company's investments

07.03.22

The Enablers

Sanctioned Russian oligarchs found sanctuary in Britain

Russian oligarchs and their families have been buying property, paying for private schools and enjoying luxury lifestyles in the UK for years despite being on international sanctions lists

20.02.22

Big Tech

Facebook accused by survivors of letting activists incite ethnic massacres with hate and misinformation in Ethiopia

Fact checkers and civil society organisations describe company's virtually 'non-existent' support for their work tackling misinformation

17.02.22

The Enablers

Kazakh ex-dictator used UK company to help protect his $8 billion business empire

Nursultan Nazarbayev's sprawling corporate operation was built around a UK-registered company with just a single UK-based employee

10.02.22

‘Deforestation-free’ soya farms still tearing down the Amazon

More than 1,000 sq km of the Amazon has been felled on Brazilian soya farms over the past decade, despite an internationally recognised agreement to protect the rainforest, an investigation can reveal...

09.02.22

Big Tech

Twitter cuts ties to Swiss tech company after Bureau investigation

Twitter is distancing itself from Swiss tech company Mitto after Bloomberg and Bureau investigation. Google has also passed on concerns

04.02.22

Our Impact

Community power, corporate change and courtroom justice: the Bureau’s impact in 2021

xUnearthing facts, uncovering wrongdoing, collaboration and meaningful storytelling made the Bureau’s journalism more impactful than ever in 2021

Police abuse victims let down by systemic weaknesses, say watchdogs

I am angry about the murders in the Amazon. And you should be too

Big Tobacco firms advertising on schools’ doorsteps

Migrant fruit pickers charged thousands in illegal fees to work on UK farms

Insurance giant Marsh signs on for environmentally disastrous pipeline project

Cornwall to Newcastle: children with disabilities forced to travel hundreds of miles for school

Paid protesters, free lunches and backroom chats: Inside the menthol lobbying machine

Disabled people trapped waiting years for vital home adaptations

BlackRock ploughed UK pension funds into Putin’s war chest

US investment firms prop up ad revenue for Russian propaganda sites

Police officers accused of abuse avoid convictions and keep their jobs

Superbugs on the shelves: diseased chicken being sold across America

UK could use vaccine donations to slash £140m from foreign aid spending

BlackRock tells oil regulator: ignore our CEO’s climate pledges

Sanctioned Russian oligarchs found sanctuary in Britain

Facebook accused by survivors of letting activists incite ethnic massacres with hate and misinformation in Ethiopia

Kazakh ex-dictator used UK company to help protect his $8 billion business empire

‘Deforestation-free’ soya farms still tearing down the Amazon

Twitter cuts ties to Swiss tech company after Bureau investigation

Community power, corporate change and courtroom justice: the Bureau’s impact in 2021

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