Forbidden Stories

If a journalist falls, others rise and collectively continue their work: that’s the simple principle behind Forbidden Stories.

It’s not just about solidarity. It is an imperative need to inform the public on subjects as pressing as they are dangerous to cover—such as environmental crimes, corruption, and human rights violations.

Our latest stories

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The Deportation Project

Flight to Ghana: Expelled From the US to a Country They’d Never Been to

For the past 30 years, Kuyateh – a native of Sierra Leone – had been living an ocean away, in the US...

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The Deportation Project

The Deportation Project Map

Between 2025 and August 2026, the Trump administration deported over 25,000 people to countries other...

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The Deportation Project

The office of Remigration: “America First” and its overseas negotiations

Since January 2025, the Trump administration has concluded deals with 35 countries to deport third country...

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The Deportation Project

“Let the whole world know” In Cameroon, investigating deportees from the United States can lead to detention

On Feb. 17, 2026, four Cameroonian journalists were detained in Yaoundé for entering a center secretly...

Our investigations

Human rights

The Deportation Project: Inside the Trump administration's secret deals to expel people worldwide

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Spyware Surveillance

Pegasus Project: Inside Morocco's spying machine

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Energy Extraction Human rights

Mozambique Exposed

Corruption Human rights

Afghan Voices : Silence or Exile

Disinformation Influence

Propaganda Machine: Inside the secret files revealing Russia's plan for global influence

Surveillance

Eyes Of Iran: breaking the Code of Iran’s Surveillance System

Environment Mining industry

Lords of Gold: the gangs’ grip on Peru’s mines

Corruption Disinformation

Island under pressure Behind Indonesia's geothermal strategy

Environment Mining industry

Toxic Gold: the heavy toll of Ghana's illegal gold rush

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Corruption Drug cartels

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Key figures

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Since its creation, 130 media outlets have collaborated with Forbidden Stories.’

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Three hundred journalists from 54 countries have participated in projects coordinated by Forbidden Stories since 2017.

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258 highly-threatened journalists are securely sharing their ongoing investigations with us. If they are ever assassinated or jailed, we will continue their work.

The SafeBox mechanism is used by journalists based in nearly forty-one countries.

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75% of journalists who secure their information with us have chosen to communicate about it to deter threats.

Safebox Network: A powerful deterrent

Haruna Salisu

Nigerian journalist and member of the SafeBox Network

“No matter what you do to try to silence me, you guys are wasting your time”

Tulani Ngwenya

Journalist based in South Africa and SafeBox member

“I joined the SafeBox Network to protect my investigations from being silenced and to ensure that, even under threat, the stories I uncover will live on”

Deo Montescarlos

Filipino journalist and member of the SafeBox Network

"I decided to join the SafeBox to provide me with a platform to secure my journalistic work, and a reliable collective that will protect it and pursue my stories when necessary"

Vanderlei Filho

Brazilian journalist and member of the SafeBox Network

"Three journalists have already been murdered in the region. The SafeBox Network is exactly what I need."

Betty Herlina

Indonesian journalist and member of the SafeBox Network

“No one publishes such stories, if I am not writing about it, who will? The SafeBox Network could maybe bring more safety”