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📢 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸, 𝘄𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 #𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲. Our two-part investigation with Le Soir LA LETTRE and Knack exposes how NATO officials, defence consultants and a Turkish arms magnate became entangled in a €2 million corruption network web reaching from raids across Europe to shady sudden case drops in Washington – revealing a network that will make you rethink the alliance’s inner workings. ⚖️ In Part One of Follow the Money’s #Natogate probe, a sweeping investigation across seven countries saw three people arrested at Brussels Airport and another en route to a Swiss school. After years of investigation and millions in bribes tied to NATO contracts, Trump’s Justice Department quietly dropped the cases – letting a former NATO official turned Turkish arms dealer walk free. Justice was promised. What followed was politics. 🔗 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟭 𝗼𝗳 #𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲 – 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻'𝘀 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://lnkd.in/ebB5CppY #Nato #Military #Turkey #DOJ #US #Politics #Luxembourg #Brussels #Corruption #Scandal #Investigation #Journalism #News #Europe #FollowtheMoney

🍺⚠️ 𝗜𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 – 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗔𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗵𝗼𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝘁 Profitable alcohol giants made sure that cancer warnings never reached your bottle – using the same scientists and tactics once hired by Big Tobacco. 🔗 Read our full investigation on our website or app: https://lnkd.in/ed5fGRuC #Lobbying #Ireland #Beer #Health #explorepageًًً #Viral #America #Alcohol #shorts #Health #followthemoney

🇪🇺📥This week in Europe Uncovered: AI scammers and Big Tech are as strong as ever while Big Alcohol is fighting to keep cancer warnings off your beer and spyware continues to spread. Europe’s border business is booming, cattle are vanishing from the books, and Washington’s secret cyber unit is blurring the line between justice and espionage. 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬. Featuring publications and collaborations with: Investigate Europe, Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), Lighthouse Reports, Follow the Money EU, The Investigative Desk, Onderzoekscollectief Spit, Altreconomia, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Le Monde, DIE ZEIT, The Irish Times, DER STANDARD, EUobserver , Público., netzpolitik.org

Facing fierce allegations of fraud and mismanagement, Chad kicked African Parks conservationists out of the country. Then Brussels stepped in. After the EU ambassador on the ground threatened to withdraw €20 million in aid, the government swiftly reversed its decision: the NGO will stay after all. 🔗Read the full story on our website or app: https://lnkd.in/eAeB-m4g #Africa #Europe #Aid #Development #News #Brussels #NGO #Conservation #FollowtheMoney

🇪🇺💰 𝗔 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲. €𝟭𝟱𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗨 𝗮𝗶𝗱. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁. Virunga National Park was meant to be a model for green development – instead, it became a stage for armed conflict, broken promises, and even Bitcoin mining in the rainforest. Journalist Olivier van Beemen reveals how EU-funded conservation turned into a crypto-fuelled project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 🎧 Listen to our latest episode on our website, app, or wherever you get your podcasts – including Spotify: https://lnkd.in/erpS_yri #EU #Congo #Africa #Conservation #Belgium #Virunga #Reels #Trending #Bitcoin #Podcast #Investigation #FollowtheMoney

⚖️ 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺-𝗼𝗳-𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲. A Dutch court has ruled it does not have jurisdiction in the case over Serbia’s last independent TV channel, N1 – a setback for media freedom in the Balkans. Top managers speak of “an existential threat” to the future of the largest independent media group in the region – as the fight for press freedom moves beyond the Netherlands. Read our new article: https://lnkd.in/e-GDSCqA

🇷🇸📺𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲. In a Dutch courtroom, Serbia’s last independent channel fights for survival while President Vučić’s grip tightens in an EU-candidate state edging toward Russia – a loss that would hurt Europe’s influence and undermine democratic credibility in the region. 🔗 Read why it matters for Europe in our latest article: https://lnkd.in/dyWu_EMA #Europe #Serbia #Russia #press #freedom #independence #media #Amsterdam #court #case #influence #FollowtheMoney

🇪🇺💰 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐔 𝐚𝐢𝐝. 𝐀 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐀 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨. What began as a conservation project to protect Virunga National Park turned into a story of conflict, broken promises – and Bitcoin mining in the rainforest. 🎙️ Journalist Olivier van Beemen reveals how over €150 million in EU funds ended up powering a failed green vision in Congo. 🔗 Listen or watch our latest podcast: A Belgian prince's parade in Congo 👇 https://lnkd.in/erpS_yri #InvestigativeJournalism #Congo #EUFunds #Podcast #Virunga #Bitcoin #News #Africa #Europe #Sustainability #FollowTheMoney

📫🇪🇺 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸, 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘂 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘅 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮 – from shady contractors to Prince Harry’s disgraced NGO, and the AI-fuelled energy crisis no one wants to talk about... Read the latest edition on our website or app 👇 https://lnkd.in/eVYNC_bG

💶 Your tax money. Their spyware. In our latest podcast episode, journalist Vas Panagiotopoulos uncovers how European funds have flowed to spyware firms – technologies that can be weaponised by authoritarian states, organised criminals and terrorists, threatening press freedom and public safety. 🎧 In case you missed the latest episode: https://lnkd.in/eWJuP4UQ #Spyware #Europe #EUnews #Cybersecurity #Tech #Surveillance #PressFreedom #Safety #TaxpayerMoney #FollowTheMoney