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Hello and welcome back to Backlight! In this episode, we talk to our investigations editor May Bulman, and social affairs correspondent from The Independent, Holly Bancroft about the exciting impact of their investigation into the Afghan commandos left behind by the British government. It’s both a deep-dive into the investigation, and an inside look at the impact-driven strategy that compelled the...

In this episode, we’ll give you an overview of what you can expect from us this year as well as reflect on some highlights from Season 1. And here are the links to the episodes mentioned in this one: Europe’s Black Sites - May Bulman Unmasking Europe’s Shadow Armies - Nicole Vogele Suspicion Machines - Eva Constantaras -- Hosts: Beatriz Ramalho da Silva, Tessa Pang Sound Design: Spoovio - Audiovis...

Following the West’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan last August, thousands of people who served alongside European governments found themselves abandoned. At Lighthouse, a series of investigations uncovered how people working in roles linked to European governments, who were eligible for evacuation, are still living in fear under the Taliban. We verified the identities and documents of dozens...

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 .