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Episode Synopsis
A network of confidential sources in the telecom industry and unprecedented access to a dataset of global titles - reveals the hidden operations of a surveillance mastermind. This month we speak to senior reporter, Crofton Black, who lead the Ghosts in the Network investigation. Crofton spoke about how he worked with a team of journalists to build an unprecedented profile of the Swiss surveillance mastermind, Andreas Fink. The investigation reveals how Fink’s surveillance apparatus is put at the disposal of governments and companies around the world. Read the investigation at lighthousereports.com
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