Triple Edge Resources

FBI operation dismantles a high-stakes gambling ring linked to the Russian mafia in New York — documents the US dimension of the Russian organised crime network.

Report on a suspected Russian mafia boss laundering millions through Spain — documents the Southern European dimension of Russian mob financial networks.

Reuters report on the death of a Russian mafia whistleblower in the UK — contemporaneous documentation of the pattern of suspicious deaths of Russian nationals in Britain.

OHCHR compilation of international standards on trafficking — covers definition, prevention, prosecution and victim protection frameworks.

The principal EU legislative instrument on trafficking — defines trafficking offences, establishes victim support obligations, and harmonises member state criminal law.

The primary European legal instrument against trafficking — establishes victim identification, protection and support obligations for member states.

Academic study of Open Society Foundations operations in post-Yugoslav countries — covers Soros’s network as a vehicle for democratic transition, examining both the genuine civil society dimension and the political economy of Western-funded NGOs.

Prospect investigation into the Salvini-Putin relationship — covers the Metropol Hotel Rosneft oil deal allegations and the structural alignment between Russian and Italian far-right political interests.

La Stampa investigation into how Putin’s friends conducted business and spied undisturbed in Italy — covers the oligarch-intelligence network operating in the Italian context.

Reuters Institute investigation into the spyware infiltration of two Italian journalists’ phones — documents the surveillance of Italian media covering oligarchs and intelligence.

ESI full investigation into the Azerbaijan lobbying operation — documents specific payments to PACE members and the suppression of human rights monitoring.

ESI investigation into Azerbaijan’s systematic bribery of Council of Europe members — how Baku used luxury gifts, cash and caviar to silence criticism of its human rights record in the Parliamentary Assembly.

FCO has provided over £25m to organisations targeting “disinformation” — many directed by former British and US foreign policy figures, focused on official enemies. Documents the state-adjacent infrastructure of Western counter-disinformation.

Media agency Zinc Network contracted by the UK government to recruit social media influencers across Europe for covert British propaganda — documents the UK’s own disinformation operations.

Declassified files reveal a covert British propaganda unit monitored and targeted John Pilger — documenting state suppression of journalism critical of UK foreign policy.

Magnitsky family accuses a Russian diplomat of lying directly to the European Parliament during the Magnitsky probe — documents Russian disinformation at institutional level.

EUObserver reports on European countries launching a coordinated investigation into the Magnitsky affair — documents the EU’s belated institutional response to Russian state corruption and murder.

Former Daily Telegraph chief political commentator’s account of systematic political lying by Johnson and Trump — documents the normalisation of dishonesty in Anglophone democratic politics.

Media Lens founders document how mainstream media systematically distorts coverage of war, climate and corporate power — relevant to the disinformation and media concentration clusters.

OSW policy analysis of the implications of Russia’s Ukraine invasion for European multilateralism and security — with focus on Belarus.

Peston’s post-Brexit account of how Britain reached the 2016 referendum — documents the political and media dynamics that made Leave possible.

Varoufakis traces the origins of the Eurozone crisis to post-war American economic hegemony — argues the EU’s architecture was designed to subordinate European economies to American financial interests.

Account of the DCMS Select Committee investigation into Facebook’s role in Brexit and the 2016 US election — documents regulatory failure in the face of platform power.

Pomerantsev traces Sefton Delmer’s WWII black propaganda operation as a model for countering contemporary Russian information warfare.