A documentary produced by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism for Al Jazeera English reveals the massive scale of fraud and corruption in the US pharmaceutical industry.
NHS whistleblowers ‘paid to keep mouth shut’
A joint investigation by the Bureau and Channel 4 News can reveal that doctors are being gagged after they have blown the whistle.
Election expenses: five more MPs face questions
A further five MPs from across the political spectrum, are under scrutiny over their election spending after a joint investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and Channel 4 News.
Electoral Commission to review Zac Goldsmith’s campaign expenses
The Electoral Commission has today confirmed that it has decided to place Richmond Park MP Zac Goldsmith’s electoral expenses under review.
Zac Goldsmith mounts defence on Channel 4 news
Zac Goldsmith has appeared on Channel 4 News to respond to questions raised about his campaign costs during the general election. The Conservative MP claimed the allegations were “a nonsense”.
Questions over Zac Goldsmith’s election expenses
A joint investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and Channel 4 News has raised questions over the election expenses of Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith. It comes after David Cameron pledged to clean up politics following the MPs’ expenses scandal.
EU money used to build illegal hotels on UNESCO site
Lanzarote, the popular Canary Islands tourist destination, faces the possibility of losing its environmentally protected status because of illegal overdevelopment of coastal areas and alleged corruption among local officials.
Eight luxury hotels on the island qualified for €23.6m of EU funding under schemes designed to generate employment in the area, a joint investigation by the Bureau and the Financial Times has found. Seven of these hotels were built illegally.
Following our report, UNESCO are reviewing the island’s lucrative Biosphere status.
Former elite officers reveal tensions in Iran regime
Former members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard describe the violence and instability inside one of the world’s most repressive regimes in a documentary produced by Guardian Films and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
The four men, who have fled Iran and are hiding in Turkey and Thailand, described deep divisions within the Revolutionary Guard, the powerful military organisation at the heart of the Iranian state.
WHO swine flu advisors had links to drug companies
The World Health Organisation has come under fire for its handling of the recent global influenza pandemic.
A joint investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has revealed that key scientists advising the WHO on pandemic influenza had financial links to the drug companies which stood to profit from the organisation’s decisions.
But, despite strict internal rules on conflicts of interest, the WHO did not declare these links. As a result of the WHO guidelines, billions were spent on antivirals, many of which now lie unused and nearing expiry.
The Bureau’s findings came as a Council of Europe report criticised the WHO for “grave shortcomings” in the “transparency of its decision-making processes”, risking a “disastrous plummet in public confidence” when the next pandemic strikes…
Bureau launch attracts further coverage
After a successful launch party last Monday, media journalists across the country have reported on the Bureau and its commitment to rigorous investigative journalism.
Roy Greenslade, writing on his Guardian Blog, outlined the ambitions of the Bureau and applauded its commitment to taking on journalism graduates. “What a chance they have,” he said, “working for an avowedly independent body dedicated exclusively to the craft of investigative journalism.”
Press Gazette editor, Dominic Ponsford, focused on the Bureau’s invitation for anyone with a great un-published investigation to pitch their story and, if successful, receive funding and support…
