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Investigative journalist @NewYorker . Author of From Russia With Blood and The Ugly Game. Formerly @BuzzFeedNews , @TheTimes . She/her.

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My latest for @NewYorker . The world's largest carbon offsetting firm sold environmentally worthless credits, while the developer of its biggest project secretly moved of tens of millions of $ paid by Gucci, Porsche, Nestlé & others into offshore accounts.

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The Great Cash-for-Carbon Hustle

Offsetting has been hailed as a fix for runaway emissions and climate change—but the market’s largest firm sold millions of credits for carbon reductions that weren’t real.

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REVEALED: UK govt refused to assist a French investigation into suspected money laundering by telecoms giant Lycamobile – saying the company is the “biggest corporate donor to the Conservative party” & gives money to a trust founded by Prince Charles.

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The UK Refused To Raid A Company Suspected Of Money Laundering, Citing Its Tory Donations

“It is of note that they are the biggest corporate donor to the Conservative party led by Prime Minister Theresa May and donated 1.25m Euros to the Prince Charles Trust.”

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🧵1/8 Lycamobile, the telecoms giant and Tory donor, has been convicted in France of an “elaborate money laundering system” that was first exposed by our i-team at @BuzzFeedNews . Former CEO Chris Tooley & another executive have been jailed for VAT fraud.

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Les sociétés françaises de Lycamobile condamnées à 10 millions d’euros d’amende

Celles-ci ont été condamnées pour blanchiment et escroquerie à la TVA à travers un système « complexe », selon le tribunal, qui impliquait une série de sociétés-écrans, deux commerciaux de Lycamobile...

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My first piece for @NewYorker , on the royal women of Dubai who risked everything to flee the brutality of its ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, while he publicly espoused gender equality. A story of mind-blowing courage and terrifying cruelty.

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The Fugitive Princesses of Dubai

As the emirate’s ruler espoused gender equality, four royal women staked their lives on escaping his control.

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8/8 The Tories quietly stopped taking fresh donations from Lycamobile in 2016, but by then the party had already accepted more than £2m. Now that the company has been found guilty of money laundering, what will happen to those funds @CCHQPress ?

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True grit. We’re standing by our story that Trump directed his longtime personal lawyer to lie to Congress about a Moscow real estate deal, and the law enforcement sources who informed it. We won’t stop reporting till the public has the whole truth.

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7/8 Still, the British authorities looked away. In 2018, we revealed the UK had refused to assist the French probe – citing the fact that the company is the “biggest corporate donor to the Conservative party” and gives money to Prince Charles's trust.

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The UK Refused To Raid A Company Suspected Of Money Laundering, Citing Its Tory Donations

“It is of note that they are the biggest corporate donor to the Conservative party led by Prime Minister Theresa May and donated 1.25m Euros to the Prince Charles Trust.”

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Jaw-dropping correspondence between UK officials & their French counterparts reveals the French wanted British authorities to raid Lyca's UK HQ last year as part of their investigation into money laundering and tax fraud by the company – but the government said no.

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2/8 This verdict was a long time coming. Back in 2015, our team established over six weeks of surveillance that the company was employing three literal bagmen to deposit rucksacks stuffed with millions of pounds in cash at Post Offices all over London.

This Tory Donor Was Secretly Filmed Dropping Cash-Stuffed Rucksacks At Post Offices

BuzzFeed News followed three bagmen from Lycamobile as they made "deeply suspicious" six-figure daily cash deposits at the Post Office.

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4/8 Nonetheless, the British authorities declined to investigate, and the Tories kept taking Lycamobile’s cash.

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The Conservatives Are Still Taking Cash From "Deeply Suspicious" Donor

David Cameron's party reported fresh donations of £217,500 from Lycamobile weeks after BuzzFeed News revealed the telecoms giant's "deeply suspicious" business practices.

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Look what landed! Two years after we @BuzzFeedNews exposed 15 suspected Russian assassinations on UK & US soil, this book connects those deaths to a global campaign of Kremlin-sanctioned killing that Western leaders have failed to confront. Out next month:

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5/8 But the French police launched an investigation based on our findings. In 2016, Lycamobile’s Paris HQ was raided and 19 people were arrested on suspicion of money laundering and tax fraud.

