India
A Growing Goliath in Shrimp
The True Price of a Cheap Appetizer
Journalism from the last untamed frontier.
Traffickers and dumpers, pirates and mercenaries, wreck thieves and repo men, vigilante conservationists and elusive poachers, shackled slaves and cast-adrift stowaways—home to gritty characters and urgent concerns, the high seas are a realm in dire need of investigative journalism.
Explore this lawless realm
Featured Investigations
India
China
The Superpower of Seafood
At sea and on land, the country dominates, but with what environmental and human cost?
Libya
The Invisible Wall
Tired of migrants arriving from Africa, the E.U. has created a shadow immigration system that captures them before they reach its shores.
The Saya de Malha Bank
Robbing A Bank When No One’s Looking
The most important place on earth that virtually no one has ever heard of.
To reach a younger and more international audience, we leverage non-news platforms, collaborating with artists to convert our reporting into other forms such as music, animation, mural art, stage performance, and podcasts.
The Outlaw Ocean Podcast
The Outlaw Ocean is a riveting anthology podcast that explores the most lawless place on earth — the vast unpoliceable ocean.
Dispatches From The Outlaw Ocean
This 10-part short film series chronicles a gritty cast of characters including traffickers and smugglers, pirates and mercenaries, shackled slaves and vigilante conservationists.
Mural Project
Muralists from around the globe have leveraged their talents to amplify the stories we report through imagery that is at once captivating and critical.
Music Project
Launched in 2020, this project is a global effort to collaborate with musicians for the purpose of disseminating our reporting to a younger and more diverse audience.