Today, @tbij.bsky.social launches Voices For Transparency, a photo series showing the human stories behind corporate secrecy in the UK's CDOTs. 🌏 Ahead of the Illicit Finance Summit, the UK must end offshore secrecy & lead by example in the global fight against corruption. 🔗 Full series below ⤵️

We obtained a trove of internal ICE records showing detention center guards have increasingly used physical force and chemical agents on detainees. Gift link: wapo.st/4tdgBRA story w/ @abtran.bsky.social & team

Investigative Simulations Lab est fier d’organiser avec OpenFacto (@openfacto.bsky.social) un jeu de simulation d’enquête financière les 23 et 24 mai à Paris. Il reste encore des places. Inscrivez-vous ci-dessous !

🚨 The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (@tbij.bsky.social) and Investigative Simulations Lab are running a two-day simulation game on crime, corruption and corporate enablers from 26-27 May in London. Test your investigative skills! For more information, contact: [email protected]

Proud to know the big brains at the @acdatacollective.bsky.social behind this shocking (or maybe not shocking) research.

I'm proud to have been part of the team that won two National Headliner Awards for our work on the hidden geopolitical links in US real estate holdings. We found millions of dollars in real estate connected to corruption cases in Nigeria and sanctioned Russian bankers.

the number of people i see speeding through school zones and residential streets with their phones directly in their faces…

This is going to be a lot of fun. If you're in London and want more information on reserving a spot, let me know!

I wonder if @theonion.com buying Infowars will break the spell over people who have been brainwashed by Alex Jones or create openings for deradicalization. It would be amazing if they leaned into that and also solicited some PostSecret-style testimonials from such people and their loved ones.

If you are a French speaking investigator and want a challenge, see below! We'll be running a simulation game in Paris on 23 and 24 May in collaboration with the excellent OpenFacto (@openfacto.bsky.social).

Thank you to Mario Hidalgo Jara, the rest of the team at Universidad UTE and co-organizers Dr. Giovanna Rodriguez-Garcia (giroga.bsky.social) and Bonnie Palifka for the opportunity to present a short simulation game at the Academia against Corruption in the Americas conference in Quito, Ecuador.

Yikes.

The nonprofit that runs the successful, Pulitzer-winning Baltimore Banner is going to take over the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Of all the possible outcomes here, this is likely the best we could have hoped for. apnews.com/article/pitt...

We are on FIRE. #WorldBollardAssociation🔥

Sunlight member @riversiderecord.bsky.social joined a dozen news outlets in filing a motion to unseal three warrants obtained by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office in connection with Sheriff Chad Bianco’s investigation into alleged election fraud.

Journalists! Want a better way to explore, clean and share data? Join the @muckrock.com team and @alexgarcia.xyz on April 17 as they share how @datasette.io can help. Free training and free tool! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

“Acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.” Geneva Convention Additional Protocol I and Department of Defense Law of War Manual, § 5.2.2

🏘️ A data architecture built by ACDC was the starting point for a series of investigations into Nigerian PEP's U.S. real estate holdings by @pplaaf.bsky.social. 🎯 The stories keep coming, and they're making an impact.

We had a FOIA win on this story. The indicted Nigerians tried to move a home into an anonymous trust. Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser’s Office records said the transfer failed because the gift deed didn't identify a trustee. Tidy! cc: Brechner FOI Project (@brechnerfoi.bsky.social)

#Nigeria : A new investigation led by @pplaaf.bsky.social @johndellosso.bsky.social has uncovered additional properties in the United States that had previously escaped seizure by Nigerian prosecutors. Prof Dibu is facing justice. His next hearing will be in April

It did not have legs.

🥇 First Place: Tony Bartelme, Glenn Smith, and John Dell'Osso of The Post and Courier for "Uncovered: Power & Polo/The Russians Next Door," an investigation of how powerful people from across the world exploit weak transparency laws.

🇳🇬 🇺🇸 A group in #Nigeria is pressing for an investigation into assets held by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. A court filing cites an investigation @tbartelme.bsky.social and I published last year exposing Uzor Kalu's properties in the Carolinas. cc: @pplaaf.bsky.social @acdatacollective.bsky.social

Our story last year about international investors with sketchy pasts has some impact in Nigeria. @johndellosso.bsky.social @pplaaf.bsky.social www.postandcourier.com/news/local_s...