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Tories’ Biggest Donor Lycamobile Raided In Criminal Money-Laundering Probe

Nineteen people have been arrested and nine of them charged with money laundering after BuzzFeed News revealed Lycamobile’s “deeply suspicious” cash movements.

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The response from HMRC – the UK govt department that refused the French request – when we approached them with questions about this story was nothing short of sublime.

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BOMBSHELL: Russian assassins are suspected of killing 14 people in Britain — but UK authorities are looking away

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6/8 Our team then visited 19 companies that had allegedly funnelled tens of millions of euros into Lycamobile’s French accounts and found that all but one were registered at PO boxes, vacant offices, derelict buildings, or a construction site.

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Can You Tell An Alleged Money-Laundering HQ From A Random Shit Building?

Now you too can be an investigative journalist!

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British scientist stabbed to death after research incriminated Putin. Cops called it suicide. Spies suspect a hit

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3/8 We went on to reveal that Lycamobile was linked to suspected money laundering by the nephew of a former Sri Lankan president accused of corruption and war crimes.

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Lycamobile's Offshore Empire Is Embroiled In Sri Lanka's Hunt For Stolen Assets

A BuzzFeed News investigation uncovers secret details of a "shady" deal between the offshore empire of a major Tory donor and the nephew of the former Sri Lankan president accused of corruption and...

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TEN people have now been exonerated since @melissadsegura revealed the Chicago detective who put them in jail, Reynaldo Guevara, was accused of framing more than 50 people for murder. Just an absolute masterclass in the power of investigative journalism.

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Another Man Who Accused A Retired Chicago Cop Of Framing Him Has Been Exonerated

Geraldo Iglesias, convicted of a 1993 murder, is the 10th man to be exonerated since a BuzzFeed News investigation revealed that the Chicago detective at the center of the case, Reynaldo Guevara, was...

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Boris Berezovsky knew the Kremlin was trying to kill him in London, but he refused to lay low — or to stop trafficking teenage sex workers into the UK on his private jet. An exclusive excerpt of my new book, From Russia With Blood, published today.

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Putin’s Global Killing Campaign: How Kremlin Assassins Sowed Terror Through The Streets Of London...

Putin’s enemy Boris Berezovsky knew the Kremlin was trying to kill him in London, but to the frustration of British authorities, he refused to lie low — or to stop trafficking teenage sex workers...

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US really earning its spurs as world's policeman today after utter failure by any other authority to get FIFA's rampant corruption in check.

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His open letter rehashes correspondence sent by his lawyers in response to our detailed letter setting out our evidence more than a week ago. It doesn't appear that he read the story before he published his letter, and it contains false and defamatory claims about our reporting.

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After @BuzzFeedNews published this story about Lycamobile, then the Tories' biggest corporate donor, the firm sued us for libel in France. The court has now not only upheld our reporting, it has also ordered Lycamobile to pay damages for "abuse of justice"

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Tories’ Biggest Donor Lycamobile Raided In Criminal Money-Laundering Probe

Nineteen people have been arrested and nine of them charged with money laundering after BuzzFeed News revealed Lycamobile’s “deeply suspicious” cash movements.

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HUGE: Home Secretary has written to @YvetteCooperMP confirming the government is reviewing all 14 suspected Russian assassinations exposed by @BuzzFeedNews with help from the police, National Crime Agency and MI5. Read the original investigation here:

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Robbins claims we denied requests for a meeting. In fact, our reporters began asking him to speak with or meet them on May 9, and they & their editors have continued to make themselves available for a meeting thereafter. They would still welcome any opportunity to interview him.

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The French launched their investigation into money laundering & tax fraud by Lyca two years ago after BuzzFeed News secretly filmed three bagmen employed by the company dropping cash-stuffed rucksacks at Post Offices all over London.

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This Tory Donor Was Secretly Filmed Dropping Cash-Stuffed Rucksacks At Post Offices

BuzzFeed News followed three bagmen from Lycamobile as they made "deeply suspicious" six-figure daily cash deposits at the Post Office.

