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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 10/09/2026

As negotiations begin on the Horizon, debates over ethics, academic freedom and research partnerships continue across Europe. The investigation was produced alongside @reportersunited.gr and is published with EUobserver, @ftm.nl, il Fatto Quotidiano, Knack, Le Monde, Le Vif and Público.

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 10/09/2026

Internal documents, meeting minutes and parliamentary records reveal how VERA, the Association of Israeli University Heads, and partners are targeting academic boycotts. The investigation found that a Brussels law firm used by VERA engaged 27 universities across the continent over their boycotts.

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 10/09/2026

The 34 universities - in Spain, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands - received at least €15m in EU funding for the projects. Documents and interviews, meanwhile, reveal that European universities seeking to leave such consortia can face legal and funding risks, and exclusion from future partnerships.

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 10/09/2026

As negotiations begin on the Horizon, debates over ethics, academic freedom and research partnerships continue across Europe. The investigation was produced alongside @reportersunited.gr and is published with EUobserver, @ftm.nl, Il Fatto Quotidiano, Knack, Le Monde, Le Vif and Público.

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 10/09/2026

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 10/09/2026

In a second story from the investigation, we reveal how a network of legal, academic and Israeli state actors are working to curtail academic boycotts across European universities. Several universities in Spain seeking to suspend collaborations are facing lawsuits from a pro-Israel lobby group.

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 10/09/2026

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 15/07/2026

Revealed: Spanish company exports facial recognition tech banned in the EU Herta Security has supplied facial recognition technology deployed across India, exposing a European double standard on AI surveillance. In partnership with @pulitzercenter.org. www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/made-i...

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 09/07/2026

Leaked payment records indicate that two UK-regulated firms – My EU Pay and Unlimit – processed more than €600 million in transfers between shell companies operating blacklisted websites and entities connected to gambling group Soft2bet and its partners.

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 09/07/2026

Today we publish the second part of the Soft2bet Files. Investigate Europe’s latest reporting reveals how payment firms appear to have facilitated millions in transfers for a network of unlicensed gambling websites targeting players across Europe. www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/paymen...

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 08/07/2026

We analysed thousands of leaked payment records, internal company files and interviewed former employees and found more than €600 million flowing from offshore casinos to award-winning gambling group Soft2bet and its partners.

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 08/07/2026

Soft2bet Files: A year-long investigation by Investigate Europe and media partners in 15 countries has uncovered how a network of unlicensed gambling websites generated more than €600 million for Soft2bet and associated companies between 2020 and 2024. www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/soft2b...

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 30/06/2026

The investigation can be read in full on the Investigate Europe website. It is out today with our media partners across Europe including @euobserver.com, @ftm.eu, @lemonde.fr @publico.pt, @publico.es, @lesoir.be and @taz.de.

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 11/05/2026

Thousands of landfills across Europe sit in flood zones, near drinking water or protected areas. Join our webinar on 20 May at 16:00 CEST on Toxic Ground, our investigation mapping 60,000+ landfill sites and the risks they pose to communities. Register here: eu01web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 30/01/2026

Today, we’re excited to announce the CIJ–Investigate Europe Lyra McKee Fellowship, in partnership with @tcij.org. Fellows will work with Investigate Europe journalists on cross-border investigations in a flexible format. Apply by 6 April: tcij.org/news/cij-inv...

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 15/01/2026

Meet the team that will bring you real stories of significance from a changing Europe in 2026. Investigate Europe turns 10 this year and we remain steadfast to delivering in-depth investigations that give voices to the unheard and have a real impact. Read about work. www.investigate-europe.eu

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 02/12/2025

Our mapping shows thousands of landfills lie within flood-prone areas, conservation sites, drinking-water zones and along eroding coastlines. In the UK alone, an estimated 80% of the population lives within two kilometres of landfill sites.

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 02/12/2025

By compiling FOI data, government records and public sources, we located over 60,000 landfill and waste sites across Europe. Most were likely created before modern environmental regulations.

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 02/12/2025

Toxic Ground, our new investigation together with @watershed-i.bsky.social, is Europe’s largest-ever landfill mapping project, published with partners across the continent. www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/europe...

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 25/11/2025

Argan has evolved from a traditional Berber oil produced by women-led collectives to a cosmetic & cooking elixir sold across the globe. Big companies dominate supply chains, leaving small collectives behind. Our article investigates the impact of this shift. www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/morocc...

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 17/10/2025

After our investigation revealed years of oil leaks and rising illnesses in DR Congo, Perenco faces court in Paris. Investigate Europe & partners found 167 pollution incidents — including in protected areas — harming soil, water, and local communities. www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/perenc...

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 16/10/2025

These scams spread widely on social media, often disguised as paid ads on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. The EU’s Digital Services Act created “trusted flaggers” to help stop harmful content — but platforms like Meta are struggling to keep up with the speed and scale of AI fraud.

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 16/10/2025

“The rise has been dramatic,” says Andre Hvoslef-Eide, a prosecutor in Norway. “We’re seeing nearly 1,000 reports of digital financial crime each week — far more than we can realistically investigate.” Ireland lost €360M+ since 2021, Italy €147M in 2024, and Portugal opened 3,000+ crypto scam probes

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 15/10/2025

Part 2 of Scam Europe drops tomorrow! Over the past six months, Investigate Europe has teamed up with the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network to uncover networks, speak to victims & understand why AI-charged investment scams are sweeping the continent. www.investigate-europe.eu/themes/inves...

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 30/09/2025

Victims lost everything from small savings to over €1m, misled by fake ads, cloned websites, and “personal brokers”. This is just the start of Scam Europe — where we’ll reveal more suspect operations, analyse how countries respond, and bring forward the human stories behind the scams.

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 29/09/2025

Great news! Our investigation Deadly Prices won the IJ4EU Impact Award! Eight months of work revealed Europe’s hidden medicine pricing and impact on patients. Congrats to all nominees & winners! Read it here: www.investigate-europe.eu/themes/inves... Thanks to the organisers @ecpmf.bsky.social

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 17/07/2025

We’ve just published our 2024 Annual Report. It’s a look back at the investigations we led, the impact we made, and the stories that crossed borders. Thank you to our readers, donors, and partners for making it possible. Read it here: bit.ly/4kTsCrm

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 16/06/2025

Deadline today! We’re hiring a new Managing Director with strategic experience to help lead our cross-border newsroom. The role will focus on fundraising, financial oversight and external representation. Fully remote, salary range of €60–70k. 👀 Full job description: bit.ly/43IDPWi

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 05/06/2025

Since then, Google has received dozens of takedown requests aimed at removing these articles from search results, including some from impersonators. In some cases, counterfeit versions of our articles were posted online, then used to file copyright claims against the originals.

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 29/05/2025

We were in Bari for the europeanpressprize.bsky.social! Deadly Prices was a finalist for the Investigative Reporting Award — a recognition of our cross-border investigation into unequal access to medicines in Europe. Congrats to all winners and nominees! Read the investigation: bit.ly/3xEp61k

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 19/05/2025

🚨 Investigate Europe at #EIC2025! We’re at Dataharvest this week in Mechelen — talking about our latest investigations: AI, surveillance, sanctions, the arms industry & more. Catch us across panels & sessions — come say hi! dataharvest.eu

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 03/05/2025

📰 World Press Freedom Day highlights that journalists' safety and independence can’t be taken for granted — even in Europe, where threats like surveillance, harassment and state pressure are rising. Help us protect media freedom: www.investigate-europe.eu/donate

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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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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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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

One in three teams around Europe use a betting brand as their front-of-shirt sponsor: - Gambling logos are on all shirts in the Hungarian top flight, and over 70% in Greece, Portugal, Bulgaria and Romania - 11/20 Premier League teams do as well -- the most across Europe's top five leagues. (3/5)

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 21/03/2025

In a first Europe-wide analysis, we reveal the extent of the industry footprint's across 31 top-flight leagues in the EU and UK. - 296 of 442 teams have a betting partner this season - All clubs in the Premier League, Dutch Eredivisie and four other leagues have some form of betting deal. (2/5)

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 07/02/2025

Read the latest issue of Secrecy Tracker! The newsletter from Investigate Europe, @ftm.nl & @euobserver.com exposing how the EU institutions fail to fulfill their duty of transparency. This time, @hsc55.bsky.social reveals how secrecy erodes democratic accountability. bit.ly/4jQmLn0

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 03/02/2025

Governments lobbied to weaken the EU AI Act, allowing use of AI surveillance in public spaces and along borders. We exposed the loopholes, forcing officials to respond. Independent journalism keeps power in check. Support our work: ✊ bit.ly/4jF5ptn

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 27/01/2025

We’ll be live in ONE hour! Join the Journalism Value Project for a dynamic discussion on whistleblowing and public interest journalism with leading experts. Learn how whistleblowers and journalists are working together to expose corruption and demand accountability. eu01web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 23/01/2025

NGOs have long warned about the harms that could come from the act. “Ultimately, we are living in a climate where our governments are pushing for more and more resources, laws and technologies to facilitate the surveillance, control and punishment of everyday people,” Equinox’s Sarah Chander said.

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 23/01/2025

Meeting docs also reveal that Greece, a country at the forefront of migrant arrivals to Europe in recent years, “demanded an explicit exclusion” for prisons and border zones from any ban on biometric identification systems. The lobbying worked, as the final law permits their use in those settings.

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 23/01/2025

Another loophole concerns facial recognition software. From 2 February this can be used in real-time if “strictly necessary” for police investigating 16 specified crimes -- although this includes a vague reference to “environmental crime”. Meeting docs show states wanted many more added to the list.

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 23/01/2025

The use of AI in public spaces is broadly banned under the act, but changes pushed for by member states will give police and border officials the ability to bypass the ban on 'national security' grounds. Climate protests, for example, could now be targeted with surveillance by authorities.

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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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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 20/01/2025

How does whistleblowing promote journalism in the public interest? Join this event on 27 JAN at 16:00 CET with leading voices including Vladimir Radomirović, Vigjilenca Abazi, Simona Levi from @xnet-red.bsky.social, Anna Myers from @winnetwork.bsky.social, and @petermat.bsky.social. bit.ly/3CiQLHs

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 08/01/2025

We’re starting 2025 with renewed energy and a strong commitment to delivering impactful investigative journalism that crosses borders. But we can’t do it without your input! Take our quick survey and help shape our journalism: forms.gle/KBWhTcUoE5i2...

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 03/12/2024

We're excited to launch our end-of-year fundraising campaign! This is your chance to support long-term, impactful journalism that tackles the critical issues facing Europe. Hear directly from our team about why your contribution is essential. 🤝 www.investigate-europe.eu/donate

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 29/11/2024

🌍 November update from our team! In a month where #COP29 and the UN plastic treaty summit made the headlines, we have updates from several past environmental investigations, plus news from the team and recent successes. 🔍 Read the full issue here: bit.ly/3ZsUkU3

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Investigate Europe @investigate-europe.eu · 22/11/2024

Take part in our quick survey! Your feedback is crucial in shaping the future of the work we do. By taking just a few minutes to share your thoughts, you'll help us deliver the most relevant content to you. forms.gle/EpZXStQrmcNJ...

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