His job was to protect NATO’s secrets but he ended up selling them to the Kremlin. This is the astonishing account of how Herman Simm, a former soviet militia officer, rose to become amongst the few safeguarding (...) +
You can bring a country to its knees using only the internet. Just ask the Estonians. In 2007, Russia paralysed Estonia’s banking system with just a few clicks after the statue of a Russian soldier was moved. In (...) +
Children in refugee camps are being abused by aid workers and peacekeepers. The victims, some as young as six, suffer this sexual exploitation in silence. We investigate why the widespread abuse in refugee camps (...) +
Music elates, touches the soul, and bypasses reason. Music is magic. But precisely this magic can turn it into an insidious weapon – for music and violence belong together. The brutal power of African war dances, the (...) +
Rare insight into the French foreign legion, a multi-national elite force which welcomes applicants from all over the world. On entry, candidates are given a new name and nationality and then undergo a fierce (...) +
A report from troubled Ingushetia - Chechnya’s smaller neighbour state. For years, war has raged between Islamic insurgents, and the Russian forces of order. People live in terror of suicide bombings and (...) +
We gain rare access to an industry often cloaked in secrecy. We meet the people involved and broach the moral dilemmas they face. Should they be able to sell weapons to any country? What about UN embargoes on (...) +
Did the French secret service help supply weapons to worn-torn former Yugoslavia, in defiance of the UN? How were the Croats able to arm themselves at a time when there was supposed to be an arms embargo?
When war (...) +