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Jelter Meers’s Biography

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Worked in US, Cyprus, Belgium, Bosnia and Italy as investigative reporter covering energy industry, agribusiness, international organized crime, corruption, housing, human trafficking and drug trafficking.

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Trekking Through Hell to Flee From al-Shabab

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By Jelter Meers Verified
| Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) Verified
Said was enjoying the February sunset and drinking tea with his family in his small Somalian village when the local imam approached his hut with two guards with an instruction: The 22-year-old was to join the Salafist jihadist group al-Shabab as soon as tomorrow. It was almost a death sentence. “They just take you to the front and give you a gun. If you don’t shoot, you die,” Said explained. After the imam left, the family sat speechless.
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Western Promises

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By Jelter Meers Verified
| Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) Verified
Every morning, the family Eszter was staying with woke her up and hurried her off to the tram to work. But instead of heading to an office, she went to one of The Hague’s legal prostitution streets to appear in a luridly lit window and wait for clients. She was allowed home at night only after having brought in 600 euros. Sometimes she worked 16 hours straight, watched by an in-law to keep her in line. She was given a “work” cell phone for incoming calls only.
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Brazilian lithium pitched as ‘carbon neutral’ relied on offset project linked to deforestation

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By Andres Bermudez Lievano Verified, Andrés Liévano, Jelter Meers Verified
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Sigma Lithium’s Jequitinhonha Valley processing plant in the state of Minas Gerais, south-eastern Brazil. The Canadian company claims to produce “carbon neutral” lithium, but the projects used to offset the related greenhouse gas emissions are under federal investigation for suspected environmental crimes (Image: Gil Leonardi / Imprensa MG) Sigma Lithium often says that its mining model in Brazil is raising the quality of the global lithium business.
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