A Tanker and a Maze of Companies: One Way Illicit Oil Reaches North Korea
We spent months reviewing ship-tracking data, corporate records and satellite imagery to look into the largest foreign tanker shipping oil to North Korea. It is called the Diamond 8 and it was flagged by the United Nations for at least three illicit deliveries to North Korea between 2019 and 2020. Our investigation uncovered a fourth trip in May 2020. We also untangled an elaborate web of companies around the ship.
The story of the Diamond 8 shows how one ship slipped through the cracks of a sweeping international sanctions program, and took advantage of both a lack of transparency in the shipping industry and a fractured international response.
Tracking the Suspect in the Fatal Kenosha Shootings
During the third night of protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, shootings left two people dead and another injured. Later, 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse was arrested and faces a charge of first-degree intentional homicide. The New York Times’s Visual Investigations unit analyzed hours of footage to track Mr. Rittenhouse’s movements in the moments leading up to, and during, the shootings.
Wearing a Mask? It May Come From China’s Controversial Labor Program
Our visual investigation reveals that several Chinese companies are using Uighur labor from a contentious government program to produce P.P.E. during the pandemic. We track some of that equipment to the U.S. and around the world.
Philadelphia Police Violated Their Own Guidelines, Here's How
On June 1, SWAT teams turned a protest march in Philadelphia into chaos. We went to the site, interviewed witnesses and analyzed dozens of videos to reconstruct what happened.
Hours after we published the video, officials in Philadelphia announced a moratorium on the use of tear gas in the city and apologized for their response to the protest.
How a Police Encounter Turned Fatal: The Killing of Rayshard Brooks
The Times analyzed witness videos, police footage and official documents to identify the critical moments — and missteps — that led to the killing of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta on June 12.
430,000 People Have Traveled From China to U.S. Since Coronavirus Surfaced
There were 1,300 direct flights to 17 cities before President Trump’s travel restrictions. Since then, nearly 40,000 Americans and other authorized travelers have made the trip, some this past week and many with spotty screening.
How China Is Reshaping the Coronavirus Narrative
We looked at China’s expansive propaganda system aimed at foreigners and analyzed thousands of English-language tweets from state media and diplomats. Here are the coronavirus messages China is projecting to the world.
China Is Censoring Coronavirus Stories. These Citizens Are Fighting Back.
Information about the coronavirus outbreak is not immune from Chinese censors. But more and more citizens are dodging censorship by creating a digital archive of deleted posts. They told us how.
A Secret Look Inside a Chinese Labor Program for Uighurs
China is relocating Uighurs and other Muslim minorities to urban areas as part of a contentious labor program. The Times obtained rare footage taken inside one.