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...

Revealed: Top EU judges financial holdings raise troubling questions 40% of judges at the Court of Justice declared financial interests in everything from Amazon and Airbus to AstraZeneca and Total. Our investigation reveals the transparency and conflict of interest risks at Europe's highest court

New: Big Tech secures secrecy in EU data centre law, keeping critical environmental information out of reach. Microsoft and DigitalEurope – a lobby representing Amazon, Google and Meta – successfully pushed for an amendment classifying information on individual facilities as confidential.

How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres’ environmental toll

Environmental footprint of Europe's data centres kept secret after industry lobbying in a move legal experts warn could violate transparency rules.

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Europe may have up to 500,000 landfills: many unmapped, forgotten and compromised. Our modelling shows the scale of risk. We also documented sites leaking PFAS, heavy metals, plastics and other toxins. www.investigate-europe.eu/posts/europe...

Europe’s toxic landfill crisis exposed in groundbreaking mapping project

Locations of more than 60,000 landfills pinpointed across Europe in first-of-its-kind analysis, uncovering a multitude of potential threats to ecosystems and communities.

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Premier League clubs continue to embrace gambling-centric partners. 14 of 20 teams have a crypto/trading sponsor this season -- double % in other European leagues. Some brands lack domestic licenses and others, like Newcastle United partner VT Markets, flagged by FCA for possible risks to consumers:

Revealed: Fans at risk as crypto and trading sponsors flood European football

Gambling-adjacent companies have deals with more than a third of teams in Europe's top five leagues this season, exclusive analysis finds.

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European football is awash with crypto money. 1 in 3 teams in the top five leagues now have a crypto/trading sponsor -- some not covered by financial regulators. In the Premier League, 70% of clubs have an investment partner. Our new investigation out w/ @rorysmith.bsky.social & The Observer:

Premier League clubs have crypto sponsors not covered by Britain’s financial regulators | The Observer

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Revealed: Fans at risk as crypto and trading sponsors flood European football Unregulated firms and operators flagged by authorities for posing risks to consumers are among dozens of cryptocurrency and trading sponsors now present across European football, Investigate Europe can reveal.

Revealed: Fans at risk as crypto and trading sponsors flood European football

Gambling-adjacent companies have deals with more than a third of teams in Europe's top five leagues this season, exclusive analysis finds.

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Last year, online investment scams cost Europeans €4bn. With AI, deepfakes & fake trading platforms, fraudsters are evolving faster than regulators. We've teamed up with the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network and media across Europe to launch Scam Europe.

Scam Europe - How online financial fraud is taking Europeans for billions

Cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin. Forex. Bonds. Digital trading is everywhere, and with it are organised crime groups happy to take your money. With investment fraud booming across the continent and AI ratch...

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Revealed: at least 11,000 trans people were subjected to contested sterilisation requirements for legal gender recognition, Investigate Europe shows in the first cross-border estimate. These rules existed in several EU countries. Chances for reparations are minimal.

An 'open wound': Europe's trans community reckons with decades of sterilisation requirements

Thousands of trans people across Europe were pushed towards invasive surgery under national ‘sterility’ laws, exclusive Investigate Europe analysis reveals.

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🏆 We are delighted to announce that Deadly Prices, our cross-border investigation into unequal access to medicines in Europe, is shortlisted for the #IJ4EU Impact Award 2025! A big thank you to our 20+ media partners involved in the project, and to the award organisers for recognising our work!

Ten investigations shortlisted for IJ4EU Impact Award 2025 - IJ4EU

Winners of the fifth annual IJ4EU awards for cross-border investigative journalism will be announced on September 26.

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The European Defence Fund is intended to finance domestic innovation and the EU's future military systems. A new investigation by @investigate-europe.eu and @reportersunited.gr finds that millions in EDF money is benefiting an Israeli state defence company directly involved in the Gaza conflict...

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An Israeli state defence company directly involved in the Gaza conflict is benefiting from millions in EU defence funding, thanks to an exemption allowing foreign-owned firms to participate in the bloc's military projects. New Investigate Europe investigation w/ @reportersunited.gr and partners:

A great team effort! Delighted that our investigation into unequal access to medicines is shortlisted for the European Press Prize!

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👏 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

Our new investigation reveals how gambling has infiltrated all corners of European football, with a majority of top-flight teams now partnered with betting companies. 66% of the 442 clubs in Europe's 31 premier leagues have struck deals this season and a third have a betting brand on their shirts:

Revealed: how gambling embedded itself into European football

Almost 300 top-flight clubs have deals with betting firms this season, exposing the game’s financial dependence on the sector. A number of teams circumvent restrictions with ‘gateway’ sponsors as camp...

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Our new investigation out today reveals the unlicensed websites, offshore secrecy and regulatory void in Europe’s gambling industry. Here @maxencepeigne.bsky.social uncovers a network of blacklisted sites operating across Europe — one brand connected is an official partner of Seria A giant AC Milan:

Soft2bet: dozens of blacklisted gambling sites connected to award-winning European firm

Investigate Europe can reveal a vast network of betting websites operating without necessary licences across Europe. Many attract millions of monthly visits, despite a string of lawsuits and fines.

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After months of analysing customs data, aircraft parts, financials and opaque intermediaries, our @investigate-eu.bsky.social investigation is out today, w/ media in 11 countries. We reveal how Boeing & Airbus are among over 100 western firms which exported parts to India that later reached Russia:

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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Important story by Investigate Europe and partners yesterday. We revealed how govts secretly worked to water down Europe's 'historic' Artificial Intelligence Act, enabling the use of AI-powered surveillance in all public spaces for 'national security' reasons. Read on @investigate-eu.bsky.social:

France spearheads member state campaign to dilute European AI regulation

Governments successfully lobby for freedom to surveil citizens in public spaces, target border areas with AI systems and exploit predictive policing algorithms, internal documents obtained by Investig...

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