and/or fraudulent, and adds we are working with experts to audit our safety incident data so that it can be responsibly released this year. cnn has been requesting the number of alleged rapes reported to uber for more than a year. a cnn investigation of public records, lawsuits, and police files last year exposed more than 100 documented cases where drivers were accused of sexually assaulting or abusing passengers. sources continue to tell cnn the true number of reported rapes to uber is much higher. a second cnn report detailed thousands of convicted criminals, even sexual offenders and felons, were approved to drive for uber. we re putting safety at the heart of everything we do. reporter: the company has launched several changes aimed at improving safety. with just a single tap, let loved ones know you re on your way. reporter: but former uber employees cnn spoke with say it s not enough, and the problem
is much larger than uber is willing to publicly admit. uber s internal report completed in may, after cnn s expose, warns of the consequences should the full scope of the problem emerge. we know from the underreporting of incidents by cnn, the report concludes, the cost to the brand and reputation of uber by a single case can cost the company millions of dollars in lost revenue from riders who hold a lasting impression that we are unsafe and not worthy of their trust. the report was conducted to analyze workloads and stress levels of the 60 uber investigators and shows how the company struggled to handle the nearly 1,200 serious allegations of inappropriate or illegal conduct per week. one worker quoted in the report said the number of cases in a week is crazy. according to the document, the siu staff are mostly in their 20s and 30s, underpaid, overworked.
lawyer. things over the weekend that are making people do a double take. a while back he let it slip president trump had in fact paid off stormy daniels. and his campaign may have colluded with russia. just not the president himself. he spoke with the new york times. about business dealings with russians during the campaign. quote the trump tower discussions were quote going on from the day i announced the day i run. quoting trump saying during an interview with the new york times. that s what he told the times. a direct quote from the president. the same day he told cnn his client quote wasn t talking to people in russia about anything. he didn t talk to people in russia at all. that was yesterday. today he tried to walk it back. it s hard sorting through all this. what did he say today and how many different answers has he given about this in the last 36 hours?
misconduct is made against an uber driver, including claims of sexual assault, there s a special unit at the ride-sharing company expected to investigate each claim. we ve obtained an internal memo that raises a lot of concerns. our senior investigative correspondent drew griffin has been reporting on the dangers faced by uber passengers for more than a year. here s his new report. reporter: this internal report obtained exclusively by cnn says uber s siu or special investigations unit, manages nearly 1,200 cases per week. sources familiar with this unit say those cases include fights, serious traffic accidents, and deaths, but many of them involved sexual assaults, sexual misconduct, and rape by uber drivers. uber has responded to cnn saying the number in its own internal memo is not an accurate reflection of serious safety incidents that occur on the uber platform because it includes reports that, following investigation, are found to be unrelated to uber, withdrawn,