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Investigations Editor at Investigate Europe.
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Investigate Europe
7 days ago
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.
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Scam Europe - How online financial fraud is taking Europeans for billions
Cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin. Forex. Bonds. Digital trading is everywhere, and with it are organised crime groups happy to take your money. With investment fraud booming across the continent and AI ratch...
https://www.investigate-europe.eu/themes/investigations/-scam-europe
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Investigate Europe
27 days ago
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.
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An 'open wound': Europe's trans community reckons with decades of sterilisation requirements
Thousands of trans people across Europe were pushed towards invasive surgery under national ‘sterility’ laws, exclusive Investigate Europe analysis reveals.
https://www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/an--open-wound-europes-trans-community-reckons-with-decades-sterilisation-requirements
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Investigate Europe
2 months ago
🏆 We are delighted to announce that Deadly Prices, our cross-border investigation into unequal access to medicines in Europe, is shortlisted for the
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Impact Award 2025! A big thank you to our 20+ media partners involved in the project, and to the award organisers for recognising our work!
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Ten investigations shortlisted for IJ4EU Impact Award 2025 - IJ4EU
Winners of the fifth annual IJ4EU awards for cross-border investigative journalism will be announced on September 26.
https://investigativejournalismforeu.net/ten-investigations-shortlisted-for-ij4eu-impact-award-2025/
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The European Defence Fund is intended to finance domestic innovation and the EU's future military systems. A new investigation by
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finds that millions in EDF money is benefiting an Israeli state defence company directly involved in the Gaza conflict...
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4 months ago
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A great team effort! Delighted that our investigation into unequal access to medicines is shortlisted for the European Press Prize!
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6 months ago
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Our new investigation reveals how gambling has infiltrated all corners of European football, with a majority of top-flight teams now partnered with betting companies. 66% of the 442 clubs in Europe's 31 premier leagues have struck deals this season and a third have a betting brand on their shirts:
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Revealed: how gambling embedded itself into European football
Almost 300 top-flight clubs have deals with betting firms this season, exposing the game’s financial dependence on the sector. A number of teams circumvent restrictions with ‘gateway’ sponsors as camp...
https://www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/revealed-how-gambling-betting-industry-sponsors-european-football
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Our new investigation out today reveals the unlicensed websites, offshore secrecy and regulatory void in Europe’s gambling industry. Here
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uncovers a network of blacklisted sites operating across Europe — one brand connected is an official partner of Seria A giant AC Milan:
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Soft2bet: dozens of blacklisted gambling sites connected to award-winning European firm
Investigate Europe can reveal a vast network of betting websites operating without necessary licences across Europe. Many attract millions of monthly visits, despite a string of lawsuits and fines.
https://www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/shady-bets-blacklisted-gambling-sites-connected-to-soft2bet-award-winning-european-firm
7 months ago
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After months of analysing customs data, aircraft parts, financials and opaque intermediaries, our
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investigation is out today, w/ media in 11 countries. We reveal how Boeing & Airbus are among over 100 western firms which exported parts to India that later reached Russia:
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Boeing and Airbus shipments passed on to Russia via India, despite sanctions
Indian intermediaries re-export aircraft parts worth millions from western firms to buyers in Russia, customs data up until last September shows.
https://www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/boeing-airbus-russia-sanctions-aircraft-parts-india-intermediaries
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Important story by Investigate Europe and partners yesterday. We revealed how govts secretly worked to water down Europe's 'historic' Artificial Intelligence Act, enabling the use of AI-powered surveillance in all public spaces for 'national security' reasons. Read on
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France spearheads member state campaign to dilute European AI regulation
Governments successfully lobby for freedom to surveil citizens in public spaces, target border areas with AI systems and exploit predictive policing algorithms, internal documents obtained by Investig...
https://www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/france-spearheads-member-state-campaign-dilute-european-artificial-intelligence-regulation
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