Investigating data across languages and borders

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Italian journalist based in Brooklyn

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Cross-border investigations, data analysis

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Digital rights, environment, migration

Marco Dalla Stella

English Stories

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Worldcrunch

A Gestlife Probe: What Lurks Behind Spain’s Shadowy Surrogacy Agency

The surrogacy agency Gestlife is registered in the U.S., but it operates from Barcelona. To do so, it uses a complex network of companies. One man is behind them all: a Spanish businessman and convicted pedophile.

Investigation
Stacker

Who's hiring on H-1B? Here are the US metros and companies with the most visa holders

I analyzed information from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to show where the H-1B program is being used and which companies are the primary sponsors.

Data Datawrapper Immigration
Stacker

As tariffs loom and global currency values fluctuate, goods from these top US trade partners may shift in price

I used Census data to explore how the price of top imports from the U.S.'s leading trade partners may shift due to tariffs and currency values.

Data Datawrapper Economy
Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism

Clean Slate: how felons are erasing compromising news online

Anonymous blogs got Google to remove press articles about businessmen, politicians, and swindlers by falsely alleging plagiarism.

Investigation API Python
MOT

MOT investigation finds suspicious details behind plastic waste company's big promises

A Finnish company claims to turn plastic into reusable oil in Thailand, but specialists question their methods.

Investigation
Mother Jones 2022

What Will Brazil Do With Illegally Trafficked American Garbage?

Investigation into illegal waste trafficking from US East Coast ports to Brazil.

Investigation Maritime tracking

Spanish Stories

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Italian Stories

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Data Projects

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