Franz Wild
@wildfranz.bsky.social
Editor - The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
Anyone following the FA charges against Chelsea, our investigation from 2023 had a lot of juice that I think the FA has spent a good amount of time looking at
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2023...
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Abramovich’s hidden football deals during Chelsea’s time at the top
Offshore deals with key figures were not recorded in Chelsea’s accounts, despite potentially benefiting the club
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September 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Anyone following the FA charges against Chelsea, our investigation from 2023 had a lot of juice that I think the FA has spent a good amount of time looking at
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2023...
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2023...
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📢 Mentoring: At @tbij.bsky.social we are launching a mentorship programme open to both staff and freelance journalists interested in gaining experience and guidance on reporting on the family courts. Full details here 👉 tinyurl.com/42xdkk5b
September 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
📢 Mentoring: At @tbij.bsky.social we are launching a mentorship programme open to both staff and freelance journalists interested in gaining experience and guidance on reporting on the family courts. Full details here 👉 tinyurl.com/42xdkk5b
Some news from me..
I’ve been appointed Editor-in-Chief and CEO of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
The Bureau brings you some of the most powerful investigations around.
So if you’re into that please follow us. We’ve got a lot ahead of us.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/blog/2025-07...
I’ve been appointed Editor-in-Chief and CEO of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
The Bureau brings you some of the most powerful investigations around.
So if you’re into that please follow us. We’ve got a lot ahead of us.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/blog/2025-07...
TBIJ appoints Franz Wild as CEO and Editor-in-Chief
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
July 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Some news from me..
I’ve been appointed Editor-in-Chief and CEO of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
The Bureau brings you some of the most powerful investigations around.
So if you’re into that please follow us. We’ve got a lot ahead of us.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/blog/2025-07...
I’ve been appointed Editor-in-Chief and CEO of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
The Bureau brings you some of the most powerful investigations around.
So if you’re into that please follow us. We’ve got a lot ahead of us.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/blog/2025-07...
Thoughtful insights from @niamhmcintyre.bsky.social on why social media content moderators get so badly screwed while Big Tech makes bns
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
My two years reporting on Big Tech’s hidden scandal
Exhausted, traumatised and underpaid, content moderators are the invisible victims of a labour system in need of overhaul
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Thoughtful insights from @niamhmcintyre.bsky.social on why social media content moderators get so badly screwed while Big Tech makes bns
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Excellent to see tonnes of pickup on our revelations about the secret base of Meta content moderators in Ghana.
The BBC has now interviewed one of our key sources for the story. Give it a listen.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The BBC has now interviewed one of our key sources for the story. Give it a listen.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Tech Life - What you don’t see - BBC Sounds
One man describes his job as a moderator in Ghana. And we say goodbye to Skype.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Excellent to see tonnes of pickup on our revelations about the secret base of Meta content moderators in Ghana.
The BBC has now interviewed one of our key sources for the story. Give it a listen.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The BBC has now interviewed one of our key sources for the story. Give it a listen.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I never used to give traveling to the U.S. as a journalist a second thought. Not anymore
May 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I never used to give traveling to the U.S. as a journalist a second thought. Not anymore
Great to see our reporting on HSBC apparently running roughshod over its climate commitments coming up in the Independent and the Standard on the day of its AGM
www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
HSBC set to face pressure on climate commitments at shareholder meeting
The UK’s largest bank will be challenged to restate its commitment to net zero at its annual general meeting in London on Friday.
www.independent.co.uk
May 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Great to see our reporting on HSBC apparently running roughshod over its climate commitments coming up in the Independent and the Standard on the day of its AGM
www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
HSBC, for all its talk of being committed to net-zero, seems to have broken another of its own pledges to bring carbon emissions down.
TBIJ can reveal that HSBC helped raise $1bn for Glencore, even though the mining company has been ramping up coal production.
TBIJ can reveal that HSBC helped raise $1bn for Glencore, even though the mining company has been ramping up coal production.
HSBC breaks climate pledge with billion-dollar Glencore deal
Investors rage at allegations bank broke its climate pledge to raise funds for mining giant
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
HSBC, for all its talk of being committed to net-zero, seems to have broken another of its own pledges to bring carbon emissions down.
TBIJ can reveal that HSBC helped raise $1bn for Glencore, even though the mining company has been ramping up coal production.
