True Crime Reports
True Crime Reports
Podcast Description
This is immersive true crime, done differently. True Crime Reports brings you crime stories from the global south and beyond; tales of corruption, power, and injustice that often haven’t reached headlines in the West.
Hosted by journalist Halla Mohieddeen, each week you’ll be taken to countries like Peru, South Africa, Syria, and Cambodia, hearing from eyewitnesses, journalists, and family members right at the heart of these stories.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores themes such as modern-day slavery, political assassinations, and cultural injustices, with episodes detailing harrowing stories like the enslavement of scam victims in Southeast Asia and the assassination of prominent Sikh leaders, emphasizing the socio-political context of these crimes.
This is immersive true crime, done differently. True Crime Reports brings you crime stories from the global south and beyond; tales of corruption, power, and injustice that often haven’t reached headlines in the West.
Hosted by journalist Halla Mohieddeen, each week you’ll be taken to countries like Peru, South Africa, Syria, and Cambodia, hearing from eyewitnesses, journalists, and family members right at the heart of these stories.
After her son was kidnapped in 1988, a mother spent 32 years looking for him. Never giving up, she put up over 100,000 flyers and travelled across the country. But little did she know, she wasn’t alone in this nightmare.
As many as 200,000 children go missing in China every year, a number that links back to the 1970s, the One Child Policy and a dangerous industry of child trafficking.
What’s happening to China’s children?
In this episode:
- Nikwi Hoogland, (@mynameislifang), Founder, Adoptiepedia
- Jingxian Wang, (@notts_jingxian), Child Trafficking Expert
Episode credits:
This episode was written and produced by Anna Staufenberg and hosted by Halla Mohieddeen.
Executive Producer: Ney Alvarez
Production Manager: Bronte Baskin
Senior Producers: Marthe van der Wolf
Post-Production Supervisor: Andrés Rivera
Assistant Producers: Leo Danczak and Catherine Nouhan
Fact-checking by Ruby Zaman and Catherine Nouhan
Audio editing by Alan Leer
Music composition by Tom Biddle
Lead of Engagement: Aya Elmileik
Engagement Producers: Adam Abou-Gad, Munera AlDosari, and Vienna Maglio
Al Jazeera’s Head of Audio: Ney Alvarez
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