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26 Apr 2020

COVID-19: Premieres Lignes Launches Collaborative Platform With The GIJN

Luc Hermann and Edouard Perrin from Premières Lignes, along with BBC, PBS Frontline, RTS and CBC, were on the panel of the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) webinar launching a collaborative platform on COVID-19 investigations. How to Pitch Your Long-form Video COVID-19 Story to Major Broadcasters By Rowan Philp GIJN | April 21, 2020 Breaking news stories about the...

17 Sep 2017

Premieres Lignes Supports Elise Lucet And Laurent Richard: Azerbaidjan Sues Our Two Journalists To Export Censorship In France

VIDEO TEASER IN ENGLISH - Elise Lucet from France 2 and Laurent Richard from Premières Lignes are being sued by the country of Azerbaidjan for defamation in a French Court for describing the oil-rich state as a "dictatorship". This trial in France could set an important precedent for foreing governments exporting their censorship beyond their borders, to curb freedom of the press. See...

11 Apr 2017

Premieres Lignes With The ICIJ’s Panama Papers Investigation Wins Pulitzer Prize

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...

12 Dec 2016

LuxLeaks trial: Premières Lignes fully supports journalist Edouard Perrin and both whistleblowers

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...

11 Oct 2015

Edouard Perrin speaks at 9th Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Lillehammer, Norway (October, 8th-11th 2015)

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,...

10 Feb 2015

Premieres Lignes journalists were the first ones to interview #SwissLeaks whistleblower Hervé Falciani in 2013

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...

11 Jan 2015

Premières Lignes in shock after the terrorist attack against Charlie Hebdo

A major offense against freedom of speech. We fully express our solidarity and compassion to our colleagues from Charlie Hebdo whose team was slaughtered and to all the victims' families and relatives: Frédéric BOISSEAU Philippe BRAHAM Franck BRINSOLARO Jean CABUT, aka CABU Elsa CAYAT Stéphane CHARBONNIER, aka CHARB Yohan COHEN Yoav HATTAB Philippe HONORE Bernard MARIS Ahmed...

6 Nov 2014

#LuxLeaks
Major International Firms Using Luxembourg to Cut Secret Tax Deals

Edouard Perrin is the first journalist to work on the Luxembourg Leaks files

Paris, November 6, 2014 French tv journalist from Premières Lignes productions Edouard Perrin broadcast his first investigative program on the Luxembourg Leaks files in May 2012 on Cash Investigation - the Underhand Tactics Series - broadcasted on France 2, French national network. Premieres Lignes also collaborated with BBC Panorama programme. Perrin has been investigating tax...