This extraordinary story sounds like something from a prestige television series (which it may well end up becoming), with a genius programmer building a platform marketplace allowing buyers access to all sorts of illegal goods.
Behind the scenes on the different approaches to hostage negotiations undertaken by governments and private firms around the world.
A man bought a motel 30 or so years ago, installed a home engineered viewing platform above the rooms and set about snooping on his customers with gusto for the next 30 years. He did so with a pseudo-scientific agenda that led him to document what he saw in minute detail. The resulting document is an extraordinary, ghoulish blend – a detailed study of this man’s madness, the intimate lives of the people he spied on, and the changing nature of America over the last quarter of the 20th century. Simply the most extraordinary story, it will stay with you for some time.
An apparently routine murder investigation in the Philippines fans out into an investigation of a global criminal overlord, The Mastermind.
A very 21st century tale, involving oligarchs making, losing and hiding their fortunes, and the murder of an enemy of the Russian state, poisoned by a toxic flower in the heart of London.
An essay examining smuggling activities taking place along the China-North Korea border.
The murder of a young woman caused huge upset in a country where entire years sometimes pass without any taking place. This story traces the detective’s hunt for the killer, and the response from the community as a whole.
This story of how an inside man perpetrated a huge fraud on McDonald’s multi-million dollar Monopoly sweepstake is made for cinema. It in fact appears likely to make it to the big screen, as Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are reported to have started work on a film version.
A ride along with the men tasked with preventing cattle rustling – a crime on the rise again in the USA.
An article revisiting the death of Neil Heywood, the British fixer who died in a hotel room in Chongqing. The piece explores the complex political intrigue that surrounded his demise. The article is accompanied by a five part podcast (bit.ly/bbc-podcast).