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06.12.21

Big Tech

Swiss tech company boss accused of selling mobile network access for spying

Mitto AG’s network used to track people via mobile phones, former employees say

15.11.21

The Enablers

City law firms make millions while top corruption cases tumble

Some companies under investigation spend up to 10 times more than the Serious Fraud Office on legal and investigation fees, the Bureau can reveal

09.11.21

The Housing Crisis

Open justice? The closed doors of possession courts

The head of the civil justice system in England and Wales intervened after Bureau reporters were repeatedly blocked from public hearings

08.11.21

Environment

HSBC led big banks’ charge against climate change action

Bank lobbied to delay key deadline and scrap mandatory science-based targets for 50-bank net-zero alliance

03.11.21

The Housing Crisis

Big banks resume push for repossessions in wake of pandemic

The Bureau has found hundreds of mortgage possession cases in courts since the ban on enforcing home repossessions was lifted – some over as little as £1,000

02.11.21

Big Tobacco

‘Impossible to enforce’: Big Tobacco exploiting loopholes in European menthol ban

Japan Tobacco International has been able to work around 2020 ban intended to prevent young people from taking up cigarettes

15.10.21

Environment

Getting rich while the world burns: a surreal trip through Brazil’s soya boomtowns

A 400-mile voyage between two soya superfarms threw up two constants: charred woodland and serious prosperity

13.10.21

Environment

The bean destroying the planet: can the soya trade be cleaned up?

For farmers, it is a magic bean that helps pack muscle onto chickens, pigs and cattle. But there are mounting concerns about the expansion of soya farming around the world

13.10.21

Environment

British supermarket cheese linked to catastrophic deforestation in Brazil

Agribusinesses in the global food chain claim they can make soya sustainable, but mounting evidence suggests otherwise

08.10.21

Global Health

How Covax failed on its promise to vaccinate the world

The inside story of how an ambitious global collaboration fell badly short of its lofty goals

23.09.21

Global Health

Evicted in less than 10 minutes: courts fail tenants broken by pandemic

Rigid rules on possession orders leave judges unable to take tenant's situation into account

22.09.21

Global Health

Oxygen giant spreads misinformation in Namibia

Namibian hospitals were wrongly told that switching to onsite oxygen generator plants could put human life at risk, the Bureau has learned

18.09.21

Global Health

Financing fake news: Nike and Amazon advertise on Covid conspiracy sites

‘Opaque by design’ system funnelling money from major brands towards dangerous outlets

14.09.21

Big Tobacco

Smoke Screen: BAT, bribes and spies in the tobacco industry

A joint investigation by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, BBC Panorama and the University of Bath has unearthed thousands of leaked documents that reveal a wide-scale corporate espionage operat...

13.09.21

Big Tobacco

Smoke Screen: BAT’s agents brokered Zimbabwe bribe proposal

A joint investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, BBC Panorama and the University of Bath reveals British American Tobacco (BAT) was linked to a conspiracy to pay a bribe of between $30...

10.09.21

Smoke Screen

About Smoke Screen

Exposing lies, bribes and spies in the tobacco industry

01.09.21

Global Health

Red tape keeping Covid vaccine out of reach for nearly 4m undocumented migrants across Europe

Administrative barriers in at least 10 European countries are blocking access to vital vaccines

25.08.21

Global Health

Oxygen companies put profit above patients by spreading misinformation in Mexico

As Covid-19 threatens to overwhelm Mexico’s health services, gas companies have spent time, effort and money deterring hospitals from installing cheaper, more reliable on-site oxygen plants

31.07.21

Environment

Reign of fire: blazes surge on ‘protected’ Amazon land under Bolsonaro

The Bureau’s investigation also found that beef from farmers accused of illegal deforestation was still making its way into global supply chains, including those serving at least two of the world’s bi...

28.07.21

The Enablers

Money-laundering ring pushed $4billion through HSBC

Insiders have raised questions over whether HSBC appropriately informed US monitors about the ring, which was uncovered by the bank during an internal review

Swiss tech company boss accused of selling mobile network access for spying

City law firms make millions while top corruption cases tumble

Open justice? The closed doors of possession courts

HSBC led big banks’ charge against climate change action

Big banks resume push for repossessions in wake of pandemic

‘Impossible to enforce’: Big Tobacco exploiting loopholes in European menthol ban

Getting rich while the world burns: a surreal trip through Brazil’s soya boomtowns

The bean destroying the planet: can the soya trade be cleaned up?

British supermarket cheese linked to catastrophic deforestation in Brazil

How Covax failed on its promise to vaccinate the world

Evicted in less than 10 minutes: courts fail tenants broken by pandemic

Oxygen giant spreads misinformation in Namibia

Financing fake news: Nike and Amazon advertise on Covid conspiracy sites

Smoke Screen: BAT, bribes and spies in the tobacco industry

Smoke Screen: BAT’s agents brokered Zimbabwe bribe proposal

About Smoke Screen

Red tape keeping Covid vaccine out of reach for nearly 4m undocumented migrants across Europe

Oxygen companies put profit above patients by spreading misinformation in Mexico

Reign of fire: blazes surge on ‘protected’ Amazon land under Bolsonaro

Money-laundering ring pushed $4billion through HSBC

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