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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…
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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…
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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.
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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
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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…
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For years, a German scientist published scholarly articles with North Korean physicists. The scientists all specialized in laser technology and their collaboration went on despite UN sanctions. Nobody ever noticed — until now. Here's what I found 🧵: 1/13 dw.com/en/despite-un-sanctio…
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Exclusive Investigation: Canadian intelligence briefs alleged that China's Toronto Consulate covertly funded a clandestine network of CCP-affiliated candidates in the 2019 federal election | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/9253386/c…
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A short 🧵 on how Russian intelligence launders fake news by using helpful EU "media".
A leading headline in Russian state media today is that "Poland plans to capture Western Ukraine and hold a referendum". The cited source is "the Belgian portal Modern Democracy".
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Since 2021, @ISD_Germany has been busy researching the far-right use of alt-platforms for the @bmj_bund funded project "Countering radicalisation in right-wing extremist online subcultures". After initially being released in German, all 5 reports are now available in English 👇
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WHO #Syria boss pressured staff to sign contracts with high-ranking Syrian government politicians and consistently misspent WHO and donor funds, @AP @mylcheng finds apnews.com/article/bce4ad671…
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Malta marks 5 years since journalist killed, seeks justice apnews.com/article/journalis…
ALT Mandy Mallia, sister of late journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, lights candles in front of a picture of her sister in Valletta, Malta.
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We @derspiegel decided to publish the confidential OLAF report on #Frontex complicity in illegal pushbacks together with @fragdenstaat. You can read it here – it is essential for the European debate on how asylum seekers should be treated at our borders.
spiegel.de/international/eur…
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Our investigation found children in camps in Syria are begging on TikTok Lives - while TikTok takes 70% of donations given to them. It’s taken months of work with @BBCArabic and BBC Eye to shed light on this… here’s how we found out 🧵 bbc.co.uk/news/world-6321356…
