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Alessia Cerantola

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Editorial director at Investigate Europe. Former coordinating editor at OCCRP.

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Alessia Cerantola @alessia81.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Truth is up for election, and journalism is on the frontlines—can it still defend democracy in the age of AI and disinformation? Contributing for @investigate-eu.bsky.social at this event organised by the University of Bergen and Media Cluster Norway. www.uib.no/en/brussels-...
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Alessia Cerantola @alessia81.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
In Japan, a Journalist Takes a Stand by Striking Out on His Own www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/w...
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In Japan, a Journalist Takes a Stand by Striking Out on His Own
Makoto Watanabe quit a major newspaper after it retracted a scoop. Now he runs an investigative nonprofit that does not shy away from challenging authority.
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Lorenzo Buzzoni @lorenzobuzzoni.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
🎉 Deadly Prices is shortlisted for the 2025 @europeanpressprize.bsky.social! With @investigate-eu.bsky.social, we exposed secretive drug pricing and unequal access to life-saving medicines across Europe. Congrats to all the finalists — see you in Bari! 🇮🇹
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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 10/04/2025
👏 We’re in Perugia at @journalismfestival.com and are thrilled to share that our Deadly Prices investigation has been nominated for the @europeanpressprize.bsky.social! From 810 submissions, 25 projects were shortlisted. Winners will be announced on 28 May. bit.ly/4joI5iz
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Alessia Cerantola @alessia81.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Collaborative Journalism Is Our Only Future www.cjr.org/opinion/coll...
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Collaborative Journalism Is Our Only Future
A case from Forbidden Stories.
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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 21/03/2025
The industry's presence extends beyond club partnerships and is embedded at the competition level: - Most European leagues have a gambling partner for their competition this season. - Gambling firms or lotteries are title sponsors for almost half (14/31) of all leagues analysed. (4/5)
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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 21/03/2025
The investigation identified 105 companies and 140 brands involved. Many deals are with industry heavyweights Kindred, Kaizen and Entain and household names like Unibet, Betano, Betway and Bwin. Others are operators based offshore in places like Curaçao, or with little-known brands in Asia. (5/5)
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/03/2025
* 66% of clubs in 31 divisions have at least one betting deal * Clubs are ‘getting around’ bans on front-of-shirt sponsors The prevalence of gambling money in European football has been laid bare by new research that shows two-thirds of teams across 31 top divisions have at least one…
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Revealed: betting companies’ huge financial influence in European football
* 66% of clubs in 31 divisions have at least one betting deal * Clubs are ‘getting around’ bans on front-of-shirt sponsors The prevalence of gambling money in European football has been laid bare by new research that shows two-thirds of teams across 31 top divisions have at least one sponsorship deal with a betting firm. As the Premier League counts down to a ban on front-of-shirt sponsorship by gambling companies, due to come into force next year, data also shows clubs in European countries have found ways to get around such restrictions. Continue reading...
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Alessia Cerantola @alessia81.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Da un incontro casuale nella mia Bassano del Grappa con una donna americana adottata da uno dei fondatori della CIA, nasce un'inchiesta internazionale sulle adozioni degli anni '50 e '60 in Svizzera.Un podcast in 4 episodi per Tre Soldi,programma di #Radio3 #Rai. www.raiplaysound.it/playlist/lab...
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La bambina numero 12 | Playlist | Tre soldi | Rai Radio 3 | RaiPlay Sound
La bambina numero 12 - "La bambina numero 12" racconta l'incontro tra la giornalista Alessia Cerantola e Lisa Helmick, una donna americana, adottata in Svizzera negli anni Sessanta, che ha ritrovato l...
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Alessia Cerantola @alessia81.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Tech boss is Russian spymaster who has led cells across Europe ... and is now on the run www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03...
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Tech boss is Russian spymaster who has led cells across Europe ... and is now on the run
Jan Marsalek, embroiled in a world of private armies, secret documents and surveillance, is now one of Interpol’s most wanted men
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International Press Institute (IPI) @globalfreemedia.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
🟣Alessia Cerantola @alessia81.bsky.social, award-winning investigative journalist & editorial director at @investigate-eu.bsky.social, reporting on corruption, cybercrime & corporate misconduct. As a former coordinating editor at @OCCRP.org, she led major investigations of the tobacco industry.
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Alessia Cerantola @alessia81.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
In Venezuela, catching a bus to catch the news. Via @unbiasthenews.bsky.social unbiasthenews.org/democracy-pl...
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In Venezuela, catching a bus to catch the news - Unbias The News
As the Maduro regime’s grip on the media tightened, a group of activists went offline to bring news directly to the people. Thanks to BusTV, many Venezeulans now access uncensored information – not th...
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Alessia Cerantola @alessia81.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
German conservatives prompt anger with questions about NGO funding medium.com/@kat.anders0...
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Zuckerberg’s New Meta: It’s Finally Time to Leave Social Media
Meta’s new announcement signals dangerous times ahead
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 03/03/2025
Tokyo has been decried as a "black hole" that sucks in people, industry and resources from the rest of Japan. Can the Ishiba government's plan to revitalize the rest of the country stave off depopulation?
