Breaking News: President Trump is said to have fired Attorney General Pam Bondi as his frustration with her performance deepened. nyti.ms/4sPYIsM

The Dutch industry has enriched itself at the expense of temporary agency workers - many of them originating from fellow EU countries - against the principle of equal treatment as enshrined in EU law. Billions of euros are now at stake 👇 www.ftm.eu/articles/net...

Read the defense of EU lawmaker Fulvio Martusciello against his alleged involvement in #Huaweigate in full on @ftm.eu. With @alistairkeepe.bsky.social www.ftm.eu/articles/hua...

News! www.ftm.eu/articles/hua... @simonvandorpe.bsky.social

News on the Huawei corruption case! With @simonvandorpe.bsky.social

‼️ EU institutions are blocking several corruption investigations from the EPPO and Belgian prosecutors, using their reputation as an argument. An upcoming EU General Court judgement is expected to set an important legal precedent in this battle. Read more in @ftm.eu's latest newsletter ⤵️

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Deze Israëlische zakenman verdiende zo’n miljard met omkoping via Nederland. Van het OM mag hij 99,97% houden. www.ftm.nl/artikelen/is...

A year ago, the Huaweigate scandal rocked Brussels. But the prosecution of MEPs allegedly involved has hit a few roadblocks - including an embarrassing mistake by Belgian authorities: www.ftm.eu/newsletters/...

An alarming and telling admission by German chancellor Friedrich Merz, who seems to be going along with the Trump administration's open disregard of international law. www.euractiv.com/news/merz-ac...

Big corporations. Big influence. An EU law meant to hold corporations accountable for human rights and environmental abuses in their supply chains (CS3D) has been heavily stripped back after pressure from a secret U.S. lobbying group of 11 multinationals, including ExxonMobil and Honeywell.

🔥 The Belgian Competition Authority has opened an own-initiative investigation into Google's online advertising practices www.bma-abc.be/sites/defaul...

⚖️ In this week’s Crime & Corruption newsletter: - The European Parliament quietly rethinks its internal spending rules - Heated fallout from the latest Qatargate ruling - Raids over a €900m Brussels property deal, plus fresh charges in the Didier Reynders probe

𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 | 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀 He defended the rule of law as EU Justice Commissioner. Days after leaving office, Didier Reynders’ home was raided in a money-laundering probe. What happened? Journalist @simonvandorpe.bsky.social unpacks the story. ⚖️

🔥 In this morning's crime and corruption newsletter: some heated reactions following last week's judgement in the #Qatargate investigation: www.ftm.eu/articles/new...

This would make sense, especially considering the European Commission's increasingly outspoken political profile.

After years reporting on Europe’s dependence on Big Tech, we’re making a vital shift: phasing out U.S. tech and moving to European alternatives. With rising geopolitical tensions and risks tied to foreign cloud infrastructure, this is about protecting our journalism, security, and independence.

Shilling for Trump in Brussels: A document we obtained shows how Tony Blair and his institute lobbied behind closed doors for the EU to join Trump's "Board of Peace" and put €€€ behind US- and Israeli-led Gaza reconstruction efforts. Published with Democracy for Sale, ht @lighthousereports.com

Today in @ftm.eu's crime and corruption newsletter: ⚖️ One of the EU's largest contractors has challenged its exclusion from EU tenders in court. ⚖️ NATO's procurement agency has entered 2026 under the shadow of a new corruption investigation. ⚖️ Plenty of news updates www.ftm.eu/articles/new...

Honderden miljoenen aan EU-geld werden toevertrouwd aan IBF International Consulting. Nu wordt het adviesbureau verdacht van corruptie en witwassen. De Europese Commissie trok de stekker eruit, partners stappen op en de alarmbellen luiden. Maar hoe kon het zo ver komen? www.ftm.nl/artikelen/eu...

⚡ The European Commission has once again suspended IBF International Consulting from bidding on new EU tenders for two years due to alleged "grave professional misconduct." IBF has challenged the decision before the EU General Court. (1/3)

Follow the Money want to build a strong European edition that is read, trusted, and supported across Europe. JOB ALERT: As Growth & Partnerships Manager at @ftm.eu, you will strengthen the business foundations that sustain our European journalism.

Who needs corruption indices when you can just read who signed up for Trump's peace board 🤷‍♂️

Telegram’s battle with European regulators could force it to hire thousands of content moderators to tackle illegal content. Documents obtained by Follow the Money show how Telegram is trying to fend off tougher oversight from Brussels. www.ftm.eu/articles/tel...

⚖️ Our first Crime & Corruption newsletter of 2026 is anything but quiet. This week: Trump’s capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro puts Europe in a bind over the rule of law; AI dominates talks at the UN anti-corruption conference in Doha; and Europe watches as Marine Le Pen’s appeal trial begins.

🪫 Fancy becoming a battery expert in a few clicks? InnoEnergy used EU taxpayer money to boast claims it trained over 100,000 people. But FTM found flawed figures, counting certificates not people, including failed or incomplete courses, and even children playing an educational Minecraft game.

