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The EU is working on a law to curb some of the video gaming industry’s most controversial practices. Campaigners warn that children are especially vulnerable to gambling-like features designed to enco...

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This summer, as the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has turned five, FTM revisits some of its biggest, weirdest, and most vital fraud cases. This instalment: the BaltCap gambling scandal.

As Estonia moves to increase munitions production amid threats from Moscow, a mining town is pinning its hopes on a €300-million investment by a controversial Turkish arms manufacturer.

Over the course of 30 years, the Austrian entrepreneur Paul Rübig has built up a network that reaches deep into the European bureaucracy. In part benefiting from a shift to the right in the political ...

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European prosecutors are investigating InnoEnergy, an EU-funded sustainable tech company. The case was brought by an entrepreneur who had received support from the company, but later suspected it was ...

A court ruling against the European Court of Auditors (ECA) could strengthen the hand of EU prosecutors, and make it harder for Brussels institutions to push back against criminal investigations into ...

A court ruling against the European Court of Auditors (ECA) could strengthen the hand of EU prosecutors, and make it harder for Brussels institutions to push back against criminal investigations into ...

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Former UK leader Tony Blair has become a key player in Donald Trump’s plans for post-war Gaza. Blair is using his contacts and his non-profit to lobby European policymakers in a bid to build support for the US president’s Board of Peace, FTM has found.

Twee Amerikanen zijn veroordeeld tot een schadevergoeding van 13,3 miljoen euro omdat ze de Belgische schatkist voor een monsterbedrag hebben opgelicht. Ze lieten zich geld uitbetalen terwijl ze daar ...

A Belgian court has handed down the latest convictions in the global CumEx scandal, sentencing two US tax specialists over a dividend fraud scheme. The pair will also face trial in Denmark, as part of...

A Belgian court has handed down the latest convictions in the global CumEx scandal, sentencing two US tax specialists over a dividend fraud scheme. The pair will also face trial in Denmark, as part of...

EU-backed clean tech investor InnoEnergy has awarded its CEO and CFO nearly €4 million in bonuses and other benefits since 2010, even in recent years when it suffered record losses. In some instances,...

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After Manfred Weber took over as president, the European People’s Party hired two advisors with deep connections to Greece's ruling party, racking up over half a million euros in costs for the EU part...

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After Manfred Weber took over as president, the European People’s Party hired two advisors with deep connections to Greece's ruling party, racking up over half a million euros in costs for the EU part...

After Manfred Weber took over as president, the European People’s Party hired two advisors with deep connections to Greece's ruling party, racking up over half a million euros in costs for the EU part...

After Manfred Weber took over as president, the European People’s Party hired two advisors with deep connections to Greece's ruling party, racking up over half a million euros in costs for the EU part...

A potential mass lawsuit in the Netherlands is seeking back pay for temporary workers who were allegedly underpaid in breach of EU legislation. More than a million people could be eligible, and many o...

Fulvio Martusciello, an Italian member of the European Parliament (MEP), denies taking bribes in the Huawei cash-for-influence scandal, insisting that thousands of euros transferred to his account wer...

Fulvio Martusciello, an Italian member of the European Parliament (MEP), denies taking bribes in the Huawei cash-for-influence scandal, insisting that thousands of euros transferred to his account wer...

Fulvio Martusciello, an Italian member of the European Parliament (MEP), denies taking bribes in the Huawei cash-for-influence scandal, insisting that thousands of euros transferred to his account wer...

De Israëlische zakenman Dan Gertler verdiende naar schatting een miljard euro met omkoping via een Nederlandse brievenbusfirma. Recent kreeg hij van het Openbaar Ministerie een boete van 25,8 miljoen ...

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Downplaying the weight of international law, the German chancellor signals that Berlin may be adjusting to a great-power order shaped by Washington rather than rules

The EU’s flagship corporate sustainability law has been massively scaled back following industry pushback. Leaked documents shared with Follow the Money reveal how a secretive U.S. lobby piled pressur...