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Tomas Statius

@tomasstatius.bsky.social
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Journaliste @lhreports.bsky.social | Migrations, surveillance, nucléaire | Auteur “Les morts de la Deûle” et “Toxique”

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Jade Lindgaard @jadelindgaard.bsky.social · 20h
La Commission européenne et les États membres usent de manœuvres dilatoires pour ne pas rendre publics des indicateurs clés (eau, GES, électricité) des data centers. En cause: le secret des affaires. Enquête avec @lighthousereports.com et @tomasstatius.bsky.social www.mediapart.fr/journal/ecol...
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Data centers : les pouvoirs publics esquivent leurs obligations de transparence
Ni l’administration française ni la Commission européenne ne respectent leurs obligations d’information du public sur les impacts environnementaux et les consommations énergétiques des data centers. …
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 03/09/2026
Mayotte : les méthodes contestées de la police pour intercepter les migrants en mer
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Mayotte : les méthodes contestées de la police pour intercepter les migrants en mer
Un dossier judiciaire auquel « Le Monde » a eu accès illustre les pratiques parfois dangereuses des autorités. En 2019, un jeune migrant a perdu ses deux jambes, déchiquetées par les hélices d’un bateau lors d’une interception des forces de l’ordre.
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Tomas Statius @tomasstatius.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Révélation @lemonde.fr @lighthousereports.com : pour la première fois un cadre de la police aux frontières (son ancien directeur à Mayotte) reconnaît l’utilisation de tactiques agressives à Mayotte en mer pour arrêter les #kwassas www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 07/08/2026
Uranium co-occurs with ores in the DRC, a major source of global cobalt supply. Known methods to remove uranium before export are not widely adopted. A paper in Nature Communications finds that this supply chain likely has exported 2,000- 5,000 tons of unreported uranium. #econsky 🌎🧪
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Uranium in cobalt-hydroxide exports from the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Nature Communications
Uranium co-occurs with ores in the DRC, a major source of global cobalt supply. Known methods to remove uranium before export are not widely adopted. This paper finds that this supply chain likely has exported 2,000- 5,000 t of unreported uranium.
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Semafor @semafor.com · 04/08/2026
A mineral-rich region in DR Congo that was a major source of the uranium that helped produce US nuclear weapons during World War II has quietly been a source of uranium exports to China over the past two decades, a new investigation alleges. www.semafor.com/article/08/0...
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DR Congo secretly exporting uranium to China - report
Despite a prohibition on commercial uranium export from the Central African country, “significant quantities” have gone to China.
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Tomas Statius @tomasstatius.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Officiellement la RDC n’exporte pas d’uranium. Pourtant, après 2 ans d'enquête entre journalisme et recherche académique, nous dévoilons avec @financialtimes.com et @natureportfolio.nature.com, comment entre 2000 et 5000t de ce minerai ont été exportés vers la Chine🧵 www.ft.com/content/7781...
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DR Congo’s cobalt boom carries an unwanted cargo: uranium
Radioactive ores have become a proliferation risk in the land that supplied material for second world war atomic bombs
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Peter Aldhous @peteraldhous.com · 30/07/2026
🧵This @lighthousereports.com investigation of hidden exports of uranium from the DRC to China in cobalt supply chains, co-published with @data.ft.com, has been almost two years in the making. Very pleased to have helped out! www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio... www.ft.com/content/7781...
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DR Congo’s cobalt boom carries an unwanted cargo: uranium
Radioactive ores have become a proliferation risk in the land that supplied material for second world war atomic bombs
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Peter Andringa @peter.andringa.me · 30/07/2026
The DRC is the world's richest source of cobalt, critical for batteries. But its land contains another hidden mineral: Uranium. An investigation from FT and Lighthouse Reports finds the cobalt industry often ignores radioactive material in its exports — creating both health and proliferation risks.
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DR Congo’s cobalt boom carries an unwanted cargo: uranium
Radioactive ores have become a proliferation risk in the land that supplied material for second world war atomic bombs
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Sam Joiner @samjoiner.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
DR Congo’s cobalt exports carry a hidden cargo: uranium. New visual investigation with @lighthousereports.com reveals how uranium-laced cobalt could enter covert supply chains hidden from regulators — raising proliferation concerns among DRC officials and nuclear experts. as.ft.com/r/7aa59487-e...
