We realised that satellite images of Israeli-controlled areas were much more pixelated than anywhere else in the world and that this was intentionally done to hide violations.
"This move makes it IMPOSSIBLE to find out where animals are located, their treatment and any violations, essentially giving carte blanche to anyone to hide animal violations, and violate animal welfare laws, among other things," the Beagle Freedom Project, a lab animal rescue group, said in a statement on Facebook.
But precisely because conflicts mean that there could be an interest in keeping them secret, we don't know how often conflicts of interest are hidden in violation of the formal journal policies.
Prosecutors say that he and others knowingly conspired to violate safety laws at Massey's mines and worked to hide those violations by giving advance warnings of surprise inspections by the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
Moreover, the suit charges, International Paper and other defendants sought to hide these violations from the public and government officials.
And even when inspectors are tough, factory managers find ways to trick them and hide serious violations, like child labor or locked exit doors.
For instance, in Japan, the nuclear power industry has a record of garden-variety cover-ups, ducking safety regulations, hiding safety violations and other problems.
A series of recent investigations into the causes of the accident have painted a picture of plant operators who hid safety violations, and compliant regulators who sought to save the operators money by ignoring warnings that the plant was vulnerable to tsunamis.
On the other hand, unknown components and references represent a silent problem that could hide serious violations.
Save the Scenic Santa Ritas, the southern Arizona coalition that filed the appeal, will present experts and evidence showing that Rosemont received their air pollution permit by manipulating scientific data to hide potential violations of state and federal air pollution standards.