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We did not reject or ignore factual accounts from anyone; the full responses of all parties were fairly reflected, as is clear from reading the article. No-one was harassed or lied to by our reporters, and they had no predetermined agenda other than discovering the truth.

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Scoop! @MikeSallah7 and @LoopEmma got the receipts on a whirlwind of spending at high-end restaurants, an infamous strip club, and five-star hotels by the two little-known operatives who waged a back-channel campaign to dig dirt on Joe Biden for Trump.

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Two Key Players In The Ukraine Controversy Spent Lavishly As They Dug For Dirt on Biden

Bank records reveal a whirlwind of spending at high-end restaurants, an infamous strip club, and five-star hotels by the two little-known operatives who waged a back-channel campaign with Rudy...

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Lord Macdonald, England’s former director of public prosecutions, said the government’s response represented “a descent into banana republic law enforcement” – and called on the UK authorities to cooperate fully with the investigation.

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19 people were arrested in raids across Paris after investigators identified tens of millions of euros suspected of originating from organised criminal networks flowing through Lyca's French companies – and into its UK bank accounts.

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Tories’ Biggest Donor Lycamobile Raided In Criminal Money-Laundering Probe

Nineteen people have been arrested and nine of them charged with money laundering after BuzzFeed News revealed Lycamobile’s “deeply suspicious” cash movements.

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Thrilled & honoured to be taking on the leadership of our world-beating global investigations team at @BuzzFeedNews , working with the best editors & reporters in the business. We'll be building on the stunning legacy of @SchoofsFeed to go after the biggest stories on the planet.

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Buzzfeed News appoints Heidi Blake as global investigations editor after three years leading UK team

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Sergei Skripal is the latest in a string of Kremlin enemies to fall victim to mysterious poisonings in the UK since Putin came to power. You're hearing about it because, this time, the police are investigating. But what about the 14 deaths they ignored?

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But the UK authorities have done nothing to investigate – and the Tories have accepted £2.2m from Lyca, including £870,000 since BuzzFeed News exposed its suspicious business practices. The party has now told us it will not accept any further donations from Lyca.

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ICYMI, Kremlin TV just warned "traitors" not to move to the UK. "There have been too many strange incidents...People get hanged, poisoned, die in helicopter crashes and fall out of windows". A clear reference to these 14 suspected hits we exposed last year

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Beyond thrilled to be joining @NewYorker ! Really a long-time dream and I can't wait to get going.

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More writer news from @newyorker . Welcome @HeidilBlake !

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Big question for @Conservatives now is what they will do with the £2.2m they have accepted from Lycamobile. How can the party be sure the money didn't originate from the criminal networks suspected by French prosecutors of using the firm's accounts to launder illicit cash?

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REVEALED: UK govt refused to assist a French investigation into suspected money laundering by telecoms giant Lycamobile – saying the company is the “biggest corporate donor to the Conservative party” & gives money to a trust founded by Prince Charles.

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REVEALED: The FBI possesses a secret report by Trump dossier author Chris Steele asserting that Vladimir Putin’s former media czar was beaten to death in Washington, DC — directly contradicting the US government’s official finding that he died by accident

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Leaked files expose match-fixing evidence that tennis authorities have kept secret for years. #TennisRacket

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Congress Will Ask Matthew Whitaker If He Talked To The White House About The Special Counsel’s Response to A BuzzFeed News Report via @LoopEmma

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Congress Will Ask Matthew Whitaker If He Talked To The White House About The Special Counsel’s...

The House Judiciary Committee chair will ask the acting attorney general at an upcoming hearing about the report that President Trump directed his lawyer to lie to Congress.

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Commons public accounts committee chair @Meg_HillierMP said she would grill HMRC officials over the response when they appear before MPs later this month. “The size of a company or its connections should not have any bearing on whether HMRC go in and do an investigation."

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. @YvetteCooperMP , home affairs committee chair, said HMRC’s response was an “extremely serious concern” and called for an independent review into Britain’s decision to refuse to assist the French investigation. “Political donations should never be a reason for HMRC not to act."

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One of the more astonishing things about reporting the story of Dubai's fugitive princess, two of whom were forcibly abducted from the UK, was hearing officials speak baldly about the reasons for Britain's inaction. 1/4

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The UK govt response went on to say that Lycamobile would be likely to challenge any raids on its properties in court and may succeed because the French request did not contain enough “solid information”. The request stalled, and Lycamobile’s UK offices were never searched.

