Data Sources

On Instagram and other social media, travel influencers, mostly paid by Saudi Arabia, sing the praises of the nation as an excellent holiday destination. They are part of a communication drive by the Saudis to show off the country as a modern and open country. But behind this carefully curated image is a dark reality: Saudi citizens are imprisoned when they speak their mind.

Massacres by right-wing extremists and jihadists are faithfully recreated in video games ... From TikTok to Roblox, how does propaganda glorifying extreme violence reach an audience of young gamers online?

They sell hacked profiles, provide fake comments and likes and boost fake news. Investigation into the social media fraudsters based in Vietnam.

Fentanyl is a highly addictive drug that is causing tens of thousands of deaths in the USA, the raw materials for which are produced in China. This episode of Data Sources delves into how China uses the threat of Fentanyl in diplomatic dealings with America.

How are extremist Israeli settlers taking over land on the West Bank? Data Sources reveals the extent to which illegal outposts contribute to harassing and ultimately driving out the Palestinians from their homes. A strategy supported by the Israeli government.

Every year, more than four hundred baby gorillas disappear from the forests of Central Africa. How is this poaching organised, and for whose benefit? Sources reveals the inner workings of a trade that is both highly lucrative and devastating for the endangered species.

Saudi Arabian citizens are languishing in prison, and some have even been sentenced to death. Their crime: they resisted expropriation of their homes for the Neom project, the city of the future built on a 170km line in the desert that is Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s pet project.

For nine months, Katia Kholodnikova has had no news of her twin brother, Andriy, a Ukrainian soldier who left to fight the Russian invasion in the early days of the war. Until she receives a text message from the enemy camp: "Have you buried your brother? The author claims to be a former Russian soldier and to be the last man to see Katia's brother alive, before killing him.

The Xinjiang region in China is the historical homeland of the Uighurs, a persecuted Muslim minority. Open data reveals how Chinese influencers are convincing people from across the country to colonise this province.

Indonesia is the second largest producer of plastic waste in the sea with the situation set to get worse. Environmental protection organisations collect and analyse plastic waste found on beaches, in mangrove forests and in rivers in order to shame the worst polluting companies.

It is banned in the European Union and yet Burmese teak is still imported. How is that possible? Data Sources goes on the trail of the illegal trade in teak from Myanmar.

Thanks to analysis of videos on Telegram, social media posts, and articles and statements from Russian authorities, this episode of Sources tracks how Ukrainian children were forcibly taken from their parents or orphanages. Taken to Russia under the guise of keeping them safe from the conflict, these children were supposed to be temporarily relocated. But instead they are indoctrinated, given foster families, and even offered for adoption. This action has led to charges against Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian Commissioner for Children's Rights, by the International Criminal Court.