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German prosecutors announced on Wednesday that they had dismantled three large fraud and money-laundering networks that they said had systematically abused online payment systems

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Police arrest 18 in anti-fraud operation linked to ‘quishing’ scam
Agencies across Europe and the UK raided dozens of addresses in a massive coordinated investigation
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November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
For the past few months, our environment team has been investigating some of the worst polluters and impacts of the climate crisis on communities

Join us on Thursday (November 13) at 6pm on Zoom to hear all the behind-the-scenes stories from the team
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A Freedom of Information request by TaxWatch, shared with us, revealed that in contrast to its previous claims, HMRC holds data needed to estimate the offshore tax gap

But it would not hand the information over ...
November 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The effects of Indonesia’s coal expansion are widely felt – with local communities reporting failed crops and rainwater running black with coal dust

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Big banks’ coal money is derailing Indonesia’s green plans
HSBC and Citigroup are among the banks backing a renewable plan – while helping fund coal expansion
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November 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Indonesia’s coal consumption has more than doubled over the past 10 years

It now ranks 8th in the world for planet-heating emissions
November 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Cattle ranching is a top cause of tropical forest loss

Those at the climate summit will get to hear plans for battling the climate crisis being outlined by the world’s biggest producer of beef

They’d be forgiven for taking it with a pinch of salt
JBS: The return of Brazil’s irrepressible mega-butchers
The world’s biggest meat company, has been linked to bribery, labour abuse and mass deforestation. So what’s it doing at the Cop climate talks?
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November 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Our reporting found bots that asked children to share secrets, gave step-by-step instructions for stopping antidepressants and offered tips on how to commit crimes

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Character.AI chatbots mimic Jeffrey Epstein and school shooters
The AI chatbot ‘playground’ is home to virtual paedophiles, extremists and fake doctors. Its popularity with teenagers is soaring
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October 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The Google-linked company confirmed to us that minors "will no longer be able to chat with Characters" after the new measures are brought in

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Character.AI to ban under-18s from talking to its chatbots after TBIJ…
Major safety measures announced by platform we found to be hosting bots based on school shooters and paedophiles
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October 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
BII is increasingly delivering UK climate finance, but these deals expose “a huge gap in transparency and accountability”, said Ryan Anderton, from campaign group Publish What you Fund

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UK climate aid is lining the pockets of billionaires
Company trusted with doling out government’s climate finance has invested it in luxury car makers and fossil fuel companies
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October 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The company arranging these ‘climate finance’ deals is British International Investment (BII), which is owned by UK taxpayers

But we discovered that some of these dubious deals boosted profits of huge corporations – while seemingly doing little to tackle the climate crisis
October 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM