Investigations
Investigations
Investigations are built on regulatory decisions, public registers and documents readers can verify themselves. Every claim traces to a named source, and subjects are given the chance to respond before publication.
Method and ownership · The JuicyFields case
Granskning
The German industry that made JuicyFields possible
A German circle of lawyers, consultants, fair organisers and trade media gave JuicyFields the credibility the fraud needed. None of them has been…
Granskning
JuicyFields and the media, part 2
He said no. They published anyway.
Deutsche Welle's Russian service described its own anonymous source by former occupation, city of service and a prison sentence served. The details…
Granskning
JuicyFields: the fraud that helped fund the war
On 15 June 2022 a wedding was held at a five-star hotel on the southern coast of Crimea. Four months earlier Russia had invaded Ukraine. Twenty-six…
Investigation
JuicyFields and the media, part 1
Ten leading questions and one direct one
The client set out the method in advance: ten leading questions and one direct one, and the answer was already known. What was commissioned in Cape…
Investigation
The sources that did not exist
A newspaper in Gaborone quoted three African industry bodies against Botswana's first licensed hemp producer. All three trace back to one man in…
Investigation
He sold bricks
In 2022 a US state regulator found that King Kong Organics and Edouard Joseph had sold unqualified securities and made untrue statements to…