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As the rest of Japan shrinks, Tokyo grows
Women and young people are leading a migratory wave that the government is struggling to halt.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 02/03/2025
The government has adopted a bill allowing it to investigate businesses and disclose, as needed, their names in cases of human rights abuses and other malicious activities related to the use of artificial intelligence.
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New bill lets government publicize names of firms who maliciously use AI
The bill doesn't include 'excessive regulations' that could impede technological innovation, the science and technology policy minister said.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/03/2025
How do we make Europe more secure? Here are five steps we need to take now
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How do we make Europe more secure? Here are five steps we need to take now
Europe can’t wait to react to Trump’s mood swings but must show we have the will and the wallet to take back control • Ukraine war live It’s exhausting and humiliating to have no control – watching every meeting in the Oval Office for a glimmer of…
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/03/2025
A federal judge in Washington on Saturday blocked the Trump administration from ousting the top official at a federal watchdog agency, finding that its efforts to do so were unlawful.
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Judge Rules Trump Can’t Fire Head of Federal Watchdog Agency Without Cause
A federal judge said that the president’s efforts to remove Hampton Dellinger, who leads the Office of Special Counsel, were unlawful.
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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 01/03/2025
Catch-up on our new investigation from last week… Investigate Europe reporters revealed how India has become a critical re-export hub for western-made aircraft parts to Russia. We tracked parts worth $50m from EU & US suppliers to a host of Indian intermediaries which then sent them on to 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.
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Brigitte Alfter @hackette7.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Let's meet and reflect and discuss our journalism in Europe! New series of practice oriented papers launched by @journalismarena.eu today with contributions from @hazelsheffield.bsky.social @alessia81.bsky.social More papers are lined up - stay tuned.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 18/02/2025
Over 10,000 foreign nationals, including 31 Japanese citizens, are thought to be held captive at the Myanmar-Thailand border by a transnational crime syndicate.
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Japanese nationals thought to be held captive at Myanmar-Thailand border
Foreign nationals from several countries have been held at the border and forced to participate in a variety of scams.
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Alessia Cerantola @alessia81.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The Online Ecosystem of the Japanese Far Right: Platforms, Actors, Organizations apjjf.org/online-ecosy...
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The Online Ecosystem of the Japanese Far Right: Platforms, Actors, Organizations - The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
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Alessia Cerantola @alessia81.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
As USAID retreats, China pounces www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Alessia Cerantola @alessia81.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Governo de António Costa foi um dos defensores das alterações ao Regulamento Europeu da Inteligência Artificial, dando mais força às polícias, revela o consórcio de jornalismo @investigate-eu.bsky.social @cnn.com cnnportugal.iol.pt/seguranca/po...
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Em nome da "segurança nacional". Polícia vai poder espiá-lo com recurso a Inteligência Artificial
Governo de António Costa foi um dos defensores das alterações ao Regulamento Europeu da Inteligência Artificial, dando mais força às polícias, revela o consórcio de jornalismo "Investigate Europe". Es...
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Alessia Cerantola @alessia81.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Documenting the unidentified graves of migrants in #Europe’s borderlands gijn.org/stories/docu...
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Documenting the Unidentified Graves of Migrants in Europe’s Borderlands
This investigation sought to answer key questions that no government could answer: What happens when someone goes missing at Europe’s borders? And how many burial sites are there across Europe?
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Alessia Cerantola @alessia81.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
China’s large and mysterious dam project is alarming neighbors and experts www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/w...
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Alessia Cerantola @alessia81.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it | Nesrine Malik
There is no way to rationalise the horrors inflicted on Gaza’s innocent children. Now is the time to mourn them fully, says columnist Nesrine Malik
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Alessia Cerantola @alessia81.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
How #fentanyl producers in Mexico are adapting to a challenging market insightcrime.org/investigatio...
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How Fentanyl Producers in Mexico Are Adapting to a Challenging Market
Fentanyl in Mexico is unlikely to be declining. On the contrary, the market may be maturing, as producers adapt to challenges.
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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 22/01/2025
Revealed: France, Greece & others lobbied to weaken European AI Act Governments secured loopholes in new law, enabling AI-powered surveillance in border zones and public spaces for 'national security', internal docs obtained by Investigate Europe reveal: www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/france...
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Alessia Cerantola @alessia81.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
United Front: China's 'magic weapon' caught in a spy controversy www.bbc.com/news/article...
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United Front Work: What does China's 'magic weapon' of influence do?
The UFWD is a decades-old - and increasingly controversial - arm of China's Communist Party. What does it do?
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 20/11/2024
Commentary: Since 3/11, nuclear has no longer been Japan's "dream energy." But is the country prepared to align its climate targets with the pragmatic challenges of this energy source? www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/202……
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Japan’s nuclear future: Caught between climate goals and reality
Japan is well short of hitting its nuclear power goals by 2030, with the challenging nature of reactor restarts likely impacting its emissions reduction targets.
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Alessia Cerantola @alessia81.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Cumin’s ability to elevate a dish is peppered — or should I really be saying “cumined” — throughout history. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/m...
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The One Spice I Could Never Give Up
Tiny, mighty cumin seeds bring their gentle strength to a sweet, savory winter slaw.
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