A cross-border team of reporters, editors and producers, Investigate Europe delivers in-depth investigative journalism from a changing Europe.

Our reporting shines a light on the untold stories, unchecked institutions and hidden structures shaping the continent today. Together, we connect the dots on Europe.

Our multilingual team investigates issues that resonate beyond national borders and from boardrooms in Brussels to the streets of Berlin and Budapest. We then publish our findings with national media partners and through our own channels.

From exposing corporate greed and the crises in Europe’s care homes, and naming and shaming the EU states selling arms to Russia, to revealing the struggles faced by child migrants arriving in Europe, our stories call out the actors responsible and hold the powerful to account.

Investigate Europe launched in 2016 with the aim of addressing the absence of cohesive, nuanced storytelling on European-wide issues. As of July 2023, we are a 20-plus strong team based across 12 European countries.

Investigate Europe

Basic information

Name
Investigate Europe
Title
Cross-border team of investigative journalists with a focus on Europe.
Country
Germany
City
Berlin

Supported projects

Baby Number 12

  • Organised crime
  • Trafficking

 BERLIN/BASSANO DEL GRAPPA/LONDON/ZURICH—Baby number 12 is a global investigation into an adoption scheme that began in Switzerland in the ‘50s, and the trauma that haunt the victims today. The investigation aims to expose the responsibilities of the Swiss authorities and will ask for their action.

Europe’s plastic disaster

  • Environment
  • Industry

As European citizens, we are told to separate our household waste, and many of us do dutifully. The ketchup bottle you rinsed and threw in the right bin at home might disappear from your life with the local waste truck.

Mine games: Europe’s hunt for critical raw materials

  • Data Journalism
  • Industry

KIRUNA - This investigation sheds light on what lies beneath the EU’s ‘green mining’ ambitions, and offers a unique perspective on the continent’s quest for critical raw materials, such as lithium, nickel, copper and rare earth elements needed for the future.

looking for alternatives to China and Russia to dig crucial minerals

Universities Accept Fossil Fuel Funding

  • Education
  • Energy
  • Finance

OXFORD – Fuelling academia: OpenDemocracy and Investigate Europe find that Europe’s leading universities have received at least €260 million from fossil fuel giants and taken advice on degree curricullae. 

universities funding in europe