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DR Congo’s cobalt boom carries an unwanted cargo: uranium
Radioactive ores have become a proliferation risk in the land that supplied material for second world war atomic bombs
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 09/05/2026
En Manche, un équipage de secours aux migrants accusé de comportements racistes
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En Manche, un équipage de secours aux migrants accusé de comportements racistes
A bord du « Ridens », navire affrété par l’Etat depuis 2023 dans le Pas-de-Calais, plusieurs marins ont fait l’objet d’un signalement. Le parquet enquête sur des injures racistes et une mise en danger des migrants.
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Tomas Statius @tomasstatius.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Insultes racistes, mauvais traitements, rationnement de la nourriture et tatouage néo-nazi. Dans la Manche, l'équipage d'un bateau censé assurer le sauvetage des migrants en mer fait l'objet d'une enquête pénale. Nos révélations @lighthousereports.com @lemonde.fr www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
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En Manche, un équipage de secours aux migrants accusé de comportements racistes
A bord du « Ridens », navire affrété par l’Etat depuis 2023 dans le Pas-de-Calais, plusieurs marins ont fait l’objet d’un signalement. Le parquet enquête sur des injures racistes et une mise en danger...
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Tomas Statius @tomasstatius.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Hier avec @lighthousereports.com @lemonde.fr @komune-media.bsky.social & @spiegel.de, on publiait les 1ères images d’une interception violente d’un kwassa au large de Mayotte par la PAF Longtemps les autorités ont nié que de telles pratiques existaient. Un fil 🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM4g...
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Caught on camera : French police cause capsize
YouTube video by Lighthouse Reports
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Pierre Januel @pjanuel.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Lors du dernier match du LOSC, les identitaires flamands ont posté un tifo nationaliste "Rijsel is Vlams" ("Lille est flamande" en flamand), mais en faisant une faute (Vlams au lieu de Vlaams)
Photo de la bannière avec la faute en flamand
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Tomas Statius @tomasstatius.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
À la suite de nos révélations sur les interceptions violentes de #kwassa au large de #Mayotte, le président de l'union des #Comores, Azali Assoumani, a demandé à la France "d'arrêter ces opérations" lors de l'assemblée générale de #ONU à New York la1ere.franceinfo.fr/mayotte/les-...
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Tomas Statius @tomasstatius.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Le ministère des affaires étrangères des Comores réagit à notre enquête sur les interceptions violentes de #kwassas à #Mayotte Il condamne une "atteinte grave aux obligations internationales de la France" et appelle à des sanctions "contre les auteurs de cette barbarie"
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
For years, the French government had maintained that intercepting boats at sea was illegal and dangerous. But in the Indian Ocean, they've been doing just that, costing dozens of lives. If these tactics were used in the Channel, it would risk hundreds of lives. www.thetimes.com/article/46f9...
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French police ‘illegally ram migrant boats in overseas territory’
France has said it can’t intervene in the Channel but police routinely use deadly tactics to stop boats reaching the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, an investigation found
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Tomas Statius @tomasstatius.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Pendant un an, avec @lemonde.fr @spiegel.de @thetimes.com @artefr.bsky.social, nous avons enquêté à Mayotte sur la manière dont la police arrête les #kwassas, ces petits bateaux qui tentent de rejoindre l’île Nous révélons l'utilisation de tactiques dont les conséquences peuvent être mortelles 🧵
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Lighthouse Reports @lighthousereports.com · 16/09/2025
REVEALED: French police have caused dozens of drownings by violently intercepting small boats trying to reach overseas territory Mayotte. Similar tactics are being proposed for the Channel, to try to stop people from reaching the UK.
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Apostolis Fotiadis @balkanizator.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
For years Frontex gathered data and automatically passed it unlawfully to Europol. With @stavinoha.bsky.social & @lolahierro.bsky.social we investigated how this dragnet scooped up thousands of people, migrants and EU activists. wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
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Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's personal data with Europol
Under the banner of fighting migrant smuggling, Frontex has collected, and unlawfully siphoned to Europol, personal data for years—quietly drawing thousands of migrants, as well as EU citizens aiding ...
