Byline: Michael Haddon; 2008-11-25; journalism.co.uk;
Tags: Anas Aremeyaw Anas, posed as, undercover reporting
Article LinksWorking as a cleaner at a brothel to expose the prostitution of young girls, Anas was treated like one of the punters in a police raid he had helped to organise. "When they came to arrest everybody they assaulted me several times and I was happy about that, because it meant it was never leaked by the police hierarchy that I was undercover," Anas told attendees at a Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) event last night.
Description:Anas Aremeyaw Anas talks at the Centre for Investigative Journalism about his undercover reports — the "unorthodox" techniques he's used and the results they have produced.
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