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The UK’s largest not-for-profit newsroom. Exposing injustice and sparking change 💪
A recent TBIJ investigation found that thousands of people who have won cases against their employers have not been paid what they are owed, even after the government intervened

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Thousands of rogue bosses get away with not paying tribunal awards
The government scheme ‘enforcing’ money owed to workers has been unsuccessful in a staggering three-quarters of cases
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:46 AM
In total, two of Madgwick’s businesses have been ordered to pay £4,386 to three former employees for breaching employment law
George Madgwick: Portsmouth councillor failed to pay tribunal awards
George Madgwick has multiple tribunal rulings against him for unpaid wages
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:46 AM
For our latest investigation, we dug into Sri Lanka's 'Facebook ads king'

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How racist AI Facebook posts made one Sri Lankan influencer rich
The content creator made his fortune from racist Facebook groups aimed at Brits; now he’s sharing his formula
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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‘A crisis of colossal scale’: the illegal gold rush tearing Ethiopia…
As gold prices skyrocket, Chinese and western companies are working side by side to exploit a region ravaged by civil war
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November 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Our reporters travelled across the country to some of Tigray’s most remote corners, conducting more than 200 interviews

But the stakes have been high: journalists investigating this subject have been detained and threatened with violence

📸 Claire Wilmot for TBIJ
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
For over a year, we’ve been investigating claims of illicit gold mining

Since the end of the civil war, shady foreign investors and local military figures have joined forces – while unregulated extraction ruins the land and poisons local populations

📸 Erberto Zani via Alamy
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
When approached by our reporter, Cornwall council described the ad for the contract as a “questionnaire”

Regulators intervened after the local authority was accused of normalising illegal placements – the contract has since been withdrawn
November 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
So why is it that major unions refuse to organise seasonal farm workers? 👇
Why major unions refuse to organise seasonal farm workers
Farm workers go on unofficial strikes as their temporary visas create barriers to union membership
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
But without any support from charities or unions, their efforts soon fizzled out

Some returned to Latin America, others ended up in London, homeless and with little money in their pockets…
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM