A Dangerous Assignment

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FRONTLINE and the Venezuelan news outlet Armando.info investigate the figure at the heart of a corruption scandal spanning from Venezuela to the U.S.

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Investigative journalism in Venezuela

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‘It Would Have Been Easier To Look Away’: A Journalist’s Investigation Into Corruption in Maduro’s Venezuela

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This combination of images from body-camera videos shows police encounters with, top row from left, Jeffrey Melvin in Colorado in 2018, Johnathan Binkley in Tennessee in 2019; bottom row from left, Bradford Macomber in Mississippi in 2016 and Samuel Celestin in Florida in 2019. Police officers in hundreds of deadly encounters across the United States violated well-known law enforcement guidelines that prescribe the safest ways to restrain, subdue and arrest people, an Associated Press investigation has found.

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An investigation led by The Associated Press has found the practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police spread quietly over the last 15 years.

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April 26, 2024
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WATCH OSCAR WINNER '20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL'

Photographer Evgeniy Maloletka picks his way through the aftermath of a Russian attack in Mariupol, Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2022. Still from FRONTLINE PBS and AP’s feature film “20 Days in Mariupol.”

20 Days in Mariupol

November 21, 2023 // 1h 37m
Now an Academy Award & BAFTA Award winner. FRONTLINE and The Associated Press present an extraordinary account of the Russian siege of Mariupol, seen through the lens of the AP’s Mstyslav Chernov and two colleagues who documented the atrocities and their own escape.
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20 Days in Mariupol

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An explosion is seen in an apartment building after a Russian army tank fires in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 11, 2022. Still from FRONTLINE PBS and AP’s feature film “20 Days in Mariupol.”

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FRONTLINE investigates the roots of the criminal cases against former President Trump stemming from his 2020 election loss.
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