Robert Trafford

Robert Trafford is a UK-based investigative reporter and a researcher with London's Forensic Architecture. His freelance work has featured in The Times, The Telegraph and the Independent.

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A German Intelligence Agent Was at the Scene of a Neo-Nazi Murder. He Can’t Explain Why.

Robert Mackey, Robert Trafford

- Oct. 18

The star of Germany's leading art festival this year was not an artist but an intelligence agent. Did he lie about witnessing a neo-Nazi murder?

Cameroonian soldiers from the Rapid Intervention Brigade stand guard amidst dust kicked up by a helicopter in Kolofata, Cameroon, March 16, 2016. The brigade is known by its French acronym BIR. After watching its influence spread during a six-year campaign that has killed around 15,000 people according to the U.S. military, Nigeria has now united with its neighbours to stamp out Boko Haram. An 8,700-strong regional force of troops from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria is seeking to finish the job. Outside Nigeria, Cameroon has been hardest hit by Boko Haram, which now operates out of bases in the Mandara Mountains, Sambisa Forest and Lake Chad. REUTERS/Joe Penney SEARCH "KOLOFATA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES - RTSCZRU

Pentagon Denies Knowledge of Cameroon Base Abuses — Despite Being Aware of Reports of Torture

Nick Turse, Robert Trafford

- Jul. 31

The Pentagon gives an implausible denial that it knew of credible allegations of human rights abuses at a base where U.S. personnel are present.

Cameroonian Troops Tortured and Killed Prisoners at Base Used for U.S. Drone Surveillance

Robert Trafford, Nick Turse

- Jul. 20

A new report by Amnesty International and research by Forensic Architecture shows U.S. personnel were regularly near where detainees say torture occurred.

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A German Intelligence Agent Was at the Scene of a Neo-Nazi Murder. He Can’t Explain Why.

Pentagon Denies Knowledge of Cameroon Base Abuses — Despite Being Aware of Reports of Torture

Cameroonian Troops Tortured and Killed Prisoners at Base Used for U.S. Drone Surveillance