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The illicit trafficking of tobacco is a multibillion-dollar business today, fueling organized crime and corruption, robbing governments of needed tax money, and spurring addiction to a deadly product. Drawn by profits rivaling those of narcotics, smugglers move cigarettes by the billion, making tobacco the world's most widely smuggled legal substance. Go > 
Collateral Damage
Post-9/11 U.S. foreign policy and military aid and assistance had a huge impact in nations around the world — and at home. This award-winning project includes 20 articles from four continents.
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Divine Intervention, U.S. AIDS Policy Abroad
A year-long investigation of President Bush’s initiative to fight AIDS abroad finds that conservative ideology hinders its real benefits by insisting on abstinence-only programs over promoting condom use.
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Windfalls of War, U.S. Contractors in Afghanistan & Iraq
A comprehensive examination of companies that won contracts for work in Iraq and Afghanistan — and of their campaign contributions, led by General Electric and Vinnell Corporation (the former Northrup Grumman).
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6. Business of War
7. Latin America
8. Water Privatization
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is a collaboration of some of the world's top investigative reporters. Launched in 1997 as a project of the Center for Public Integrity, ICIJ globally extends the Center's style of watchdog journalism, working with 100 journalists in 50 countries to produce long-term, transnational investigations.
- Kenya
- Mutegi Njau, Kenya, is the investigative editor of The Nation newspaper in Nairobi, where he leads a team of five investigators.
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- Mutegi Njau, Kenya, is the investigative editor of The Nation newspaper in Nairobi, where he leads a team of five investigators.
- Mexico
- Carlos Marín, Mexico, is editorial director of Milenio, a new independent newspaper based in Mexico City.
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- Carlos Marín, Mexico, is editorial director of Milenio, a new independent newspaper based in Mexico City.
- Pakistan
- Ahmed Rashid, Pakistan, is the Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review and The Daily Telegraph of London.
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- Ahmed Rashid, Pakistan, is the Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review and The Daily Telegraph of London.
- Thailand
- Prangtip Daorueng, Thailand, is a journalist based in Bangkok, Thailand and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Prangtip Daorueng, Thailand, is a journalist based in Bangkok, Thailand and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Germany
- Hans Leyendecker, Germany, has been a political editor and columnist at the Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung since 1997.
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- Hans Leyendecker, Germany, has been a political editor and columnist at the Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung since 1997.
- Ireland
- Sam Smyth, Ireland, is an investigative reporter and columnist for the Irish Independent and Sunday Tribune newspapers.
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- Sam Smyth, Ireland, is an investigative reporter and columnist for the Irish Independent and Sunday Tribune newspapers.
- United States/Colombia
- Gerardo Reyes, United States/Colombia, is the Miami-based Latin America correspondent and columnist for El Nuevo Herald, the Spanish-language sister publication of The Miami Herald.
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- Gerardo Reyes, United States/Colombia, is the Miami-based Latin America correspondent and columnist for El Nuevo Herald, the Spanish-language sister publication of The Miami Herald.
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