The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism is a non-profit media organization dedicated to holding those in power accountable. We focus on significant issues through thorough reporting that reveals the truth. Our aim is to share important stories. We engage in comprehensive investigative journalism to educate the public, free from any corporate or political influence. With our fact-based and impartial reporting, we highlight systemic issues, combat misinformation, and inspire change. Our team of journalists is committed to digging deep, often spending months to uncover the truth. Once our investigations are finished, we distribute them to mainstream media outlets worldwide, ensuring they reach a wide audience.

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Kicked out of school for being pregnant: forced tests violating…

2 weeks ago | thebureauinvestigates.com | Rachel Schraer

Girls in some African countries are being subjected to coercive testing and excluded if found pregnantPractice has been ruled to be in breach of legally binding charters and political action has been taken in Uganda and TanzaniaBut marks of progress do not tell the whole story as new rules have proved either toothless or insufficient Angella Auma was 14 when she was called into the staff room at her school in Busia, eastern Uganda, and asked why her stomach was curving.
Why Wall Street’s rule-breaking is everyone’s problem

2 weeks ago | thebureauinvestigates.com | Josephine Moulds

If you owe the bank $100, it’s your problem. If you owe it $100m, it’s the bank’s problem – or so the saying goes. The same could be said for bank regulation. In January, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists revealed that the Federal Reserve was allowing major Wall Street banks to break rules designed to prevent another financial crisis.
Wealthy Russian family settles dispute with housekeeper after sex and…

3 weeks ago | thebureauinvestigates.com | Emiliano Mellino

The wife of a wealthy London-based Russian sacked the housekeeper who blew the whistle on her drug-taking and abusive behaviour, according to a claim filed at an employment tribunal. The former employee, known as Ms P, said in her claim that the wife was frequently drunk, appeared to be using illegal drugs and kept “inappropriate” pictures of her children on her iPad.
Mother wins legal bid to speak out about her family court ordeal

3 weeks ago | thebureauinvestigates.com | Hannah Summers

A mother whose rape allegation was dismissed in error by a family court judge has won a high court bid to go public about her ordeal. The woman, whose case was first reported by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) in 2023, wants to speak out in order to drive change in the family court system.
JPMorgan investing ‘sustainable’ funds in mining giant Glencore | TBIJ

1 month ago | thebureauinvestigates.com | Josephine Moulds |Stefano Valentino |Giorgio Michalopoulos |Ed Stoddard |Julia Evans

World’s biggest bank has used ESG funds to funnel quarter of a billion dollars to company causing devastation in South Africa
‘Butcher of Hama’: Assad’s uncle used Guernsey fund manager to stash…

Dec 16, 2024 | thebureauinvestigates.com | Ed Siddons

The collapse of the Assad regime in Syria has sent shockwaves around the world and marks the end of a dictatorship that has left the state in tatters. As well as brutal repression during the country’s decade-long civil war, the charges against the Assad family include systematic corruption on a staggering scale. Members of the family have allegedly looted hundreds of millions of pounds from the Syrian people.
Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk and MSC: shipping giants 'enabling' beef-driven…

Dec 11, 2024 | thebureauinvestigates.com | Andrew Wasley

Brazilian beef has long been mired in controversy as a top cause of the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, a critical line of defence against climate breakdown. But it would not get on to supermarket shelves worldwide without major international shipping firms.
Parental alienation: landmark new guidance issued to protect victims…

Dec 11, 2024 | thebureauinvestigates.com | Hannah Summers

Groundbreaking new guidance has been issued to help the family courts protect victims of domestic abuse from claims of “parental alienation”. The guidance, aimed at judges and published today by the Family Justice Council, recognises the concerning trend of counter-claims of “parental alienation” being raised in response to allegations of domestic abuse. It says that such claims will fail if made by a parent whose abusive behaviour has caused the child to reject them.
Family Court Reporting Week: judge praises ‘impeccable’ journalism…

Dec 9, 2024 | thebureauinvestigates.com | Louise Tickle

A judge has praised the “impeccable” standard of journalism published about cases at his court, under a pilot aimed at bringing transparency to the family courts system. Judge Steven Parker was referring to reporting by the BBC on the surge in “deprivation of liberty” orders being made for children with serious emotional and psychological difficulties, for whom social workers then struggle to find lawful “secure” placements.
Zahawi, Al-Fayed and Ampika Pickston: All the silenced stories

Nov 22, 2024 | thebureauinvestigates.com | Ed Siddons

A sexual abuser; a wealthy businessman; a landlord “offering substandard and potentially dangerous accommodation to vulnerable people”; a “wealth creator”. All of them silenced scrutiny by using the threat of a lawsuit against their critics, a cross-party group of MPs argued in Parliament on Thursday. The debate was prompted by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s (TBIJ) Silenced Stories project.