A key EU project meant to wean Europe off Russian gas has been derailed. So has the corruption probe into it, exposing failures in Bulgaria and at EU level. At the heart of the case are corruption allegations, a sudden death, a smear campaign against the prosecutor, and her suspension.

Power prefers silence. We don’t. Our members make our investigations possible. Reaching 50,000 by December means more video reporting, a new disinformation series, cross-border investigations, and 1,000 gifted memberships to keep journalism accessible. Support FTM today: www.ftm.eu/powertoaccou...

New: Google has been hit by a European Union investigation over fears it may have abused its dominance by using its own artificial intelligence tools to squeeze out competition: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

💣 Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons firm, is implicated in a widening NATO corruption scandal. The military alliance’s procurement agency (NSPA) has suspended the company from bidding on new contracts. www.ftm.eu/articles/isr...

💥 NEW: Israel’s largest defence company, Elbit Systems, has been suspended by NATO’s procurement agency amid a major corruption probe. Belgian police are looking for an Elbit consultant suspected of corruption and criminal organisation www.ftm.eu/articles/isr...

new: Mogherini resigns as College of Europe rector amid fraud probe www.euractiv.com/news/mogheri...

📣 Ritter also convincingly won the council vote (82 votes v 54 for second candidate) and will be the next European Chief Prosecutor

🔥 After a confident show in this morning's hearing, MEPs want Andrés Ritter, the EPPO's current deputy chief prosecutor to take over from Laura Kövesi. EU countries will soon announce their preferred candidate. If that is Ritter, too, it's settled www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

Former EU foreign chief and rector of the #collegeofeurope Federica Mogherini is in custody, reports @lechobe.bsky.social www.lecho.be/economie-pol...

👀 EU prosecutors are carrying out raids at the College of Europe in Bruges and the EEAS in Brussels as part of a probe into suspected fraud related to EU-funded training for junior diplomats. Three suspects were detained. www.eppo.europa.eu/en/media/new...

En Turquie, le journaliste Fatih Altaylion écope de 4 ans de prison pour avoir dénoncé le pouvoir autoritaire d'Erdogan ➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/dJ7

𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲. In our latest FTM EU podcast, Alexander Fanta and Simon Van Dorpe break down how Google built its dominance, why Brussels struggles to rein it in, and what a potential breakup battle could look like. 🎧Listen below:

🔥 NATO procurement chief Stacy Cummings came under fire twice this year from top officials within her agency. They accuse her of not tackling corruption, favouritism and undue interference. Today, @ftm.eu publishes the documents, with @lalettre.bsky.social and @lesoir.be www.ftm.eu/articles/nat...

Seven years ago, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia couldn’t visit Washington. When he arrived at the White House Tuesday, he got F-35s stealth fighters, the world’s fastest chips and the central role in the remaking of the Middle East.

⚖️📬 In our new Crime & Corruption newsletter: Denmark revives EU anti-corruption talks, charges against Manfred Weber are dropped, the world moves toward a UN tax treaty, Zelensky faces scrutiny over Ukraine’s energy sector, and an OnlyFans creator is jailed with a hefty tax bill.

More than half of possible fraud cases the European Court of Auditors (ECA) transfers to EPPO/OLAF for further investigation relates to cohesion policy, ECA member Stef Blok says

‼️ EU prosecutors dropped a probe into EPP chief Manfred Weber and two of his aides. They were investigating whether EU money was used to pay national party staff, but said today: "there are no reasonable grounds to believe that a criminal offence has been committed" www.ftm.eu/articles/eu-...

How five years were reduced to twenty days 🫠. Nicolas Sarkozy will be released from prison, French media report. Despite his own 2012 campaign promise that "No one should be released from their sentence before having served at least two-thirds of it." www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...

“𝗠𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗼-𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲.” Albania is closer than ever to joining the EU – yet it’s also one of Europe’s most thriving drug hubs – run by mafia networks. What’s happening? And why does Brussels keep turning a blind eye? 🔗 Read why it matters across Europe: www.ftm.eu/articles/alb...

🔥 Ex-EU justice chief Didier Reynders charged with money laundering. @ftm.eu SCOOP with @lesoir.be @standaard.be and Le Vif www.ftm.eu/articles/rey...

Congratulations to Petr Klement on his appointment as Director-General of OLAF, the European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social !   🇪🇺 I look forward to working together for the protection of EU taxpayers’ money and strengthening the fight against fraud. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

How Google won friends and influenced people - while slowly gobbling up a quarter of all ad revenue on the internet. Here's my look at two decades of Google’s ruthless tactics to secure its dominance. www.ftm.eu/articles/goo...

🎙️ A NATO corruption scandal rocked Europe – then the US quietly dropped charges against four suspects. In our new FTM podcast, Jesse Pinster and Simon Van Dorpe uncover why Washington backed off the crackdown. Listen to our latest episode here: www.ftm.eu/articles/pod...

Who FUNDS Europe's THOUGHTS ⚡ www.ftm.eu/articles/a-t...