TBIJ can reveal that HSBC helped raise $1bn for Glencore, even though the mining company has been ramping up coal production.
England elections remind of a network of Facebook groups run by Reform candidates and activists last yr
Unsurprising: misinformation, conspiracy theories, hate. Particularly interesting though was that they were using these groups to recruit candidates
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...
Unsurprising: misinformation, conspiracy theories, hate. Particularly interesting though was that they were using these groups to recruit candidates
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...
Hate speech and climate denial: inside the Facebook network run by…
Groups boast more than 60,000 members and have been used as a recruiting ground for Reform despite bearing no official links to the party
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
April 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
England elections remind of a network of Facebook groups run by Reform candidates and activists last yr
Unsurprising: misinformation, conspiracy theories, hate. Particularly interesting though was that they were using these groups to recruit candidates
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...
Unsurprising: misinformation, conspiracy theories, hate. Particularly interesting though was that they were using these groups to recruit candidates
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...
Our investigation into Abramovich's unpaid taxes has prompted MPs to call for government/HMRC to look into this
🧵 Sanctioned oligarch Roman Abramovich could owe HMRC up to £1 billion in UK tax - a sum bigger than the Bernie Ecclestone tax settlement.
I asked the Leader of the House whether the govt will take urgent action to ensure HMRC has the resources to fully investigate and recover this money.
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I asked the Leader of the House whether the govt will take urgent action to ensure HMRC has the resources to fully investigate and recover this money.
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January 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Our investigation into Abramovich's unpaid taxes has prompted MPs to call for government/HMRC to look into this
The File on 4 on Abramovich's offshore tax schemes is a great listen. Well done @andyverity.bsky.social
Featuring star investigator @simonlock.bsky.social of course
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Featuring star investigator @simonlock.bsky.social of course
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File on 4 Investigates - Abramovich, the Yachts and the Tax Dodge - BBC Sounds
Former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich dodged millions of pounds in VAT on his superyachts.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The File on 4 on Abramovich's offshore tax schemes is a great listen. Well done @andyverity.bsky.social
Featuring star investigator @simonlock.bsky.social of course
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Featuring star investigator @simonlock.bsky.social of course
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Great thread on how in 2021 - when Prigozhin was given a special licence by the British government (whose sanctions he was under) to sue @eliothiggins.bsky.social - there was *a lot* of evidence that he led the murderous mercenary Wagner Group
@petergeoghegan.bsky.social reports the SRA ruling that a UK law firm "broke no rules" in SLAPPing @bellingcat.com Elliot Higgins for Evgeny Prigozhin in 2021, saying there was only "public speculation" that he led Wagner. Let's post some pre-2021 "speculation"....
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UK law firm that acted for Putin’s warlord Prigozhin 'broke no rules'
Exclusive: Taking cash from a sanctioned Russian mercenary chief to enable him to sue a British journalist is not an abuse of our legal system, solicitors' regulator finds
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January 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Great thread on how in 2021 - when Prigozhin was given a special licence by the British government (whose sanctions he was under) to sue @eliothiggins.bsky.social - there was *a lot* of evidence that he led the murderous mercenary Wagner Group
Abramovich may owe as much as £1bn in UK taxes, because while the profits from his enormous hedge fund investments all flowed offshore, they were managed out of the UK
Our investigation shows how the offshore financial system enables huge tax avoidance
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Our investigation shows how the offshore financial system enables huge tax avoidance
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Roman Abramovich may owe UK £1bn in unpaid tax
Leaked documents suggest oligarch's billions were managed from UK, undermining offshore tax avoidance plan
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Abramovich may owe as much as £1bn in UK taxes, because while the profits from his enormous hedge fund investments all flowed offshore, they were managed out of the UK
Our investigation shows how the offshore financial system enables huge tax avoidance
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Our investigation shows how the offshore financial system enables huge tax avoidance
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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🚨Roman Abramovich could be due the biggest tax fine in British history
He may owe as much as £1bn to UK tax authorities – an amount even higher than the record tax settlement paid by former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone 🔗 bit.ly/4hBjXIA
He may owe as much as £1bn to UK tax authorities – an amount even higher than the record tax settlement paid by former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone 🔗 bit.ly/4hBjXIA
January 29, 2025 at 7:13 AM
🚨Roman Abramovich could be due the biggest tax fine in British history
He may owe as much as £1bn to UK tax authorities – an amount even higher than the record tax settlement paid by former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone 🔗 bit.ly/4hBjXIA
He may owe as much as £1bn to UK tax authorities – an amount even higher than the record tax settlement paid by former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone 🔗 bit.ly/4hBjXIA
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NEW: our latest investigation on how Abramovich evaded millions of euros on his fleet of superyachts.
