Independent reporter covering Current Affairs in South America over multimedia platforms

My first book, a true crime title, is out today in the UK and North America. The Cocaine Diaries: A Venezuelan Prison Nightmare is released in paperback edition in the UK (WH Smith, Waterstones, et al) , the US (Barnes and Noble, et al) and Canada. Authored by  me, Jeff Farrell, and Paul Keany, The Cocaine Diaries (Mainstream Publishing, a Random House imprint) recounts the story of Keany and his time  jailed in the notorious Los Teques prison in Venezuela from where he later escaped. Keany, 50, who was born in the UK to Irish parents, was arrested by police in Caracas trying to smuggle six kilos of cocaine to Europe in his… »

Seven former officers of Colombia's security services each face up to 20 years in prison for the aggravated ‘psychological torture’ and physical intimidation of journalist and NUJ honorary member Claudia Julieta Duque. Five of the officers are currently in detention and two are fugitives. The country's human rights prosecutor ordered the arrests after concluding that a group of former officials, members of the now disbanded DAS intelligence services, had been responsible for subjecting the award-winning journalist to years of illegal monitoring, surveillance, interception of emails, threats and harassment. It is the first time… »