Fetisov Journalism Awards 2024

Shortlist

Category: Outstanding Investigative Reporting

Alejandro Gómez Dugand, Alex Rufino, Andres Cardona, Barbara Fraser, Beatriz Jucá, Bram Ebus, Diane Sampaio, Emily Costa, Ivan Brehaut, Jaap van 't Kruis, Jeanneth Valdivieso, Jorge Benezra, Josefina Salomon, Joseph Poliszuk, Juan Torres, Juliana Rezende, Juliana Rezende, Laura Kurtzberg, Leandro Barbosa, Luiz Fernando Toledo, Luiza Toledo, María Ramírez Cabello, Mariana Rios, Mary Carmen Vieira, Mathias Felipe, Nicoll Fonseca, Pamela Huerta, Rafael Ch Duran, Ronna Rísquez, Rodrigo Pedroso, Sam Cowie, Silvana Vincenti, Sinar Alvarado, Stefano Wrobleski, Tatiana Escárraga, Wagner Almeida

(Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, UK, US, Mexico, Netherlands, Argentina)

Amazon Underworld.

Crime and corruption in the shadows of the world's largest rainforest

InfoAmazonia

August 23rd, 2023

The original publication is available via the following link: https://amazonunderworld.org/

Introduction: Welcome to the Amazon Underworld 

: https://infoamazonia.org/en/2023/08/03/welcome-to-the-amazon-underworld/

Dredges: Gold mining spurs crime & corruption on Brazil-Colombia border:

https://infoamazonia.org/en/2023/08/03/dredges-gold-mining-spurs-crime-corruption-on-brazil-colombia-border/

Armed groups threaten Indigenous lands in southern Venezuela:

https://infoamazonia.org/en/2023/08/06/armed-groups-threaten-indigenous-lands-in-southern-venezuela/

The poorest narcos in the drug-trafficking chain:

https://infoamazonia.org/en/2023/08/10/the-poorest-narcos-in-the-drug-trafficking-chain

Colombian drug runners turn to shamans for protection:

https://infoamazonia.org/en/2023/08/15/colombian-drug-runners-turn-to-shamans-for-protection

Brazilian drug gang takes root in Peruvian Amazon:

https://infoamazonia.org/en/2023/08/17/brazilian-drug-gang-takes-root-in-peruvian-amazon

Find more stories here: https://amazonunderworld.org/