Uncovered: listen to the new podcast from the JPI Media Investigations Team

A new investigative journalism podcast series from the JPI Media Investigations Team is launching today.

‘Uncovered’ will present original reporting from the team of investigative journalists across the UK, digging into the hidden stories waiting to be uncovered on our listeners’ doorsteps.

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The first episode, hosted by data and investigations editor Harriet Clugston and investigative reporter Ethan Shone, will delve into the team’s latest project ‘An Unbroken Chain: Modern Slavery in the UK’.

More than five years after the watershed 2015 Modern Slavery Act was passed by the UK parliament – and sister legislation in Scotland and Northern Ireland – the team has found evidence of an utter failure to hold the perpetrators of these horrendous crimes to account.

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The episode reveals the findings of exclusive freedom of information requests, data analysis and wider probes into the issue, featuring insights from Children’s Commissioner Anne Longfield, feminist campaigner Julie Bindel, director of the Human Trafficking Foundation Tamara Barnett, and CEO of Unseen UK Andrew Wallis.

As well as scrutinising the work of police and prosecutors, the episode also covers the sexual exploitation of trafficked women, abuse of children by county lines drug gangs during the Covid pandemic, and failures to screen detained migrants for signs of trafficking.

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Uncovered is a Laudable production produced by Morven McIntyre and can be found on all major podcasting platforms, including Spotify and Apple.

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Follow the JPI Media investigations team at @JPIMediaData and join the discussion around the show on Facebook or on Twitter with the hashtag #AnUnbrokenChain.