His associates arranged for commercial exemptions on huge VAT bills by falsely claiming the boats were hired out to customers.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
His associates arranged for commercial exemptions on huge VAT bills by falsely claiming the boats were hired out to customers.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Roman Abramovich evaded millions in VAT with fake yacht hire scheme
Billionaire’s agents designed elaborate scheme to fool authorities – then wrote it all out in emails
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
January 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
NEW: our latest investigation on how Abramovich evaded millions of euros on his fleet of superyachts.
His associates arranged for commercial exemptions on huge VAT bills by falsely claiming the boats were hired out to customers.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
His associates arranged for commercial exemptions on huge VAT bills by falsely claiming the boats were hired out to customers.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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Ein russischer Milliardär und die grosse Frage, ob er mit seinen Yachten Steuern hinterzogen hat — in Deutschland …
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(S+) Roman Abramowitsch: Wie der Oligarch mit seiner Megajacht womöglich Steuern hinterzog
Mit einem aufwendigen Offshore-Konstrukt soll Roman Abramowitsch den Besitz und Betrieb seiner Luxusjachten verschleiert haben. Der russische Milliardär wollte so offenbar Steuern in Millionenhöhe spa...
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January 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Ein russischer Milliardär und die grosse Frage, ob er mit seinen Yachten Steuern hinterzogen hat — in Deutschland …
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/r...
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/r...
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NEW: Roman Abramovich has one of the longest yachts in the world, complete with 24 guest cabins, swimming pools, helipads, and a disco hall
Turns out, the former Chelsea FC owner managed to evade millions in tax due in connection with the use of his yachts 👇
Turns out, the former Chelsea FC owner managed to evade millions in tax due in connection with the use of his yachts 👇
Roman Abramovich evaded millions in VAT with fake yacht hire scheme
Billionaire’s agents designed elaborate scheme to fool authorities – then wrote it all out in emails
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
NEW: Roman Abramovich has one of the longest yachts in the world, complete with 24 guest cabins, swimming pools, helipads, and a disco hall
Turns out, the former Chelsea FC owner managed to evade millions in tax due in connection with the use of his yachts 👇
Turns out, the former Chelsea FC owner managed to evade millions in tax due in connection with the use of his yachts 👇
NEW -- Roman Abramovich dodged millions in taxes via a sham yachts for hire scheme that his associates set up.
“We want to avoid paying VAT," one of his directors said plainly.
Excellent work by @simonlock.bsky.social and @eleanorrose87.bsky.social
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
“We want to avoid paying VAT," one of his directors said plainly.
Excellent work by @simonlock.bsky.social and @eleanorrose87.bsky.social
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Roman Abramovich evaded millions in VAT with fake yacht hire scheme
Billionaire’s agents designed elaborate scheme to fool authorities – then wrote it all out in emails
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
NEW -- Roman Abramovich dodged millions in taxes via a sham yachts for hire scheme that his associates set up.
“We want to avoid paying VAT," one of his directors said plainly.
Excellent work by @simonlock.bsky.social and @eleanorrose87.bsky.social
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
“We want to avoid paying VAT," one of his directors said plainly.
Excellent work by @simonlock.bsky.social and @eleanorrose87.bsky.social
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Massive story. JPMorgan is violating capital rules designed to prevent another financial crisis, @josephinemoulds.bsky.social reports.
@warren.senate.gov says “the Fed may be turning a blind eye as JPMorgan and other Wall Street banks cook their books"
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
@warren.senate.gov says “the Fed may be turning a blind eye as JPMorgan and other Wall Street banks cook their books"
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Elizabeth Warren criticises Federal Reserve over JPMorgan misreporting
Wall Street banks are misreporting their trading activity – risking a new financial crash and inflating executive pay
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Massive story. JPMorgan is violating capital rules designed to prevent another financial crisis, @josephinemoulds.bsky.social reports.