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Antonella Napolitano @svaroschi.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
New by @oliviasolon.bsky.social ( @bloomberg.com) and @tomasstatius.bsky.social ( @lighthousereports.com): a EU border control system - with biometric info on 1.7 million people - has extremely serious cybersecurity issues. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... This is why these stories are important:
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Cybersecurity Flaws Plagued EU Border Control System, Audit Shows
An information-sharing system used by EU border forces to flag illegal immigrants and suspected criminals in real time was rife with software and security vulnerabilities, according to emails and conf...
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Olivia Solon @oliviasolon.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
An information-sharing system used by EU border forces to flag illegal immigrants and suspected criminals in real time was rife with software & security vulnerabilities, according to confidential documents seen by @bloomberg.com and @lighthousereports.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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EU Border Software Vulnerable to Hacks, Confidential Reports Warn
An information-sharing system used by EU border forces to flag illegal immigrants and suspected criminals in real time was rife with software and security vulnerabilities, according to emails and conf...
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Tomas Statius @tomasstatius.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Le fichier de contrôle aux frontières des pays de la zone Schengen (SIS) est truffé de failles de sécu qui le rendent vulnérables selon des docs obtenus par @bloomberg.com @lighthousereports.com Il contient les données biométriques de 1,7 millions de personnes www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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EU Border Software Vulnerable to Hacks, Confidential Reports Warn
An information-sharing system used by EU border forces to flag illegal immigrants and suspected criminals in real time was rife with software and security vulnerabilities, according to emails and conf...
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Tomas Statius @tomasstatius.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Pour discréditer #Toxique, notre enquête sur les essais nucléaires avec @sebphilippe.bsky.social, le CEA n'a pas lésiné sur les moyens. Sur @disclosengo.bsky.social @lemonde.fr @theguardian.com, nous révélons les coulisses d'un opé d'influence à près de 90 000 € www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
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Essais nucléaires en Polynésie française : quand le CEA finance un contre-récit sur les contaminations
Une commission d’enquête parlementaire cherche à comprendre si l’Etat a sous-estimé le nombre de victimes pour limiter les indemnisations. En 2022, le Commissariat à l’énergie atomique a déployé une c...
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Tomas Statius @tomasstatius.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Détail dramatique rapporté à l’AFP à propos du cyclone #Chido à #Mayotte : de nombreuses personnes sans papiers, peuplant les bidonvilles, n’auraient pas rejoints les abris ouverts par la préfecture de peur qu’il s’agisse d’une ruse pour les expulser
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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Over a year, we collected & analyzed data on drowning deaths along Texas' stretch of the US/Mexico border on the Rio Grande Yesterday our collaborative investigation went out on the front covers of @washingtonpost.com + @eluniversalmx.bsky.social @lhreports.bsky.social
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Tomas Statius @tomasstatius.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Entre 2017 et 2023, 1000+ personnes se sont noyées au Texas en essayant de rejoindre les #US depuis le Mexique @lhreports.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com & @eluniversalmx.bsky.social démontrent le lien entre ces morts et les tactiques agressives de la police www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...
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Border drownings rose as migrants rushed to cross and Texas clamped down
An investigation found more migrant drowning deaths than the U.S. or Mexico have reported. Many were in Eagle Pass, where Texas’ border crackdown is focused.
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Lighthouse Reports @lighthousereports.com · 09/12/2024
It’s 5yrs and waiting since the EU boasted that a €142mn “smart borders” system would see it biometrically track people in/out of the bloc. Atos, a French IT firm cosy with Brussels, was supposed to do the bulk of the job. Documents obtained by @lhreports.bsky.social @bloomberg.com reveal a fiasco
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Emmanuel Freudenthal @emmanfre.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
UK exports pesticides that it won't use at home. Nice investigation by @laurentgaberell.bsky.social for @publiceye.ch with @unearthednews.bsky.social. For more, check out the stories by @tomasstatius.bsky.social & co on the EU's pesticide problem www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
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Europe’s funding of EU-banned pesticides
Farmers in the Global South bear the brunt of European public investments on dangerous pesticides outlawed by the EU
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Max Ramsay @maxlucasramsay.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Worth your time this morning, from @oliviasolon.bsky.social & @tomasstatius.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Atos Consortium Fumbles Rollout of EU Biometric Border System
Financial and technical problems are fueling concern about whether the bloc can revamp its approach to borders
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Tomas Statius @tomasstatius.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
En #RDC, la parenthèse #Semlex est définitivement refermée L'entreprise, qui imprimait les passeports congolais depuis 2015, poursuivie pour corruption par la justice belge depuis 2017, a perdu son lucratif marché actualite.cd/2024/12/03/r...