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So proud of this incredible squad & the spectacular @JasonLeopold for their amazing work exposing 14 suspected Russian assassinations on British soil, which has just been longlisted for the Orwell Prize 💫

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Self-help superstar Tony Robbins has used his fame to berate victims of rape and violence, while female former staffers and followers have accused him of inappropriate sexual advances. A blockbuster investigation by @jane__bradley and @katiejmbaker .

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Leaked Records Reveal Tony Robbins Berated Abuse Victims, And Former Followers Accuse Him Of Sexual...

Tony Robbins claims he has helped millions of fans overcome some of life’s darkest difficulties. But leaked records reveal he has used his fame to berate victims of rape and violence, while female...

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Lycamobile – which has reported an annual turnover of €1.5 billion and legally avoids corporation tax by moving money to the tax haven of Madeira through its vast network of more than 60 offshore companies – has always insisted that its business is wholly aboveboard.

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A GIGANTIC scoop by my mighty colleagues at @BuzzFeedNews & @ICIJ : Vast trove of secret govt documents reveals how Western banks facilitate the work of terrorists, despots & drug lords by moving trillions of dollars in suspicious transactions #FinCENFiles

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Utterly blown away that our From Russia With Blood series is a Pulitzer finalist. Working with @SchoofsFeed , @TomBWarren , @JasonLeopold , @Richard_AHolmes , @jane__bradley & @alexcampbell on this story (and many others) at @BuzzFeedNews has been the greatest privilege of my career.

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Police never interviewed the woman Alexander Perepilichnyy spent last night in Paris with before he died. We did.

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Beyond #FreeBritney : Living under legal guardianship in America can be dehumanizing, dangerous, and deadly. For the professionals — who can control hundreds of people — it can be very profitable. A new investigation by me and the incredible @katiejmbaker

Beyond Britney: Abuse, Exploitation, And Death Inside America’s Guardianship Industry

For people under guardianship, the system can be dehumanizing, dangerous, and even deadly. For the professionals — who can control hundreds of people at a time — it can be very profitable. A BuzzFeed...

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The public almost never hears directly from people under guardianship (even @britneyspears has spoken only rarely). But two people overcame tremendous odds to speak to me and @katiejmbaker about their experiences over the past year.

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They Both Fought To Escape Guardianship. Only One Escaped.

Falling in love and getting married cast two very different couples into the same nightmare. A BuzzFeed News investigation.

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1 year

Sheikh Mohammed's lawyers denied that he abducted, tortured and imprisoned his daughters, exploited sex workers, or had any involvement in Bouchra's death. But in a video recorded before her 2nd escape, Latifa called him a "major criminal" who terrorised the women in his family.

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Just insanely proud to see @BuzzFeedNews win its first Pulitzer for @meghara 's devastating series exposing China’s mass detention of Muslims, and the #FinCENFiles team named finalists. Heroes one and all 👏👏👏

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BuzzFeed News Has Won Its First Pulitzer Prize For Exposing China’s System For Detaining Muslims

BuzzFeed News won for its innovative series exposing China’s mass detention of Muslims and was named a finalist for its colossal FinCEN Files investigation into the global banking industry.

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This story blows open one of the world’s dirtiest banks & is one of the year’s most cinematic reads. Don’t miss it.

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@NewYorker Sheikha Shamsa was the first to flee, escaping from her father's estate in Surrey in her late teens. She was caught, hustled back to Dubai, and imprisoned for years under heavy sedation.

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The unstoppable scoop machine that is @JasonLeopold got his hands on the classified letter about Russian interference that Senate Democrats sent Obama after Trump was elected. via @jasonleopold

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Here’s The Classified Letter About Russia That Senate Democrats Sent to Obama After Trump Was...

“We have serious concerns about information recently provided to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence regarding Russian Active Measures and election related cyber activity associated with the...

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Huge from @ceodonovan & @kenbensinger : Amazon’s relentless demand for ever-faster delivery places extraordinary pressure on the vast network of drivers dropping its packages across America. But when people get killed, it has a system to escape the blame.

