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Even after kidnapped girls escape from Boko Haram, reintegrating into society is a big test

Even after kidnapped girls escape from Boko Haram, reintegrating into society is a big test

Aisha was only 14 when Boko Haram insurgents raided her village in Taraba state in northeast Nigeria some eig…

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'We're brothers, sisters and activists': the Greek collective of gay and trans refugees

'We're brothers, sisters and activists': the Greek collective of gay and trans refugees

Maha was a final-year trainee at a police academy in Basra, southeast Iraq, when her phone went missing. It w…

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Home Office staff sit in on council interviews with migrant families

Home Office staff sit in on council interviews with migrant families

Home Office workers embedded in local councils are sitting in on interviews with destitute migrant families a…

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Walking into disaster: the narcotrafficking scandal that blew up the BVI

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By Edward Siddons Verified
| Yahoo News UK Verified
Augustus James Ulysses Jaspert, Gus for short, arrived in Tortola, the largest of the British Virgin Islands, on 21 August 2017, just two weeks away from catastrophe. Jaspert, who was in his late 30s, had recently been appointed governor by Queen Elizabeth II, on the recommendation of the Foreign Office in London. The BVI is an overseas territory of Britain, with only partial independence, and the governor effectively acts as a backstop to the locally elected legislature.
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‘Send a clear message’: Carter-Ruck’s dirty tactics on behalf of $4bn…

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By Edward Siddons Verified, Simon Lock Verified
| The Bureau of Investigative Journalism Verified
Explosive court documents in an ongoing tribunal case have exposed how Carter-Ruck, London’s premier libel firm, tried to help the fraudsters behind the multibillion-dollar OneCoin crypto scam by throwing doubt on a police investigation. They also reveal how the firm made threats of legal action in order to “send a clear message” to whistleblowers.
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HMRC charges Bennett Verby as first company under tax evasion powers

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By Edward Siddons Verified
| The Bureau of Investigative Journalism Verified
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... HMRC has charged the first company ever under landmark powers introduced eight years ago to crack down on corporate tax evasion. Bennett Verby, an accountancy firm in Stockport, was charged in relation to an alleged research and development repayment fraud in Manchester crown court today. Alongside the company, six individuals have been charged with offences including cheating the public revenue and money laundering.
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Who do you wish followed you?

David Remnick

Why did you become a journalist?

I was frustrated at how marginalised communities are portrayed, how their struggles are reported, and how rarely they receive attention.

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

A longform print feature for Newsweek on the abuses of the male modelling industry