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RDC: le gouvernement désigne l’entreprise Dermalog en remplacement de Semlex pour la production des passeports congolais
Après une longue période d'attente, la page Semlex est tournée. L’entreprise Dermalog va produire désormais les passeports en République Démocratique du Congo.
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Apostolis Fotiadis @balkanizator.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
The Entry-Exit System has been in the making for over 15 years, with a cost so far to the hundreds of millions. This massive scoop by @tomasstatius.bsky.social of @lhreports.bsky.social and Bloomberg prove that the project's benefit is until this day a big 0.
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Tomas Statius @tomasstatius.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
En 2019, l’UE a décidé d’investir 100+ millions d’euros dans un nouveau système biométrique de contrôle aux frontières, EES. 5 ans plus tard, le système ne fonctionne pas et son lancement a encore une fois été repoussé. La faute en grande partie à une entreprise : Atos 🧶
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Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I do a lot of FOIA and I’m used to stonewalling. But Sweden surprised me. After 3 years of telling me no, a high level official at Sweden’s welfare agency Försäkringskassan accidentally left me on cc, writing “Now we must hope that we are done with him.”
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May Bulman @maybulman.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
A good human-centred piece reminding us that the UK's strategy of constantly increasing security/surveillance/violence at the France/UK border is not reducing small boat crossings or discouraging people from making the journey, but IS leading to many more deaths www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
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‘We can live or die, but we are going to the UK’: the Calais refugees clinging desperately to a dream
Seventy-five people have died or gone missing trying to cross the Channel in small boats this year. What keeps them coming, despite the ever harsher attempts to deter them?
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Assma Maad @amaad.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Migrants disparus dans la Manche : des enquêtes négligées ? www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
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Migrants disparus dans la Manche : des enquêtes négligées ?
Dans un contexte de multiplication des naufrages de migrants, les associations critiquent une organisation opaque des investigations sur les morts et disparus en mer. Au sein de la gendarmerie maritim...
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Tomas Statius @tomasstatius.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Dimanche avec @gabriellehecht.bsky.social #NuclearStudies
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Tomas Statius @tomasstatius.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Honored to be speaking at the @outriderfdn.bsky.social nuclear summit in Washington DC with such great minds as @meckdevil.bsky.social and Victoria Samson (and many others). We'll talk about stories that should be told (and are not). Rest of the program is here : outrider.org/conference/2...
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Katerina Stavroula @katerinastv.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The Taliban has demolished over 1.5 million sqm in Kabul, displacing 1000s & hitting marginalised communities hardest. @lhreports.bsky.social new investigation w/Afghan Witness, Centre 4 Information Resilience,Zan Times,Etilaat Roz & @theguardian.com reveals www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
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Inside the Taliban's demolition campaign in Kabul
Mapping the Taliban’s demolitions: the darker side of their development drive
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Maud Jullien @maudjullien.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Daily life in Kinshasa's tallest residential tower, the "Presidential Galeries", built in the 1970s by Mobutu with luxurious marble floors and escalators. My film will be screened at the beautiful Dakar biennale on Nov 30.
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Tomas Statius @tomasstatius.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Money intended to be used to fight #BokoHaram was siphoned by Nigerian officials to buy property in the US, incl a mansion in DC. Impressive and necessary work by @pplaaf.bsky.social @johndellosso.bsky.social, published in @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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The mysterious Virginia mansion allegedly bought with stolen Nigerian money
Authorities say close friends of an alleged kleptocrat bought properties with cash meant to fight Boko Haram, underscoring how the U.S. has become a money-laundering haven.
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Lighthouse Reports @lighthousereports.com · 13/11/2024
Hello Bluesky friends! We'll be posting here more often going forward In the meantime, sharing a starter pack of current/former staff and contributors to Lighthouse Reports investigations. Will update as we go! go.bsky.app/J6a68Yg
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