The Cost of Next-Day Delivery: How Amazon Escapes The Blame For Its Deadly Last Mile

Deaths and devastating injuries. A litany of labor violations. Drivers forced to urinate in their vans. Here is how Amazon’s gigantic, decentralized, next-day delivery network brought chaos, exploi...

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Out today!📽️ Once Upon a Time in Londongrad, a six part series based on a @BuzzFeedNews investigation into Russian-linked deaths on British soil by me, @TomBWarren , @JasonLeopold , @Richard_AHolmes , @alexcampbell & @jane__bradley airs tonight at 9pm on @skytv , streaming on @NOW .

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@NewYorker When Shamsa's younger sister, Sheikha Latifa, ran away to try to get help, she too was caught, imprisoned, and tortured. "I was treated worse than any animal," she wrote to friends.

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Meanwhile, drivers who worked for Sheikh Mohammed for years say they were routinely sent out to collect groups of sex workers and bring them to his UK residences. Some became so distressed by what happened inside that they cried all the way home.

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I can't help but wonder, had Nikolai Glushkov's body been found before Russia unleashed a chemical weapons attack on British soil, whether his name would have been added to the long list of suspicious deaths that the police have quietly dismissed as accidents or suicides.

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Around the same time, another Emirati royal, Sheikha Bouchra, was kidnapped from the UK and returned to Dubai against her will, where royal sources say she was locked up, drugged, and eventually killed.

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This bombshell cache of secret files shows how the Trump Moscow talks unfolded as Donald Trump heaped praise on Putin during the election campaign. via @azeen

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8 years

Grand Slam winners among 16 players repeatedly reported for losing highly suspicious matches #TennisRacket

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5 years

Listen to Tony Robbins addressing a follower who said her husband was violent. “Has he looked out for you? Does he put up with you when you’ve been a crazy bitch? Have you ever been a crazy bitch? Ever?”

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I’m leaving @BuzzFeedNews after an incredible 7 years as a reporter and editor, digging into wild stories from Kremlin assassinations to cheating at the top of world tennis alongside some of the best journalists – and humans – out there. There is no place quite like this. Thread.

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9 years

With Blatter gone, heat is on #Qatar2022 . He promised to protect the bid in exchange for Mohamed Bin Hammam's withdrawal from 2011 election.

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South Pole maintains that local people living around the Kariba forest protection in Zimbabwe are the "main beneficiaries" of the money it makes selling credits. But the company sidelined an internal whistleblower who warned that most of the funds seemed to have gone astray.

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Two-time Pulitzer Prize finalists. Reporting that freed nine men from prison. Here are 20 facts you might not know about BuzzFeed News – and why you should support our trailblazing journalism by becoming a member. via @BuzzFeedNews

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20 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About BuzzFeed News

Two-time Pulitzer Prize finalists. Reporting that freed an innocent man from prison. Here are some facts about BuzzFeed News that you might not know. Support our journalism by becoming a member.

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Once Upon a Time in Londongrad, based on our @BuzzFeedNews investigation into Russian assassinations on British soil, is out now on @peacock . The one and only @TomBWarren wrote about our bone-chilling experience reporting that story.

What It Was Like Reporting On Suspected Russian Assassinations In The UK, The Subject Of A New...

Once Upon a Time in Londongrad, inspired by a BuzzFeed News investigation, premieres Nov. 15 on Peacock.

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So @TomBWarren just got this trove of FOI docs & we're all basking in the sunlit uplands of government transparency

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No-one has reported the Trump-Russia story with more grit, dedication, and downright brilliance than @JasonLeopold and @a_cormier_ and they have been vindicated at every turn. A truly world-class, history-making reporting partnership.

President Trump Directed His Attorney To Lie To Congress About The Moscow Tower Project

Trump received 10 personal updates from Michael Cohen and encouraged a planned meeting with Vladimir Putin. UPDATE: The Mueller report found that Trump did not direct Michael Cohen to lie. Here's our...

