Lindsey Kennedy

LONGREADS FEATURE: The Taliban are in dire need of foreign aid to fix their war-torn country, but their anti-female laws make them a pariah to the detriment of millions of Afghans. Reporting from across Kabul, Kandahar Province and southern Afghanistan.

REPORT: Despite promises by government to eradicate trafficking rings, people are still being sold in Cambodia and forced to run online scams

FEATURE: The purported ban on opium and ephedra devastates poor farmers, enriches the Taliban, and has done nothing to curb addiction. Feature reported from Kandahar and Kabul, Afghanistan.

REPORT: Coverage from Bosnia and Herzegovina on the recent General Election and how the country’s complicated past continues to shape present realities

PRINT MAGAZINE FEATURE: Laos’ Golden Triangle Economic Zone is home to the Kings Romans Casino, run by ex-triad boss Zhao Wei, and a number of prison-like call centres for online scams.

Feature in Sunday Print Edition on the scale of online scams and the sinister modern slavery compounds in Southeast Asia where many trafficking victims are held and forced to scam.

In-depth Feature: Special Economic Zones and self-governing statelets across the Mekong region have become conduits for human trafficking on a massive scale.

Contributor to major report on criminogenic casinos and illicit trade in environmental commodities in South East Asia. Produced for the NGO Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime.

REPORT: Hybrid UN-Cambodia court has been criticised for its slow pace and lack of convictions, but experts say it forced the country to confront the horrors of its past.

FEATURE, ANALYSIS, PHOTOJOURNALISM: With the United States off the scene, Russia is more appealing than China. Reporting from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

REPORT: The National League for Democracy struggles with its history of oppressing its would-be allies.

Expert Blog Post for the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime on the growth of online scam centres and human trafficking in Southeast Asian casinos.

REPORT: Investigation into the links between human trafficking, Cambodia's shady casino industry and the country's sudden surge of Covid-19 cases after nearly a year of success.

FEATURE: In-depth report on how drug dealers and human traffickers are upgrading their marketing and delivery services by mimicking the PR strategies of legal businesses.

REPORT: Amid economic crisis, sweeping new legislation on “public order” would stifle dissent—and effectively criminalize people for being poor.