To put this into perspective...

👋 Come find us at #SunshineFest next week and see for yourself how we're using simulation games to promote transparency and accountability! Here's where we'll be... cc: @brechnerfoi.bsky.social @muckrock.com @knightfoundation.org

This email from #DOGE staffer Justin Fox (recently deposed in the NEH case) is shocking. Did he not understand separation of powers? Did he not know GAO is part of the legislative branch? The EO cites 5 USC 551, which clearly (and obviously) says: "but does not include— (A) the Congress;"

One of the best of all time. “You’re not stuck in traffic. You ARE traffic.” Wish we had come up with that one. #UrbanTruth

Underappreciated benefit of mindfulness: not thinking too much about the substance you just sat in on the bus until after you've put your clothes in the wash and showered.

Thank you A-Mark Foundation and SC Press Assoc. for recognizing our “Power and Polo” corp transparency project last year as SC’s top investigative journalism prize. with @glennsmith.bsky.social a d @johndellosso.bsky.social www.postandcourier.com/news/post-an...

Hot damn! We won an award. Bartelme and Smith, along with John Dell’Osso from the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa, won the A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism for “Power and Polo.”

This is worrisome.

I vividly remember the wonderment I felt as a young child when I heard this song for the first time on my clock radio.

Extraordinary work by @nickpdonovan.bsky.social, as usual!

We're grateful to @taicollab.bsky.social for mentioning the Investigative Simulations Lab in their weekly newsletter.

🌸 We'll be at Sunshine Fest in Washington, DC from March 15-17 talking about freedom of information and simulation games. Drop us a line if you'll be there and want to find a time to chat.

The low-budget indie that launched the careers of Wes Anderson and Luke and Owen Wilson wasn’t a hit, but it’s a Texas classic. Celebrating 30 years of 'Bottle Rocket': https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/bottle-rocket-turns-30-wes-anderson-owen-wilson/

Pour avoir déjà utilisé les simulations @johndellosso.bsky.social @investigativesimulations.org dans le cadre de formations, n’hésitez pas à le contacter et à travailler avec Investigative simulations Lab. It is fun and useful for anyone who wants to investigate companies #SeekTruth #HaveFun

Self-recommending. @johndellosso.bsky.social is an excellent investigator and this seems like a great way to train the next generation of bright young sleuths

Today I’m proud to launch the Investigative Simulations Lab (@investigativesimulations.org), an organization that designs and delivers simulation games that show journalists and researchers how to follow the money and uncover wrongdoing.

We recently helped our member @papertrailmedia.de report on a notorious US oligarch's acquisition of critical energy infrastructure in Germany.

The US Treasury Department has relaxed its rules on customer due diligence, telling financial institutions they no longer must identify the beneficial owner of a legal entity at each new account opening. www.mlex.com/mlex/financi...

The Trump administration is repurposing what’s left of USAID. My latest with the great Jon Landay www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...

Our new documentary, “How We Tracked a ‘Fake Prince’ Scammer to His Nigerian Mansion,” hit more than half a million views. We spoke to the journalist behind the story, who started investigating after a Romanian businesswoman believed she’d invested £200 million in a fake humanitarian foundation.

Creepy South Carolina Epstein story in today’s @postandcourier.bsky.social (Wait I guess they’re all creepy.) www.postandcourier.com/beaufort-cou...

This sounds familiar... 🤔 But growing a newsroom from the ground up takes time and money — and frankly, we need way more resources than we have now to fill this massive gap. You can help us build the newsroom D.C. deserves: 51st.news/signup

Appointed to protect Nigerians’ pension funds, Abdulrasheed Maina was convicted of laundering them. OCCRP, Premium Times, and @pplaaf.bsky.social have uncovered U.S. and Dubai properties he bought in cash before the conviction. None of them were seized by authorities: www.occrp.org/en/scoop/nig...

Our latest @postandcourier.bsky.social project is called "Forever Stained." On the surface, it's about "forever chemicals" and the carpet industry's role. But on deeper levels, it's about corporate responsibility and the importance of watchdogs. www.postandcourier.com/news/special...