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In KK Park, on the Myanmar-Thai border, those who refuse to scam face torture, starvation and even murder.
Together with my team, we've looked into the human trafficking, revealed the living conditions inside the scam factory and uncovered those behind it p.dw.com/p/4bnQW
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Trafficked and forced to #Scam. My colleagues @LewisSandersIV @bayer_julia @julepineda and @yuchenlijourno have done an amazing job researching the criminal networks behind Southeast Asia's notorious Scam compounds. Watch the documentary here: youtube.com/watch?v=Ti7YDegR…
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Here's a @dwnews investigation by @LewisSandersIV, @bayer_julia, @julepineda and Yuchen Li on how the #Chinese mafia run a scam factory in #Myanmar. Contains it all: from human trafficking to other criminal activities. #KKPark #cryptocurrency #scam dw.com/en/how-chinese-mafia-…
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Two years ago, when we investigated the 2013 chemical attack on Ghouta, many doubted that Syria's President Assad would one day be held to account. Today, France has issued an arrest warrant. A clear message that no one is above the law.
👉 youtube.com/watch?v=sgRV5aH6…
No Ukrainian town experienced Russia’s occupation quite like Kupyansk. The first city to surrender to Russian forces, it was meant to be an example of Russian revival — until it wasn’t.
Even after liberation, residents struggle with what happened there. youtu.be/dTsMgyE6ZO0?feature…
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OUT NOW: Our documentary about life under occupation in the Ukrainian town of Kupyansk: It's a story of betrayal and defiance. And it is also a glimpse into the plans Russia had for Ukraine.
youtube.com/watch?v=dTsMgyE6…
My colleagues found out how quantum research is exploited for military purposes — and it’s surprising how unsuspecting the ivory tower can be.
How Heidelberg University became entangled in China's quantum strategy youtu.be/iMSkIupYBy4
Here’s the long read dw.com/en/chinas-quantum-lea…
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One year of work came to an end this week with the publication of our BBC investigation into Syria drug trafficking - starting to recover my energy so thought would share some top-lines. (a very short 🧵)
ALT Poster for BBC film Syria: Addicted to Captagon
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Very concerned. France is reportedly working behind the scenes to allow spying on journalists in the name of "national security" by amending article 4 of the European #MediaFreedomAct.
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Our latest investigation: For the first time, two whistleblowers reveal, how Bangladesh's elite police force, the Rapid Action Battalion #RAB, is used as a political tool to silence opponents of the government.
Find the documentary here 👇
youtu.be/aVxG7K1PGHM
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When they arrive in the dark of night, it’s like death has come knocking on your door, one man told me: #Bangladesh’s elite unit, the Rapid Action Battalion, #RAB. We teamed up with @NetraNews and spent the last few months investigating this force.
ICC issues arrest warrant for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.
He “is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation”.
Situation in #Ukraine: #ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova
Read more ⤵️
bit.ly/3lki7Ev
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THREAD I see that many of those who don't live in Germany, are not aware of the "Reichsbürger" (Imperial Citizens) far-right movement, as its members were arrested today for the alleged preparation of a coup. Let me start this thread on the details of this conspiracy theory 1/x
“Here, for the first time, you have the situation where there was nationwide networking with very concrete plans,” says Germany’s domestic intelligence @BfV_Bund chief.
“There were plans to actually implement an overthrow of the government.”dw.com/en/more-suspects-want…
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乌鲁木齐火灾: We reconstructed the night of the apartment fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang, by talking to sources and verifying visuals.
How much did China’s strict COVID policies contribute to the death of at least ten people?
dw.com/en/china-was-a-lockdo…
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Last week, a fire broke out on the on the 15th floor of an apartment building in #Urumqi, Xinjiang – and spread quickly upward. At least 10 people were killed, according to Chinese authorities. Were China’s strict Covid policies to blame? We took a look: dw.com/en/xinjiang-fire-is-c…