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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-09-11/chelsea-fc-faces-74-charges-for-breaching-fa-agent-regulations
Sep 12, 2025 - The charges date back to when Abramovich owned the club and spent millions in dubious off-book deals
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-01-30/psychologists-alarming-views-on-domestic-abuse-put-spotlight-on-family-court-experts
Oct 30, 2025 - Undercover recording reveals Melanie Gill berating ‘completely biased’ judges who have bought into ‘radical feminism’
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-08-26/cyprus-files-criminal-charges-over-abramovich-tax-evasion-scheme
Sep 1, 2025 - Tax commissioner aiming to recover €25m in taxes dodged by oligarch through sham yacht-hire venture
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-12-19/chrissie-hynde-turns-back-on-ethical-farm-after-animal-welfare-allegations
Aug 28, 2025 - Ahimsa Dairy Foundation underpaid some workers and left animals to suffer through fatal injury
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-08-31/mother-devastated-after-family-court-granted-rapist-father-contact-with-child
Sep 5, 2024 - The mother has successfully appealled the order that let Kristoffer White have unsupervised time with their daughter
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-06-28/its-a-basic-civil-right-millions-in-uk-unable-to-vote-due-to-immigration-status
Jun 27, 2024 - Elected members of government and NHS doctors are among those with no say on 4 July
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-10-23/mum-who-lost-custody-of-children-has-experts-evidence-overturned
Oct 25, 2025 - Landmark decision could prompt challenges to other cases involving unregulated expert Melanie Gill
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-11-13/cornwall-council-offered-suppliers-6m-to-run-illegal-childrens-homes
Nov 13, 2025 - Regulators intervene after UK local authority accused of normalising unlawful placements
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-01-27/new-court-reporting-rules-mark-watershed-moment-for-family-justice
Jan 30, 2025 - Journalists across England and Wales given greater access to court proceedings following success of transparency pilot
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2020-01-15/islington-council-to-drop-nowmedical-over-homelessness-assessment-fears
Apr 14, 2020 - The local authority has decided to take medical assessments for housing assistance in-house, after the Bureau raised concerns over the company's practices
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-10-27/private-finance-vs-public-interest-inside-guernseys-offshore-challenge
Oct 24, 2025 - We invited politicians, regulators and business workers to discuss crime and corruption in Guernsey’s financial industry – and whether it needs reform.
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-11-15/exploited-workers-find-no-hope-in-employment-tribunals
Nov 15, 2024 - Exploited farmworkers face huge barriers to justice – including rules effectively preventing oral evidence
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2017-01-17/obamas-covert-drone-war-in-numbers-ten-times-more-strikes-than-bush
Feb 28, 2025 - The use of drones aligned with Obama’s ambition to keep up the war against al Qaeda while extricating the US military from intractable ground wars, but…
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2019-10-04/locked-out-check-if-theres-enough-affordable-housing-in-your-area
Apr 9, 2020 - Use our calculator to find out how many properties near you were offered at affordable rates
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-02-28/family-court-files-child-abduction-using-northern-cyprus-loophole-leaves-parents-in-legal-deadlock
Jul 10, 2024 - Mother is one of many to have fled with their children to the self-declared state unrecognised by UK government
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-07-18/kate-kniveton-tells-of-her-five-year-ordeal-in-the-family-courts
Jul 22, 2025 - Former MP reveals that a lawyer advised against trying to keep her abusive ex-husband away from their child
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-11-19/cotton-grower-billed-as-ethical-investment-linked-to-land-invasions
Nov 28, 2025 - SLC Agrícola is pushing its green image at Cop30 climate talks while growing cotton on a farm accused of land grabs
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-06-03/farms-and-supermarkets-could-pay-seasonal-workers-recruitment-costs-says-report
Jun 3, 2025 - Government study says upfront fees could be passed along supply chain to prevent debt and exploitation
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-07-08/legal-pressures-mount-for-cargill-over-river-wye-pollution/
Jul 8, 2024 - The case will argue the meat giant knew of the potential environmental consequences of industrial-scale chicken farming
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-11-13/inside-ethiopias-illegal-gold-trade
Nov 13, 2025 - As gold prices skyrocket, Chinese and western companies are working side by side to exploit a region ravaged by civil war
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-11-04/hmrc-wont-admit-how-much-tax-is-lost-offshore
Nov 11, 2025 - The taxman has the numbers needed to estimate how much cash is lost to overseas havens – but it isn't sharing the details
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-05-14/rogue-businessman-covered-up-5m-fraud-with-sham-evidence-to-high-court-claims-thurrock
May 13, 2025 - Businessman accused of producing a forged invoice to back up his lies after stealing taxpayers’ money
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-10-07/city-lawyers-tried-to-silence-police-fraud-investigator
Oct 20, 2025 - Carter-Ruck launched campaign against London detective on behalf of $4bn crypto scam, according to court documents
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-12-11/parental-alienation-argument-cannot-be-used-against-domestic-abuse-victims-say-judges
Dec 11, 2024 - Guidance to family court judges also addresses the use of unregulated psychologists as expert witnesses
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2019-10-05/locked-out-new-homelessness-law-brings-delays-denials-and-dead-ends
Apr 9, 2020 - Every week 5,500 families approach English councils for help with homelessness, but vulnerable people are being left in limbo
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-09-08/vans-north-face-timberland-are-major-us-brands-skirting-forced-labour-law-to-source-from-china
Sep 12, 2025 - In the global capital of footwear, the voices of Uyghurs coerced into factory work raise huge questions for western companies
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-10-29/character-ai-to-ban-under-18s-from-talking-to-its-chatbots-after-tbij-investigation
