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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 forces have arrested 18 people and searched locations across the world in a massive investigation into global scam networks – including one we exposed recently
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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
This year’s Cop30 is starting next week – it's an important opportunity for us to hold our governments accountable
But is it all just a talking shop or will it actually make a difference?
🚨 An MP has demanded HMRC release its official estimate of how much tax is being lost to offshore havens – information we discovered is currently being withheld by the authority
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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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Indonesia’s coal consumption has more than doubled over the past 10 years
It now ranks 8th in the world for planet-heating emissions
Indonesia committed to phasing out coal in 2022, with $20bn of help from wealthy nations and banks
But, since then, these very same big banks have also been funding companies driving the expansion of coal in the country
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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
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JBS is the world’s biggest meat company – it has sold diseased meat, been accused of workers’ rights abuses, been implicated in using child labour, and linked to deforestation in the Amazon
Now it’s expected to talk up sustainable farming at Cop30
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For our investigation into employment tribunals, we joined forces with others who wanted to see the system change
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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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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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Remember this story from last week?
Character.AI will ban all under-18s from talking to its chatbots next month after we revealed harmful and manipulative bots on the platform
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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