A little thread on why independence matters in journalism. Together with @investigate-europe.eu, the Guardian has been investigating the dangerous illegal casinos trade. 🧵

Toxic Ground, our new investigation together with @watershed-i.bsky.social, is Europe’s largest-ever landfill mapping project, published with partners across the continent. www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/europe...

Argan has evolved from a traditional Berber oil produced by women-led collectives to a cosmetic & cooking elixir sold across the globe. Big companies dominate supply chains, leaving small collectives behind. Our article investigates the impact of this shift. www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/morocc...

Social media is full of so-called financial influencers promising quick wealth. Our new article details how "finfluencers” may profit from leading their audience to unregulated investment firms. Young people are particularly exposed while current safeguards do little to protect them.

Et de deux articles paru dans @lalibre.be sur nos enquêtes concernant un réseau serbe de fraudes à l'investissement et sur les lacunes et failles du DSA. 👇 www.lalibre.be/internationa...

For those who want to improve the European Commission's practices in terms of transparency, the position of head of the Document management & Access to document unit seems to be vacant within the SG :-) anyone @jeancomte.bsky.social or @alexfanta.bsky.social ? #transparency

Last year, online investment scams cost Europeans €4bn. With AI, deepfakes & fake trading platforms, fraudsters are evolving faster than regulators. We've teamed up with the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network and media across Europe to launch Scam Europe.

Great news! Our investigation Deadly Prices won the IJ4EU Impact Award! Eight months of work revealed Europe’s hidden medicine pricing and impact on patients. Congrats to all nominees & winners! Read it here: www.investigate-europe.eu/themes/inves... Thanks to the organisers @ecpmf.bsky.social

Revealed: at least 11,000 trans people were subjected to contested sterilisation requirements for legal gender recognition, Investigate Europe shows in the first cross-border estimate. These rules existed in several EU countries. Chances for reparations are minimal.

Hey hey! Our latest newsletter on EU transparency is out. We cover the Commission’s delays after ruling on #Pfizergate, the rather unknown opacity of the EU Court of Justice itself and an interview with the new Ombudsman @ftm.eu @euobserver.com @investigate-europe.eu www.linkedin.com/pulse/secrec...

‼️ Investigación | El Fondo Europeo de Defensa financia con millones a un fabricante de drones propiedad de Israel Konstantina Maltepioti, Maria Maggiore y Leila Minano en @investigate-europe.eu, consorcio del que forma parte infoLibre ow.ly/EX7c50W7wna

A European subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries is currently involved in 15 EU defence projects, including a multi-million euro drone development programme co-funded by European governments.

We are looking for a Managing Director to lead fundraising & oversee finances for our growing cross-border journalism team. The position is fully remote with some in-person meetings. If you have excellent leadership skills & strong fundraising experience, we want to hear from you! Apply by 16 June!

Petit article à lire dans @contexte.com sur l’art subtil et tendance au sein de la Commission européenne, consistant à externaliser toujours plus ses tâches dans le domaine de la santé, non sans poser certaines interrogations. www.contexte.com/fr/article/s...

Hey hey hey, our latest #SecrecyTracker is out! With @ftm.eu and @euobserver.com, we shed light on EU Commission's obscruction of access to docs, EP opaque handling of harassment cases & Malta's favorable treatment of the gambling industry. More here => www.linkedin.com/pulse/journo...

Judgement day in the Pfizergate case over Ursula von der Leyen’s text messages with the CEO of Pfizer! The General Court of the EU has scheduled its ruling in @matinastevis.bsky.social v Commission for 14 May at 9.30. 🍿🍿🍿

👏 We’re in Perugia at @journalismfestival.com and are thrilled to share that our Deadly Prices investigation has been nominated for the @europeanpressprize.bsky.social! From 810 submissions, 25 projects were shortlisted. Winners will be announced on 28 May. bit.ly/4joI5iz

Our new investigation out today reveals the unlicensed websites, offshore secrecy and regulatory void in Europe’s gambling industry. Here @maxencepeigne.bsky.social uncovers a network of blacklisted sites operating across Europe — one brand connected is an official partner of Seria A giant AC Milan:

Malta-based betting firms such as Pokerstars, Paddy Power and Betsson are being shielded from scores of legal claims made against them thanks to a little-known law. Under Bill 55, Malta's courts can “refuse recognition and, or enforcement” of rulings issued abroad. Lawyers claim it breaches EU law:

Soft2bet: dozens of blacklisted sites connected to award-winning firm Investigate Europe can reveal a vast network of betting websites operating without necessary licences across Europe. Many attract millions of monthly visits, despite lawsuits and fines.

EU citizens lose out as Malta regulatory ‘sledgehammer’ protects gambling giants The world’s biggest betting firms are using a little-known Maltese law that nullifies court verdicts elsewhere in the EU to protect themselves from potentially having to pay out millions in legal claims:

Shady bets: how Europe’s gambling industry spun out of control Our new investigation, produced with media in 11 countries, unravels the spin of Europe's multibillion-euro betting industry. It exposes the void of EU regulation, unlicensed sites, offshore secrecy and a growing public health crisis:

🚨 Join: 6 March, lunchtime debate in #Brussels 👉 How to make @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu's law #enforcement more effective, to ensure @ec.europa.eu's role as Guardian of the Treaties and deliver compliance & #RuleOfLaw! cc @lauramercier.bsky.social @l-guillot.bsky.social @pascalhansens.bsky.social

Dozens of sanction regimes, hundreds of pages of regulations and guidelines, thousands of sanctioned entities and individuals, and DG Fisma has only 25 staff to design and monitor them (compared to 700-800 in the US). More here👇#Sanctions #EU #InvestigateEurope

The EU relies on punitive measures to project its will on the world stage. But when it comes to upholding sanctions law at home, enforcement is weak and monitoring is patchy.

