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Secret internal documents reveal how Church officials protect priests accused of pedophilia by moving them from country to country, sometimes as far away as Africa. They call it ‘the geographical solution’. Even Pope Francis is implicated. When he was bishop of Buenos Aires, he tried to influence the Argentinean justice system in order to protect a convicted priest. From Cameroon to...

For the past 12 years, journalist Paul Moreira has travelled extensively in Iraq. In this personal film, he goes in search of the men he filmed back in 2003, at the very beginning of the American occupation. Through their stories, and by tracing the roots of ISIS to the arrival of Abu Mousab Al-Zarqawi and America’s handling of the resistance, he tells the story of how Iraq became such a...

How has the moderate and democratic Syrian revolution been taken over by Jihadists? Paul Moreira meets with a group of fighters from the Free Syrian Army, whom he previously filmed in 2011, to answer this question. This group of friends come from a region close to Edlib, and were rallied together by Jamal Maarouf, also featured in the documentary. They have all left the country. Now, they speak...

Benoit Bringer and Edouard Perrin (photo), Premieres Lignes investigative reporters, have been awarded the Pulitzer Price for their collaborative work on the Panama Papers investigation, along with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Columbia University announced on April 10, 2017 that the Panama Papers investigation has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory...

These children who fled the war live today in situations of extreme vulnerability and some have been exposed to serious human rights violations. Through this film, the filmmakers give rare testimonies about the war in Syria and exile....

This exclusive film reveals exactly why a coalition of 26 international powers, overseen by the United States, has yet to overthrow 30,000 Isis jihadists. By investigating the supply lines of firearms and weapons to ISIS, it sheds new light on the connections between Isis and Turkey. Journalist Laurent Richard also investigates the goings on behind the scenes of certain CIA-led clandestine...

Paris, December, 12th 2016 – TV press agency Premières Lignes fully supports journalist Edouard Perrin and both whistleblowers Antoine Deltour and Raphaël Halet who are being heard this Monday in the Luxleaks appeal trial. With this long and thorough financial investigation, aired as part of the Underhand Tactics series on France 2 in 2013, Edouard Perrin did nothing but his legitimate job...

Alice, Kenton, Bucky, and Rachna are the hidden victims of the chemical industry. They grew up in India or the US, in towns built around plastic and pesticide factories. Chemical giants Dow Chemical and Dupont not only finance local stadiums, schools and museums, but they have also been supporting the inhabitants of these towns for decades.  Offering an excellent wage and a comfortable...

Truth has a cost. Pressure, blackmail, loneliness, this investigation that looks like a psychological thriller reveals what it costs to expose an international scandal. This is the story of Raphael Halet along with another man, Antoine Deltour, an ordinary French citizen who leaked ultra confidential documents to investigative reporter Edouard Perrin. The International Consortium of Investigative...

In France, the agrifood industry reaps a dizzying profit of 170 billion euros per year. This sector is exceedingly powerful; strong in both its networks and influence. But how come ham is pink? Why do we believe that it is good for our children? Why are product labels beyond understanding? From Brittany to Denmark, through California and Wisconsin, film director Sandrine Rigaud conducts a...

An exclusive and chilling investigation into the origins of the Islamic terrorist group and its bloody rise, fuelled by army abuses. On April 14th 2014 over 250 schoolgirls were abducted by the Boko Haram group in Chibok in northern Nigeria. This outrageous act heralded the birth in international media of an Islamic sect which had been in existence for over ten years in the region. Soon after...

After Swissleak sand Luxleaks scandals, Premieres Lignes is an ICIJ partner in Panama Papers investigation. This is the biggest leak in history: 11.5 million files exposing the most secret world of offshore finance. Shell companies hiding the assets of political leaders, businessmen, celebrities, sports stars and even criminals. All resort to tax avoidance schemes depriving national treasuries...

Conceived by Paul Moreira, produced by Luc Hermann Premieres Lignes investigative journalists and France Television have launched a first video module to assist in developing skills to debunk conspiracy theories and combat the distain some young people have for news media. The work emerged from the newsroom's own experience with a conspiracy theory that ran rampant after the release of a...

There is a battle parents can not win even if they want to protect their children. A pollution that you can not see, that you can not feel but which the children are exposed to. Some dangerous particles, hidden in our food and in our water. Some invisible molecules in our furnitures or in the dust of our homes. Children can be exposed up to 128 chemical residues a day. Some of these products...

"A Look at Ukraine’s Dark Side" (read here) An interesting review of Paul Moreira’s film « Ukraine The Masks Of The Revolution », published in Consortium News, the investigative news magazine directed by the award winning investigative journalist Robert Parry who broke many of the Iran-Contra stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and Newsweek which led to to the Kerry Committee...

Amos Pictures in association with Premières Lignes for HBO, BBC and France 2 Watch the TRAILER In January 2015, the attacks that occurred in Paris against satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a kosher grocery store shook France and the whole world. A year on, with unprecedented access to the French authorities and previously unseen footage, director Dan Reed reveals the untold story of...

Premieres Lignes journalist Edouard Perrin is a speaker in "How to expose a tax haven?" session. On Friday, October, 9th 2015, in collaboration with ICIJ, Edouard Perrin will tell about ‪#‎LuxLeaks‬ investigation. Revelations on ‪#‎TaxHeavens‬ that shook the world.   More info on 9th Global Investigative Journalism Conference (October, 9th-11th 2015, Lillehammer,...

Death threats. Police protection. This is now part of Hervé Falciani's life. Former IT specialist at HSBC bank in Genova, he spoke his truth to Premieres Lignes journalists who were investigating tax evasion for the "Underhand tactics" series. Journalists Valentine Oberti and Wandrille Lanos met Hervé Falciani in Spain. They were given exclusive access to the "stolen" data from HSBC that...