Nov 11, 2025 - Major safety measures announced by platform we found to be hosting bots based on school shooters and paedophiles
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-10-22/gang-leaders-school-shooters-and-bestie-epstein-meet-character.ais-chatbot-companions
Oct 23, 2025 - The AI chatbot ‘playground’ is home to virtual paedophiles, extremists and fake doctors. Its popularity with teenagers is soaring
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-05-29/government-expanded-visa-scheme-weeks-after-un-raised-alarm-over-people-trafficking
May 29, 2024 - Special rapporteurs raised alarm to David Cameron before government’s decision to extend visa scheme
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-10-16/cafcass-issues-new-rules-to-protect-abuse-victims-in-family-court-system
Oct 16, 2024 - Service representing children’s interests urges stricter recommendations around abusive parents
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-10-16/new-ai-video-tools-are-fuelling-racism-on-tiktok
Nov 11, 2025 - Videos of migrants being killed and abused have racked up millions of views. Some users are even making money from them
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-10-26/family-courts-victims-commissioner-demands-urgent-review-of-all-cases-involving-melanie-gill
Oct 27, 2025 - Victims’ commissioner says removal of children from their parents on the advice of unregulated experts is a ‘national scandal’
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-05-21/teacher-and-judge-who-ran-abusive-household-cannot-be-named-rules-high-court
Jun 11, 2025 - TBIJ led legal bid to identify couple whose adopted children suffered emotional abuse, physical attacks and racism
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-11-21/top-lawyers-prosecution-for-blackmail-threat-against-journalist-kept-behind-closed-doors
Nov 21, 2025 - TBIJ and others challenged the decision to hold the disciplinary case in private as an affront to open justice
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-11-12/why-no-one-is-organising-seasonal-workers
Nov 11, 2025 - Farm workers go on unofficial strikes as their temporary visas create barriers to union membership
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2019-12-18/how-a-doctor-who-has-never-seen-you-can-say-youre-fit-enough-to-sleep-on-the-streets
Apr 14, 2020 - Over 100 councils have paid a private company, NowMedical, to assess vulnerable people applying for help with homelessness
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-10-10/why-are-unregulated-psychologists-acting-as-expert-witnesses-in-family-courts
Jan 24, 2025 - A clinical psychologist explains the problematic role of experts in family courts cases
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-07-16/tbij-wins-court-battle-to-publish-name-of-sex-offender
Jan 30, 2025 - Ruling hailed as ‘important decision’ in ensuring family courts are not exploited by perpetrators
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-11-21/slapps-thwarted-attempts-to-stop-mohamed-al-fayed-says-mp
Aug 28, 2025 - Reporting on alleged assaults – including against a 15-year-old – were suppressed by legal threats, Parliament heard
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-11-09/parents-losing-their-children-over-misinterpreted-drug-tests
Nov 12, 2024 - Hair strands tests used in life-changing decisions can give misleading results
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2023-03-06/collagen-wellness-industrys-star-product-drives-deforestation-and-rights-abuses
Oct 27, 2023 - Behind the wellness fad lies an opaque industry driving human rights abuses and the destruction of rainforests
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-03-11/visa-system-forces-care-workers-to-stay-silent-on-rape-and-abuse
Mar 12, 2024 - As migrant carers are banned from bringing family members to the UK, TBIJ reveals how broken visa system traps workers in harrowing situations
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https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/tbij-promotes-franz-wild-to-ceo-and-editor-in-chief/
Jul 28, 2025 - The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has appointed Franz Wild as its next chief executive and editor-in-chief.
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-06-18/mother-appeals-draconian-custody-decision-after-experts-suspension
Jun 17, 2025 - Graham Flatman was later disciplined for misleading court about his qualifications
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-09-03/meta-was-caught-eavesdropping-on-a-period-app-could-this-be-the-start-of-a-pushback-against-big-tech
Sep 3, 2025 - Tech giant was found to have illegally collected user info – but this could be a landmark moment for data privacy
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2020-01-24/locked-out-why-the-housing-benefit-rise-wont-make-much-difference
Apr 14, 2020 - The government says the increase in line with inflation will give claimants an extra £10 a month, but a Bureau analysis suggests this will only make a…
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-05-12/migrant-workers-prop-up-the-uks-social-care-system-now-were-being-forced-out
May 13, 2025 - Labour’s crackdown will break a promise made to workers like me – and leave the system in disrepair
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2019-10-04/locked-out-how-britain-keeps-people-homeless
Apr 9, 2020 - The Bureau has analysed more than 62,000 rental adverts and found 94% of rented homes are too expensive for families on housing benefit
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-08-24/we-sacrificed-everything-we-had-seasonal-workers-left-without-jobs-after-home-office-decision
Aug 24, 2024 - Workers were promised UK jobs before recruiter had licence revoked
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-01-21/how-we-did-it-putting-together-the-silenced-stories-debate
Aug 28, 2025 - Using parliamentary privilege to reveal what the powerful didn't want us to know
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-06-03/serious-fraud-office-launches-investigation-into-thurrock-fraud-claims
Aug 28, 2025 - Probe follows TBIJ reporting into deals with companies owned by Liam Kavanagh that left the council effectively bankrupt
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-11-11/thurrock-prepares-to-sue-23-councils-over-dodgy-solar-farm-valuations
May 13, 2025 - The council wants to recoup money lost in a disastrous series of investments by any means necessary
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https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-12-09/family-court-reporting-week-judge-praises-impeccable-journalism-produced-by-pilot-project
Dec 11, 2024 - Transparency scheme due to be rolled out across England and Wales early in early 2025
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