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Our Financial Investigations team will work to uncover illicit financial networks and opaque corporate structures. In 2025, with @thetimes, they investigated connections between a marathon runner and the infamous Kinahan cartel.
Our Digital Hate and Harms team continues to uncover online hate and disinformation campaigns. The team has exposed the individuals profiting from platforms that offer the creation of non-consensual sexual deepfake images.
Our Conflict team specialises in investigating conflict and human rights abuses. They document civilian harm, uncover human rights violations and identify patterns. This report from last year analyses the attack on an aid convoy in Gaza:
Our Environmental Investigations team will continue to expose wildlife trafficking operations, ecosystem destruction and pollution. In 2025, they found a wildlife dealer selling exotic animals, including the endangered dusky leaf monkey, on social media.