undercover

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The Hawaladar owner in Erbil denied offering to take money to help our undercover reporter travel to the UK on a false passport.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

In “The Testaments,” Lucy Halliday stars as Daisy, a new Pearl Girl who is really an undercover spy for Mayday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The lawsuit was the result of an undercover investigation into Meta’s platforms that created decoy profiles posing as children aged 14 years and younger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

A male undercover researcher also visited a mini-mart elsewhere in the West Midlands, where we were told vapes were being sold to children.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

That for some reason he had had to fake everything and go undercover.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore