The corporate campaign to weaken Europe’s fight against forever chemicals
It’s in our food, wine and water: Rising levels of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) – a type of “forever chemical” linked to serious health problems – are causing alarm in Europe. Yet when Brussels revised ...
12 Aug 202524min
How a vulture capitalist quietly took over Europe’s festival scene
U.S. investment giant KKR has quietly bought up major European music festivals like Sónar and Sziget. Investigative journalists Henk Willem Smits, Salsabil Fayed, Nick de Jager, and Remy Koens have un...
5 Aug 202524min
The Western oil tankers that fund Putin's war
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Russia has generated over 900 billion euros from fossil fuel exports – funds that have helped sustain its military aggression. To circumvent Western sanctions on...
30 Jul 202521min
Inside the Huawei corruption scandal that rocked Brussels
The Huawei corruption scandal has cast a long shadow over Brussels. Several individuals have been charged over allegations that lobbyists for the Chinese tech giant bribed Members of the European Parl...
22 Jul 202529min
Shein’s toxic business model
Millions of people across Europe buy their clothes on the fast fashion app Shein. But the Chinese company’s aggressive tactics for recruiting users have attracted the attention of European regulators....
15 Jul 202535min
