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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (typically abbreviated to TBIJ or "the Bureau") is a nonprofit news organisation based in London. It was founded in 2010 ... BureauofInvestigativeJournalism FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Britishnonprofitnewsorganisation BureauofInvestigativeJournalismFoundedApril2010TypeNonprofitFocusInvestigativejournalismLocationLondon,UKKeypeopleRachelOldroyd,ManagingEditor,MeirionJones,InvestigationsEditor,MiriamWells,ImpactEditor,FrankieGoodway,ProductionEditor,MeganLucero,BureauLocalDirectorWebsitethebureauinvestigates.com TheBureauofInvestigativeJournalism(typicallyabbreviatedtoTBIJor"theBureau")isanonprofitnewsorganisationbasedinLondon.Itwasfoundedin2010topursue"publicinterest"investigations.[1]TheBureauworkswithpublishersandbroadcasterstomaximisetheimpactofitsinvestigations.[2]SinceitsfoundingithascollaboratedwithPanorama,Newsnight,andFileon4attheBBC,Channel4NewsandDispatches,aswellastheFinancialTimes,TheDailyTelegraph,andTheSundayTimes,amongothers.[3] TheBureauhascoveredawiderangeofstoriesandwonmanyawardsincludingforitscoverageofthedronewarsandinvestigationof"jointenterprise"murderconvictions.[4]ItsmanagingeditorisRachelOldroyd.[5] Contents 1History 2Notableinvestigations 2.1USraidonYakla,Yemen 2.2BellPottingeroperationsinIraq 2.3Deathsfromantibioticresistance 2.4Covertdronewar 2.5Binaryoptions 2.6Jointenterprise 2.7Europe'smissingmillions 2.8Lobbying'shiddeninfluence 2.9Deathsinpolicecustody 2.10Iraqwarlogs 2.11RussiaReport 3Criticism 4References 5Externallinks History[edit] TheBureauwasestablishedin2010byformerSundayTimesreporterElainePotter,whoworkedonexposingtheThalidomidescandal,andherhusbandDavidPotter,whofoundedsoftwarecompanyPsion.InitialfundingfortheprojectcamefromthePotters'charitablefoundation,whichcommitted£2million.[6]ElainecitesoneofherinspirationsbeingthecreationtwoyearspreviousofProPublica,anonprofitorganisationbasedinNewYorkwithasimilarremit,alsofundedphilanthropically.[7] AdditionalsupportcameintheformsofsubsidisedofficespacefromCityUniversity[8]aswellassoftwaretoolsandtrainingfromGoogle.[6] Intherun-uptolaunchStephenGreywasactingeditor[9]untiltheappointmentofIainOvertonasitsfirstpermanentmanagingeditor.[10] IanOvertonwassucceededbyformerSundayTimesInsighteditorChristopherHirdinDecember2012[11]andRachelOldroydbecameManagingEditorin2014.[5] Notableinvestigations[edit] USraidonYakla,Yemen[edit] OnJanuary29,2017,aUnitedStates-ledSpecialOperationsForcesoperationwascarriedoutinYaklaVillage,QifahDistrict,[12]intheAlBaydaprovinceincentralYemen.ItwasthefirstraidauthorizedbyPresidentDonaldTrump,[13]TheUSmilitaryinitiallydeniedtherewereanyciviliancasualties,butlaterdeclareditwasinvestigatingiftheyoccurred.[14]AninvestigationbytheBureauonthegroundfoundthat9childrenundertheageof13,withtheyoungestvictimathree-month-oldbabywerekilled.Besidetheninechildrenkilled,onepregnantwomanwasalsokilled.[15]TheBureau'sstorywaspickedupbytheGuardian,[16]Newsweek[17]andmanyothermediaoutlets. BellPottingeroperationsinIraq[edit] TheBureauworkingwiththeSundayTimesrevealedonOctober2,2016thatthePentagonpaidBritishPRfirmBellPottinger$540milliontocreatefaketerroristvideos,fakenewsarticlesforArabnewschannelsandpropagandavideos.[18][19] AninvestigationbyAbigailFieldingSmithandCroftonBlackrevealedthedetailsofthemultimillion-poundoperation.BellPottingerwaspaidbytheUSDepartmentofDefence(DoD)forfivecontractsfromMay2007toDecember2011,accordingtoTheTimesandtheBureau.[20][21] LordBellconfirmedBellPottingerreportedtothePentagon,theCIAandtheU.S.NationalSecurityCouncilonitsworkinIraq.[citationneeded] Deathsfromantibioticresistance[edit] TheBureauisrunningacontinuinginvestigationintothethreatposedbyantibioticresistantbacteria.InDecember2016MadlenDaviesworkingwiththeSundayTelegraphrevealedthatsuperbugswerekillingatleasttwiceasmanypeopleasthegovernmentestimated.[22]InOctober2016,AndrewWasleyworkingwiththeGuardianrevealedthatporkcontaminatedwithMRSAwasbeingsoldatAsdaandSainsburys.[23] Covertdronewar[edit] TheBureaumonitorsdronestrikecasualtiesinPakistan,YemenandSomalia.InYemenandSomalia,thesefiguresalsoincludevictimsofdronestrikes,airstrikes,missileattacksandgroundoperations.Unlikeotherorganisationsthattracksuchdeaths,theBureaufocusesonidentifyingnon-militantdeaths,includingchildren.[24]Thedatafromthisresearchispublishedonline.[25]JackSerlewasoneofthreeBureaureporterswhowontheMarthaGellhornPrizeforJournalismin2013for"theirresearchintoBarackObama’sdronewarsandtheirconsequencesforcivilians".[26] Binaryoptions[edit] Aseriesofarticlesin2016writtenbyMelanieNewmanexposedthe"realwolvesofWallStreet"involvedinbinaryoptionsfraud.AccordingtotheNationalFraudIntelligenceBureau'sheadofcrime,DetectiveChiefInspectorAndyFyfe,thisisthebiggestfraudbeingperpetratedagainstBritishtargetstodaywithpolicereceivinganaverageoftworeportsofbinarytradingfraudaday,withtheaverageinvestorlosing£16,000.Fyfedescribedthisas"justthetipoftheiceberg"becausemostofthefraudsarenotreportedtothepolicebecausethefraudstersareusuallylocatedabroad.[27][28] Jointenterprise[edit] InFebruary2016,theUKSupremeCourtruledthatthelawon"jointenterprise"inmurdercases,whichallowsforseveralpeopletobechargedwiththesameoffenceeventhoughtheymayhaveplayedverydifferentrolesinthecrime,hadbeenwronglyinterpreted.[29]Thisfollowedalong-runningBureauinvestigationintojointenterprise.[30]TheBureaufoundthatblackBritishmenweremorethanthreetimesaslikelytobeservinglifesentencesasaresultofajointenterpriseconvictionthanthoseintheprisonpopulationoverall.[31]ThreeBureaureporters–MaeveMcClenaghan,MelanieMcFadyeanandRachelStevenson–wonthe2013–14BarCouncilLegalReportingAwardforthecoverage.[32] Europe'smissingmillions[edit] AninvestigationincollaborationwiththeFinancialTimesintohowtheEuropeanUnionstructuralfundswereused,andwhetherthepolicywasachievingwhatitsetouttodo.[33]Itfoundthatmillionsofeuroswerebeingsiphonedoffbyorganisedcrimesyndicates,andthatmoneywasbeingusedtosupportmultinationalcorporationsinsteadofsmallandmedium-sizedbusinesses,includinghelptofinanceaBritishAmericanTobaccocigarettefactory.[33] TheBureauco-producedanepisodeofFileon4withtheBBConthestory[34]whichreceivedtheUACESReportingEuropePrize.[35] Lobbying'shiddeninfluence[edit] PublicrelationsfirmBellPottingerwerethecentreofaBureaucovertfilmingoperationpublishedinTheIndependent.InthefootageseniorexecutivesclaimthattheycangetUKprimeministerDavidCamerontospeaktotheChinesepremieronbehalfofoneoftheirclientswithin24hours,andthattheyhaveateamwhich"sorts"negativeWikipediacoverage.[36] BellPottingersubsequentlyfiledacomplaintwiththePressComplaintsCommissionabouttheinvestigation,whichwasrejected.[37] Deathsinpolicecustody[edit] AninvestigationincollaborationwithTheIndependentfoundthatthenumberofpeoplewhohaddiedafterbeingforciblyrestrainedwhilstinpolicecustodywashigherthanofficialfiguresshowed.Thiswasduetotheexclusionofanyonewhohaddiedfollowingrestraintbuthadnotatthatpointbeenformallyarrested.[38]TheBureaualsoreportedtheirfindingswiththeBBCinanepisodeofFileon4.[39] ThestorywonanAmnestyInternationalMediaAward.[40] Iraqwarlogs[edit] TheIraqwarlogswere391,832classifiedUnitedStatesArmyfieldreportsleakedtoWikiLeaks,[41]whichsharedthemwithanumberofnewsorganisations,includingtheBureau,beforepublishingthemonlineintheirentirety.[42]TheBureauworkedwithAlJazeera[43]andChannel4[44]toanalysethedocumentswhichdetailtorture,summaryexecutions,andwarcrimescarriedoutbyUSforces.[45] TheBureau'sreportingreceivedanAmnestyInternationalMediaAward.[46] RussiaReport[edit] In2019,theBureauofInvestigativeJournalismstartedacrowdfundingexercisetoraisefundsforlegalactiontoforcetheBritishgovernmenttoreleasethe"RussiaReport"detailingtheIntelligenceandSecurityCommittee'sinvestigationintoRussianinterferenceinthe2016Brexitreferendum.[47] Criticism[edit] TheBureauwasseriouslycriticisedaftertheNewsnightMcAlpineaffairinNovember2012.BBCNewsnightbroadcastaninvestigationoftheNorthWaleschildabusescandal.ThereporterwasAngusSticklerwhohadbeensecondedtotheBBCbytheBureau.Stickler'sbroadcastreportincludedclaimsthataprominent,butunnamed,formerConservativepoliticianhadsexuallyabusedchildrenduringthe1970s.[48]UsersofTwitterandothersocialmediaimmediatelyidentifiedhimasLordMcAlpine.AfterTheGuardianreportedthatitwasmistakenidentity,LordMcAlpineissuedastrongdenial.[49]Theaccuserunreservedlyapologised,admittingthat,assoonashesawaphotographoftheindividual,herealisedhehadbeenmistaken.[50]BBCdirector-generalGeorgeEntwistleresignedlaterthatday.[48]TheBureau'sManagingEditorIanOvertonandAngusStickleralsoresigned. 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