Écoute recommandée. #Munich et après ? Prendre la mesure du retournement américain, par Le Collimateur d’ @alexjubelin.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2zW8...

Dernier travail sur le contournement des sanctions et le manque de suivi sur Arte Journal avec @artefr.bsky.social et la camarade @ellajoyner.bsky.social et @investigate-eu.bsky.social Pour en savoir plus => www.investigate-europe.eu/fr/posts/boe... www.arte.tv/fr/videos/12...

Members of the EU Parliament picked today their 5 favorite candidates (out of 8) to join the executive board of the future EU anti-money laundering authority www.mlex.com/mlex/financi...

Une enquête avec @cmatth.bsky.social @ellajoyner.bsky.social @pascalhansens.bsky.social @voytekciesla et chez Disclose, editing @arianelavrilleux.com @mathiasdestal.bsky.social et en video @penelopeblanchetete

Revealed: Boeing, Airbus shipments among aircraft parts worth millions passed on to Russia via India, despite sanctions Our new investigation, coordinated with media in 11 countries, traced hundreds of cargoes using customs data from western firms to Indian intermediaries and then Russian buyers.

Heads up! What information is Brussels keeping from us? @investigate-eu.bsky.social @euobserver.com and @ftm.eu have started a tracker, as the secrecy spins out of control. Today we published the second edition of this bi-monthly newsletter 👇 mailing.ftm.nl/index.php?ac...

‼️Investigación | La UE deja manos libres a la Policía para vigilar a los ciudadanos con inteligencia artificial Documentos obtenidos por @investigate-eu.bsky.social desvelan cómo fueron las negociaciones entre los Gobiernos de la UE para aprobar la Ley de Inteligencia Artificial ow.ly/gCqJ50UNlgL

Revealed: France, Greece & others lobbied to weaken European AI Act Governments secured loopholes in new law, enabling AI-powered surveillance in border zones and public spaces for 'national security', internal docs obtained by Investigate Europe reveal: www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/france...

Something you don’t often hear: supervision in the US being more complex and fragmented than in the EU (at least, the eurozone). The author compares banking supervision.

Using advanced new analysis with hospital data, online surveys, and obituaries, researchers from the @thelancet.bsky.social estimate 64,260 deaths (around 41% underreported) in Gaza from Oct 2023 to June 2024. #Israel #Gaza

Big up to our comrade Maxence Peigné, who brilliantly presented his investigation for @investigate-eu.bsky.social on Vertex negotiation strategy in yesterday @cashinvestigation.bsky.social

🔴 L’enquête de @julielotz.bsky.social "Pénuries de médicaments : les labos font-ils la loi ?" pour #CashInvestigation, présentée par @eliselucetenvrai.bsky.social, est disponible en replay sur france .tv : www.france.tv/france-2/cas...

We’re starting 2025 with renewed energy and a strong commitment to delivering impactful investigative journalism that crosses borders. But we can’t do it without your input! Take our quick survey and help shape our journalism: forms.gle/KBWhTcUoE5i2...

Hey nice, first gift of the year, the Council now automatically gives us all the references for the working party's documents #Transparency #FOI

User-uploaded images on Google Maps can be really useful for researchers but the filename of those images is not visible by default. We built a tool to help reveal that information which can add important contextual clues to any image: www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...

Petite plongée dans le passé à l’occasion des 50 ans du Conseil Européen. Comme Agence Europe y était, on ressort la couverture du sommet des 9&10 décembre 1974 à Paris. A l'agenda: - contribution 🇬🇧 au budget - Union économique & monétaire - création d'un fonds régional 👉 aeur.eu/f/EWE

Revealed: Rheinmetall’s secretive ammunition factory program The German defence firm supplies Ukraine and ‘friendly’ Nato govts. But it has a parallel business: selling factories worldwide. Clients include oppressive states and nations that supply Russia: www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/arming...

Teresa Anjinho has been elected European Ombudsman by the European Parliament with 344 votes in favour. Ms Anjinho will take office on 27 February 2025. www.ombudsman.europa.eu/news-documen...

UK universities are cutting ties with fossil fuel giants after years of campaigning by students and staff. According to People & Planet, over 75% of UK universities have pledged to divest, removing €21.4bn from oil & gas investments: www.euronews.com/green/2024/1...

A new study has found that the approval of new drugs in England has come at a heavy cost to the health of many others due to a loss of funding.

EU heads of states and governments are expected to call next week for the "urgent stepping up" of support to Ukraine, in particular deliveries of "air defence systems, ammunition and missiles", according to the first draft of the European Council conclusions

Aujourd'hui sur Reporterre.net : 🚜 Violemment arrêtés, des paysans dénoncent le « deux poids, deux mesures » entre syndicats agricoles 🌿 L’alliance improbable contre une ligne haute tension @pascalhansens.bsky.social 🇧🇪 Bruxelles rechigne à punir les États délinquants

The ‘Future is Europe’ mural is gone… 🥹

Also in English! www.ftm.eu/articles/eur...

Didier Reynders, until last Saturday the European Commissioner for Justice, is suspected of money laundering by the Belgian police. For about a decade, Reynders allegedly bought lottery tickets with dubious money to launder the profits back into his account. 👀