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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 21h

⚖️ Collapsing cases, bribes, spies – 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 & 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫, FTM data shows immunity waivers are falling while unresolved cases pile up. Why is Parliament growing more protective?

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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 21h

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Spyware industry pockets EU subsidies while snooping on its citizens

The widespread use of commercial spyware for unlawful surveillance across Europe has raised alarm – but the funding of such tools has largely gone under the radar. Follow the Money can reveal how mill...

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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 22h

💻 In FTM’s latest podcast, @vaspanagiotopoulos.com reveals how EU funds have gone to spyware firms linked to human rights abuses – companies now profiting from taxpayers’ money.

⚠️ Since publication, 39 MEPs have urged the European Commission to act over EU subsidies financing spyware firms.

Podcast | European money is fueling the global spyware industry

A stranger reading your messages, tracking your movements, scrolling through your photos. That's what spyware can do – without you even knowing. It’s marketed as a tool to fight terrorism and crime, b...

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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 1d

💊 False health claims are banned in the EU – but Kourtney Kardashian’s Unilever-backed gummies still sell, tricking consumers with products they don’t even need. Journalist Irene van den Berg explains how brands bend the rules while regulators can’t keep up.

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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 1d

💭 Got examples of EU transparency done right – or not at all? We’d love to hear them, send us a message. The next Secrecy Tracker lands in December.

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The latest newsletter exposes hidden Israel funding and ClientEarth’s lawsuit to the Ombudsman’s probe into von der Leyen’s messages and a shelved access-to-documents reform.

👁️ 𝗪𝗵𝗼’𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀? 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲.
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Israel info withheld, big tech secrecy & vanishing messages

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Podcast | 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...

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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 2d

💊 Health supplements are booming. Pills, powders, and gummies promise to make us fitter, stronger, and younger – yet nearly half make claims banned under EU rules. A Follow the Money investigation by Irene van den Berg and Mathilde de Jeu found Nestlé, Unilever, and others exploiting loopholes.

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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 2d

🇪🇺📬 This week, Bureau Brussels dishes up its usual mix of power plays and political dodges – from MEP immunity battles and Vox’s illegal donations to NATO fund shake-ups and Dutch state aid under EU fire.

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Parliament Clashes Over MEP Immunity in Get-Out-of-Jail Card Showdown

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1/ #DRC🇨🇩: A new @ftm.eu investigation reveals that mining company #EurasianResourcesGroup (ERG) dismissed serious corruption concerns surrounding its purchase of a copper-rich mine in the #DRC.

Despite bribery concerns, Eurasian miner pursued shady Congo deal, internal documents show

The legal team of one of the world’s largest producers of copper, the Eurasian Resources Group, warned about money flowing to an alleged front man to the former president of Congo, leaked documents sh...

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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 3d

Who is financing Israel’s war in Gaza? Allianz, via its US arm PIMCO, has bought nearly $1 billion in Israeli ‘war bonds’. Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas and Barclays have underwritten almost $5 billion. Experts call it a “flagrant violation of human rights responsibilities.”

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This is how western banks and insurers finance Israel’s war in Gaza

Israeli government bonds are proving vital for the country’s financing of its war in Gaza. Germany’s Allianz and major European banks such as Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas are investing in or backing ...

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⚠️👨‍⚕️ What if your doctor had been banned for harming patients – and no one told you?

That’s the reality uncovered by #BadPractice, a cross-border investigation into how banned doctors keep working across Europe.

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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 4d

📥This week in Europe Uncovered: Barcelona’s wine flows into Russia’s weapons pipeline; EU safeguards fail on dangerous doctors; and Europe keeps paving over what little nature is left.

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Spanish wine & Russian weapons, dangerous doctors and vanishing nature

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Doctors banned for crimes like sexual abuse and malpractice are still treating patients across Europe – often without authorities knowing. The EU’s alert system meant to protect patients isn't "being used as it should", warns Stef Blok of the European Court of Auditors.

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Your next medical visit could be with a banned doctor

Across Europe, doctors banned for serious medical malpractice and crimes such as sexual assault are able to keep practising by moving abroad. An investigation has identified dozens of such cases – mai...

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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 7d

Fishing is Senegal’s backbone – but local nets come back empty. In our new podcast, journalist Hans Wetzels explains how European firms plunder the seas under Senegalese flags while profits flow back to Europe.

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Why Europe can’t stop Nestlé's false health claims | Follow the Money, The Podcast #12

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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 7d

Health supplements are booming. Pills and powders promise to make us fitter, stronger, and younger – and the industry is worth billions. But a Follow the Money investigation uncovered that nearly half of these products carry claims that aren’t allowed under EU rules. Discover the full story here 👇

Podcast | 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...

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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 8d

EU defence spending is rising and Hungary plans to sell stakes in nine defence firms to 4iG, a telecoms group chaired by an Orbán ally. The deal shifts public assets to politically connected owners, with possible EU financing. MEP Freund warns it may breach EU state-aid rules. 🔗 Full article below.

Viktor Orbán hands over Hungary’s defence industry to business ally

As Europe ramps up military and security spending, Hungary is selling a sizable slice of its defence industry interests to telecoms company 4iG. The firm’s chairman has close ties to Hungarian Prime M...

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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 9d

From fishy ‘sustainability’ (an investigation with @desmog.com) to dangerous ‘forever chemicals’ in Europe – our latest Bureau Brussels newsletter stories dives into murky aquaculture supply chains, Tata Steel’s €685m ETS bill, and a new EU deal on pesticides.

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Bureau Brussels 29.9.25

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Follow the Money EU @ftm.eu · 11d

This week in Europe Uncovered: Migrants repeatedly dumped at borders; Swiss weapons exported to Russia; and deaths linked to Europe-backed microloans in Cambodia

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Europe Uncovered 27.9.2025

Welcome to Europe Uncovered, the newsletter that brings you the most hard-hitting investigative journalism from across Europe.

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