@warren.senate.gov says “the Fed may be turning a blind eye as JPMorgan and other Wall Street banks cook their books"
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
@warren.senate.gov says “the Fed may be turning a blind eye as JPMorgan and other Wall Street banks cook their books"
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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Thanks everyone who joined us for our briefing this morning on investigative journalism.
It was a fascinating discussion!
Thank you @ellenhalliday.bsky.social of @prospectmagazine.co.uk, @peterjukes.bsky.social of @bylinetimes.bsky.social and
@wildfranz.bsky.social of
@tbij.bsky.social
It was a fascinating discussion!
Thank you @ellenhalliday.bsky.social of @prospectmagazine.co.uk, @peterjukes.bsky.social of @bylinetimes.bsky.social and
@wildfranz.bsky.social of
@tbij.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Thanks everyone who joined us for our briefing this morning on investigative journalism.
It was a fascinating discussion!
Thank you @ellenhalliday.bsky.social of @prospectmagazine.co.uk, @peterjukes.bsky.social of @bylinetimes.bsky.social and
@wildfranz.bsky.social of
@tbij.bsky.social
It was a fascinating discussion!
Thank you @ellenhalliday.bsky.social of @prospectmagazine.co.uk, @peterjukes.bsky.social of @bylinetimes.bsky.social and
@wildfranz.bsky.social of
@tbij.bsky.social
The inside story of a pretty cool investigative project revealing the dastardly legal threats many in society are exposed to
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
How MPs revealed the stories being silenced by legal threats
Using parliamentary privilege to reveal what the powerful didn't want us to know
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The inside story of a pretty cool investigative project revealing the dastardly legal threats many in society are exposed to
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Good analysis from @robsoutar.bsky.social about what Trump means for climate
Donald Trump and his allies have been rallying against so-called “woke capitalism” – and the country’s top six banks have already withdrawn from a global net-zero group
So instead of talking up their green credentials, will banks now start to keep them quiet? 👇
So instead of talking up their green credentials, will banks now start to keep them quiet? 👇
What Trump’s second term means for sustainable finance
As the new president leads the charge against ‘woke capitalism’, will banks move from greenwashing to greenhushing?
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Good analysis from @robsoutar.bsky.social about what Trump means for climate
A really bizarre case where judges can't be named. I have no idea how this serves accountability and transparency in the justice system.
Three appeal judges will begin considering this morning whether reporters can name judges who heard proceedings between 2012 and 2019 involving the family of the murdered schoolgirl Sara Sharif.
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rozenberg.substack.com/p/sharif-hea...
Sharif hearing opens
Court of Appeal to decide whether judges can be named
rozenberg.substack.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A really bizarre case where judges can't be named. I have no idea how this serves accountability and transparency in the justice system.
We've pierced the 1.5C mark. Well done everyone.
Governments are rowing back on climate commitments, COP summits are hosted by self-interested petrostates and hijacked by oil and gas companies, banks are pumping billions into new fossil fuel projects, green investments being cut. Who's surprised?
Governments are rowing back on climate commitments, COP summits are hosted by self-interested petrostates and hijacked by oil and gas companies, banks are pumping billions into new fossil fuel projects, green investments being cut. Who's surprised?
January 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We've pierced the 1.5C mark. Well done everyone.
Governments are rowing back on climate commitments, COP summits are hosted by self-interested petrostates and hijacked by oil and gas companies, banks are pumping billions into new fossil fuel projects, green investments being cut. Who's surprised?
Governments are rowing back on climate commitments, COP summits are hosted by self-interested petrostates and hijacked by oil and gas companies, banks are pumping billions into new fossil fuel projects, green investments being cut. Who's surprised?
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Women battling recurrent UTIs told us they’ve tried everything to treat themselves, from surgery to self-administering meds via catheters
For Tamara, it became so unbearable she started taking antibiotics every time she had sex – a common trigger
For Tamara, it became so unbearable she started taking antibiotics every time she had sex – a common trigger
‘Nobody cares’: the women living with untreatable UTIs
Sweeping antibiotic use in the US means a once innocuous condition now leaves some suffering for years
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Women battling recurrent UTIs told us they’ve tried everything to treat themselves, from surgery to self-administering meds via catheters
For Tamara, it became so unbearable she started taking antibiotics every time she had sex – a common trigger
For Tamara, it became so unbearable she started taking antibiotics every time she had sex – a common trigger