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Ross Whiteford

The Jackals and the Wolves: The Italian Mafia’s connection to people smuggling

As we know from reading the Ghost Boat story so far, desperate refugees attempting to cross the Mediterranean and escape their war torn…

Nov 16, 2015

Nov 16, 2015

Ross Whiteford

Ghost Boat: An eerily similar story from 2011

During my research on how ocean currents may have altered the course of the Ghost Boat, I stumbled upon a similar investigation into the…

Oct 24, 2015

Ghost Boat: An eerily similar story from 2011

Oct 24, 2015

Ross Whiteford

Ghost Boat: Could satellite phone signal log a vessel’s movements?

As we learned from Eric Reidy’s story on the grim and dangerous journey refugees make across the Mediterranean, the Jackals (criminals…

Oct 24, 2015

Oct 24, 2015

Ross Whiteford

Ghost Boat — 140 passengers kidnapped in Libya prior to departure.

While searching for information on the “Jackals” (human traffickers involved in transporting migrants to Europe) allegedly involved in the…

Oct 17, 2015

Oct 17, 2015

Ross Whiteford

Extreme weather events in Mediterranean mid-July 2014

In July 2014, the Adriatic, Ionian, and Aegean seas saw cold mid-level sea currents meet warm surface sea temperatures (24–26C). This…

Oct 17, 2015

Oct 17, 2015

Ross Whiteford

‘Ghost Boat’ — Excerpts from National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) reports for 2014

https://collateral.medium.com/ghost-boat/Broadcast_Warnings1.pdf

Oct 13, 2015

Oct 13, 2015

Ross Whiteford

Some interesting notes from an intelligence report published by Dryad — a maritime intelligence…

“Dryad has assessed the risk to vessels approaching Misurata as MODERATE, based on the previous threat from the HoR. It is still not clear…

Oct 11, 2015

Oct 11, 2015

Ross Whiteford

Ross Whiteford

Scottish-born, Toronto-based. Comfortable in work boots, wingtips, and beat-up old trainers. Enjoy adventures in longform, tech, and Gonzo journalism.

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