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@TomBWarren @JasonLeopold @Richard_AHolmes @alexcampbell @jane__bradley @SchoofsFeed @BuzzFeedBen From Russia With Blood is based on that body of work. It tells a story that more than one government wanted to keep secret — and it would have lain buried forever without the tireless work of my incomparable colleagues at @BuzzFeedNews .

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Read the bombshell investigation that first exposed 14 suspected Russian assassinations on British soil – including the deaths of Scot Young and Alexander Perepilichnyy – that the authorities have ignored for years.

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Upshot: Trump Org planned to forge a direct financial relationship with Putin at the height of a presidential election that the Kremlin sought to skew in Trump’s favour. A bombshell by @a_cormier_ and @JasonLeopold who own every inch of this story.

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Heidi Blake

9 years

FBI now investigating Qatar and Russia World Cup bids. Seismic.

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Heidi Blake

10 years

First big Fifa sponsor - @Sony - breaks ranks to demand full investigation of Qatar 2022 corruption evidence from #FifaFiles . Pressure grows

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Heidi Blake

7 years

This UK spy was found dead in a bag in his bath. Police said it was “probably an accident”. US spies suspect Russia.

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Heidi Blake

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A big hat-tip to @tiesgijzel at @FTM_eu , who has led the way with powerful reporting on South Pole. Here's his latest piece on the trophy hunting inside the Kariba Project.

Shooting elephants and selling fictitious CO2 rights: South Pole facilitates both

Protecting trees, lions and elephants while saving the climate: that was the promise influential climate consultant South Pole sold to companies like Volkswagen, Greenchoice, Adyen and Gucci. Reality...

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Heidi Blake

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How a Swiss intelligence firm hired by UAE's ruler Mohammed bin Zayed systematically destroyed the lives of the state's perceived enemies. A brilliant anatomy of a world of secrets by @ddk_nyc

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The Dirty Secrets of a Smear Campaign

Rumors destroyed Hazim Nada’s company. Then hackers handed him terabytes of files exposing a covert campaign against him—and the culprit wasn’t a rival but an entire country.

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Heidi Blake

4 years

The US Treasury received at least 86 warnings about a Russian bank implicated in a major FBI spy bust — but it was allowed to continue operating in the US, despite a paper trail outlining a threat to national security. #FinCENFIles

#FinCENFiles: The Banker Was A Spy

The Russian bank VEB has long operated in the United States — despite dozens of suspicious activity reports outlining concerns that it was a threat to national security. A FinCEN Files investigation.

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Heidi Blake

7 years

REVEALED: UK suppressed explosive intelligence that a Russian whistleblower was likely assassinated by the Kremlin

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Heidi Blake

5 years

The unstoppable force that is @JasonLeopold has pried loose the mountain of secret documents underpinning the Mueller report in a landmark lawsuit against the US government. Here is the first batch.

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Heidi Blake

8 years

REVEALED: how RBS systematically crushed British businesses for profit during financial crisis #RBSfiles

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The Dash For Cash: Leaked Files Reveal RBS Systematically Crushed British Businesses For Profit

The RBS Files expose the bank’s secret scheme to boost revenues during the financial crisis by draining businesses of cash and stripping their assets, blowing apart its previous statements to the...

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Heidi Blake

5 years

Two businessmen who reported to Giuliani as they secretly lobbied the Ukrainian government have been arrested on suspicion of conspiring to funnel Russian money into the US election. Here's @MikeSallah7 's original story exposing their back-channel campaign

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Heidi Blake

9 months

Even after the company learned that it had massively overestimated the amount of carbon emissions the project had prevented, it continued selling millions of credits to some of the world's biggest brands.

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Heidi Blake

9 years

FIFA’s Cover-Up Of Its Internal Investigation May Now Lead To Its Downfall http://t.co/zWdt07iGLG via @HeidilBlake

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Heidi Blake

5 years

From Russia With Blood is out in the UK today – connecting 14 Russian-linked deaths on British soil to a global campaign of Kremlin-sanctioned murder. If you want to know how and why the UK govt sits on evidence of Russian meddling, get it while it’s hot.

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Heidi Blake

5 years

It has been the most enormous honour to lead the @BuzzFeedNews investigations team alongside the peerless @arielkaminer , @alexcampbell , and @jvgarrison — and I'm just so incredibly proud of the devastating work our unstoppable reporters put out this year.

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17 Explosive BuzzFeed News Investigations That Made Waves In 2019

The beloved global wildlife charity that funds guards who have raped and killed indigenous people. Sexual misconduct accusations against the world's most famous self-help guru. Chaos and carnage...

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Heidi Blake

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South Pole has always presented the Kariba project as a haven for endangered animals — but its local partner personally controls trophy hunting in a large area, and works with an operator that posts pictures of hunters displaying dead lions, leopards, hippos & elephants.

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Heidi Blake

5 years

This utterly devastating leaked report obtained by @tombwarren and @katiejmbaker found WWF-backed guards raped pregnant women and tortured villagers by tying their penises with fishing lines at a wildlife park funded by the US government.

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Leaked Report: WWF-Backed Guards Raped Pregnant Women And Tortured Villagers At A Wildlife Park...

Anti-poaching guards backed by the World Wide Fund for Nature have gang-raped women and tortured villagers by tying their penises with fishing lines, according to the charity’s own investigators. WWF...

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Heidi Blake

5 years

This really is abject. Jason is one of the best journalists in the world and his reporting on Trump-Russia with @a_cormier_ has been vindicated time and again. There's plenty of actual journalism to be done today, CNN.

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— @JasonLeopold and @a_cormier_ have scored a number of scoops for BuzzFeed on the Trump Tower Moscow project. But the intense attention has also resurfaced Leopold's checkered past. My story:

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Heidi Blake

5 years

So excited to be taking a sabbatical next year & then returning as a reporter on the kick-ass @BuzzFeedNews investigations team. Especially because @arielkaminer is taking over as global investigations editor & she is the goddamned queen. And also because I miss my notebook 📝💣

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Heidi Blake

1 year

This is undercover journalism at its bravest. After seventy female tea pickers told @BBCAfrica they faced sexual abuse at work, an undercover reporter went in to plantations supplying some of Britain's biggest brands and caught managers demanding sex.

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True cost of our tea: Sexual abuse on Kenyan tea farms revealed

Secret filming finds sexual exploitation at Kenyan farms supplying some of the UK's biggest brands.

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Heidi Blake

1 year

A staggering achievement by @BBCNawal . Fifteen tears after the killing of Martine Vik Magnussen, the man who fled to Yemen after her death confesses his role.

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Martine Vik Magnussen: Billionaire’s son admits role in death to BBC

Farouk Abdulhak, who fled to Yemen after the death of a student in London, admits his involvement.

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Heidi Blake

3 years

In the latest terrifying installment of their Pulitzer-winning series, @meghara and @alisonkilling reveal the full capacity of China's mass detention system in Xinjiang: enough to lock up one million Muslims at once.

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Heidi Blake

9 years

Fate of #Qatar2022 in the balance without protection of @SeppBlatter . Sources say bid bosses told not to travel to US http://t.co/IMR8dImvNF

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Heidi Blake

5 years

The book builds on an investigation by me and my incredible colleagues @TomBWarren , @JasonLeopold , @Richard_AHolmes , @alexcampbell & @jane__bradley — connecting the web of 15 suspected Russian assassinations we exposed in 2017 to a global campaign of Kremlin-sanctioned killing.

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Heidi Blake

8 years

Suspicions about core of 16 players all of whom have ranked in the top 50. Half are at Aussie Open #TennisRacket

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Heidi Blake

8 years

Nineteen arrested & nine charged in Paris raids after @BuzzFeedNews revealed Lycamobile's suspicious cash movements.

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Tories’ Biggest Donor Lycamobile Raided In Criminal Money-Laundering Probe

Nineteen people have been arrested and nine of them charged with money laundering after BuzzFeed News revealed Lycamobile’s “deeply suspicious” cash movements.

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Heidi Blake

3 years

Far-right extremists are flocking to foreign warzones like Ukraine as guns-for-hire, racking up real combat experience to bring home to America. Just an absolutely wild story by @ChristopherJM .

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A Double Killing in Florida. An American On The Run In Ukraine.

Ukraine is attracting Americans who want to fight alongside far-right extremists. What happens when radicalized soldiers like Craig Lang return home?

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