Money laundering in French real estate
French real estate attracts dirty money from all over the world. By matching government datasets available online, our cross-border team of journalists uncovered…
Frontex complicit in illegal pushback of migrants
Migrants who attempt to cross the Aegean from Turkey to Greece, to seek refuge in Europe, know that the Greek coast guards often stop their boats, disable them by…
COVID quarantine? Not if you own a jet!
We investigated the French businessmen who flew from Paris to their beach homes on their private jets (French only). They broke the COVID quarantine rules that left…
Tracking surveillance planes and drones in Somalia
We used an antenna to track surveillance planes that were flying over Somalia, analysing massive amounts of data to find out a few planes flying in perfect circles.…
Diversity in media outlets that report on Africa
International newsrooms that report on Africa are often full of white journalists (and I’m one of them). But just how white or how ethnically diverse are they?…
Paul Biya, Cameroon’s Roaming President
Cameroonian president Paul Biya has long been known for his travels abroad for private business. With two Cameroonian journalists we calculated just how much time…
Quebec's real estate, new hotspot for the wealth of Africa’s rulers?
Politically-exposed Africans and their friends invested a total of $26 million in Québec's real estate since 2000. We uncovered investments by a dozen individuals…