Why Europe can’t stop Nestlé's false health claims
Health supplements are booming. Pills, powders, and gummies promise to make us fitter, stronger, and younger – and the industry is worth billions. But a Follow the Money investigation by Irene van den...
1 Okt 202517min
European companies are plundering Senegal’s seas
In Senegal, fishing is the backbone of the economy. But local fishermen’s nets are coming back empty. Journalists Hans Wetzels and Remy Käller discovered how European fishing companies are plundering ...
24 Sep 202518min
Meloni's €70 million migration fiasco
When Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ran her election campaign in 2022, she promised a bold solution to Italy’s migration challenges: building offshore migrant centres in Albania. The hubs shoul...
17 Sep 202524min
Von der Leyen’s secret texts with Pfizer
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Commission struck a multi-billion-euro deal with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer for vaccine doses. In preparations to the deal, Commission President U...
10 Sep 202524min
A billionaire’s hidden empire built on coal and post cards
You probably have never heard of him, but he’s one of Europe’s most influential billionaires: Daniel Křetínský, a Czech businessman who built his fortune on coal – all the while receiving hundreds of ...
3 Sep 202517min
How Europe’s largest party made an enemy out of NGOs
Europe’s most powerful political party has picked an unexpected enemy: NGOs. After it claimed Brussels was secretly bankrolling green lobbyists, journalists Lise Witteman and Hans Wetzels of Follow t...
26 Aug 202529min
Bottled lies: Europe’s wine industry is tainted by fraud
The bottle of wine on your dinner table might not be what it claims. Journalists Barnaby Eales and Dominique Mesmin took a deep dive into how fraudsters sold millions of litres of Spanish bulk wine, p...
19 Aug 202516min
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
