Buying drugs can be as easy as ordering a pair of shoes online. Exploiting legal loopholes, traders can sell substances – ...

Financial gatekeepers are on high alert. But are large financial institutions and criminals staying one step ahead? This month, we’re looking into a massive cross-border tax evasion network, ...

Dozens of passengers with apparent fake identities have been travelling to Africa on cargo ships loaded with military vehicles for the past two years, a joint investigation of FTM and media partners ...

At least 11 European countries have signed contracts at the national level with the controversial American technology company Palantir. In eight of these countries, the armed forces use the company’s ...

“Thugs.” “Bullshitters”. “Shit-Stirrers”. We’ve heard it all. The insults start when our investigations force powerful people to answer questions they thought they could avoid.

“American patients were effectively subsidising socialist healthcare systems, in Germany, in all parts of the European Union”, Donald Trump said last year. “They are going to have to pay more for ...

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This week, we celebrated five years of holding European power to account, marking the anniversary of our Brussels desk. Since 2021, we’ve reported on missing billions, exposed hidden dealings that ...

“Thugs.” “Bullshitters”. “Shit-Stirrers”. We’ve heard it all. The insults start when our investigations force powerful people to answer questions they thought they could avoid.