Backlight

On the night of 13 June, hundreds of men, women and children lost their lives when a boat trying to reach Europe capsized on Greek waters. A Lighthouse reports investigation revealed how Greek coast guards attempted to hide their role in the deadly shipwreck. A follow up investigation , uncovers how the smuggling network behind the wreck had close ties to powerful Libyan militia leader Khalifa Haf...

Europe’s biggest and most powerful farming lobby group, Copa-Cogeca, has dominated E.U. agricultural policy for decades. On the strength of its history and claim to represent all farmers, it has used its power in the past year to block crucial environmental reforms. This month we speak to food systems reporter, Thin Lei Win and editor Lionel Faull about the investigation, Europe’s Potemkin Lobby....

A network of confidential sources in the telecom industry and unprecedented access to a dataset of global titles - reveals the hidden operations of a surveillance mastermind. This month we speak to senior reporter, Crofton Black, who lead the Ghosts in the Network investigation. Crofton spoke about how he worked with a team of journalists to build an unprecedented profile of the Swiss surveillance...

This month on Backlight we are speaking to filmmaker and journalist Nicole Vögele , one of the reporters behind our Unmasking Europe’s Shadow Armies investigation and our latest story on Croatia’s Secret Whatsapp Group. Nicole spoke about how she gained access to border regions and helped coordinate a team of journalists to film harrowing footage of asylum seekers being brutally beaten. Read the i...

Unprecedented experiment on welfare surveillance algorithm reveals discrimination. This month we chat to Lighthouse investigations editor, Eva Constantaras. Read the investigation at lighthousereports.com

How refugees are being arbitrarily detained and tortured at secret facilities along EU borders before being illegally forced back across borders. This month we chat to Lighthouse investigations editor, May Bulman. Read the investigation at lighthousereports.nl

Every month we’ll be interviewing a lead contributor behind one of our investigations. This month we chat to Lighthouse investigative reporter Gabriel Geiger about The Algorithm Addiction .