Under surveillance: local corruption and a journalist spied on in Serbia

Under surveillance: local corruption and a journalist spied on in Serbia Credit: Stefan Pavic Spied on, intimidated, and harassed: Serbian journalists began investigating suspicious public contracts in Dimitrovgrad, drawing the ire of the mayor. In 2024, one of them was taken to the police station and had their phone hacked. With Forbidden Stories, their silenced […]

Rwanda Classified

Rwanda Classified Français English Inside the repressive machinery of Paul Kagame’s regime Forbidden Stories and its partners examined the troubling circumstances of Rwandan journalist John Williams Ntwali’s death, and meanwhile pursued the investigation that put the journalist in authorities’ crosshairs.  The journalists of Rwanda Classified also looked into the hidden side of Kagame’s regime. From […]

Pegasus Project

Pegasus Project Français English A worldwide collaboration to counter a global crime An unprecedented leak of more than 50,000 phone numbers selected for surveillance by the customers of the israeli company NSO Group shows how this technology has been systematically abused for years. The Forbidden Stories consortium and Amnesty International had access to records of […]

Cartel Project

The Cartel Project Inside the Mexican drug cartels Since 2000, 119 journalists have been killed in Mexico, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, making the country the most dangerous place in the world for members of the press. This year, 60 journalists from 25 international media outlets came together to pursue the stories of their […]