From the Bialowieza Forest on the Polish-Belarus border to the depths of the Brazilian Amazon, reporters supported by the聽聽have left no stone unturned in pursuit of their stories.
In this year-end edition of the IJ4EU Podcast, our hosts reflect on an exceptional 12 months for watchdog journalism, recapping just a few of the stories that have made a splash in Europe and beyond.
鈥淚鈥檝e been amazed at just how global many of the investigations have been this year,鈥� says Timothy Large, who leads the IJ4EU consortium. 鈥淭hese are stories that start in Europe but they take you to Myanmar or Sudan or Brazi or the Democratic Republic of Congo.鈥�
Investigations discussed in this episode include:
- , exposing how European gold importers turn a blind eye to illegal mining, deforestation and rights abuses in the Amazon
- , revealing how rich countries are offloading their plastic waste in Myanmar 鈥� where citizens are too afraid to say no
- , showing how a migration crisis is unfolding on an EU border in the Indian Ocean
- , laying bare the dire conditions facing migrants and refugees in Europe鈥檚 last primaeval forest along the Polish-Belarusian border
- , revealing how a traditional system for transferring money is a boon to both smugglers and migrants
- , probing how easy it is for Russian oligarchs to evade the sanctions
- , proving how EU-based companies are fueling Russia鈥檚 war machine in Moldova鈥檚 breakaway Transnistria region
- , demonstrating that hundreds of European components have found their way into drones used by Russia in its war against Ukraine
- , showing how European companies continued supplying a Russian mega Arctic gas project after the invasion of Ukraine
- , a collaboration between 18 newsrooms revealing alarming levels of toxic chemical contamination across Europe
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Credits
Featuring:
- Timothy Large, director of independent media programmes at the聽International Press Institute听(滨笔滨)
- Milica Mileti膰, project and events coordinator at IPI
- Zlatina Siderova, programme lead for grants at the聽
Editing and production: Timothy Large
Graphics: Milica Mileti膰