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Tankers in the Mahad chemical district in Maharashtra, India. Sept 2024.
© Filippo Tommasoli

Inside the Global Trade that Moves PFAS Downstream

VICENZA / LOTE PARSHURAM - What happens to a Western chemical plant after it closes down due to causing an environmental disaster? Sometimes it travels to other continents. This investigation ...

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Minor scrap pickers playing during a break inside a building destroyed in the civil war in Damascus’s suburb, Syria.
© Sergio Attanasio

Scrap Wars

ISTANBUL / DAMASCUS – A cross-border investigation uncovers how Turkey’s booming recycled steel industry is fuelled by scrap metal sourced from war-torn countries such as Syria, Libya, and Ukraine. By ...

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The broken bridge
© Filippo Poltronieri and Sebastian Viskanic

The Broken Bridge: How Legal Work Permits Lead to Slavery

BUCHAREST / ROME / DHAKA – The investigation exposes how Romania’s chaotic labour migration system pushes legal migrant workers into illegality, trapping many in conditions akin to modern slavery. Through interviews and ...

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Activists in Greater Prespa Lake, 2023
© Slave Nakev/MES

From-Below Environmental Campaigns Challenge Status Quo

ATHENS / BERLIN / WARSAW - Prejudice often sows distrust across borders in Central and Eastern Europe, where greed often takes precedence over environmental conservation. However, unique forms of cooperation ...

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Mapping Housing
© Markus Günther

Mapping Housing Affordability for Essential Workers in Europe

PRAGUE/ BERLIN/ BRUSSELS - The European project “The Housing Games” investigates whether the people essential to keep our cities running can still afford to live in them.

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The Gulf of America
© Omma Films — VRT

The Gulf of America

CHELEM - Chelem, a small coastal town on the Gulf of Mexico, recently rebranded by Trump as the “Gulf of America”, is the stage for an unexpected reversal. Where once ...

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Oder river
© Kateřina Šimečková

Saving the Dying Oder River

OSTRAVA - This investigation looks into preventive measures taken after the ecological disaster on the Oder river in 2022. It showcases the conflict between economic development and environmental preservation and the ...

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Replanting of posidonia in Mallorca, Spain
© Mediterranean Institute of Advanced Studies (IMEDEA)

Mediterranean’s Hidden Forests Under Siege by Tourism

CORSICA / SARDINIA / BALEARICS – This cross-border investigation examines the impact of tourism in the Mediterranean on Posidonia oceanica seagrass, which plays a key role in marine biodiversity, coastal ...

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The Dam Dilemma
© Michele Lapini

The Dam Dilemma from the Alps to the Pyrenees

FRIULI / ARAGÓN-NAVARRA - Despite opposition from local communities, this investigation reveals the significant impact of infrastructure projects on the Tagliamento region in north-eastern Italy and the Ebro region in ...

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Buenos Aires
© Robbe Vandegehuchte

The Freest Country in the World

BUENOS AIRES - For decades, Argentinians have been plagued by monstrous price increases. With a solemn promise to put an end to hyperinflation, Javier Milei came to power at the ...

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Green Goals: How European Football Clubs Scored for the Planet
© Marine Mugnier

Green Goals: How European Football Clubs Scored for the Planet

PARIS / MADRID/ BERLIN – This cross-border journalistic investigation examines the environmental footprint of professional football in Europe - a sport that, despite growing awareness and a few promising initiatives ...

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Kosta Jakić and Simon Gronowski,
© Ivan Put

Life is Impossible Without Music

BRUSSELS - Life is impossible without music blends music, memory and humanity through the true stories of pianist Kosta Jakić and Simon Gronowski, a Holocaust survivor.

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Break open the piggy bank.
©Luka Duplančić

The Empire of Deception

ZAGREB / BERLIN / BUCHAREST – Croatian businessman Josip Heit is under global regulatory scrutiny for his alleged involvement in cryptocurrency Ponzi schemes and money laundering, with investigations ongoing in several countries ...

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announcement
© CCIJ

Strengthening Environmental Investigations Across Borders: From Africa to Europe

ONLINE - This project will provide training for journalists in Europe and Africa in investigating environmental issues linked to supply chains. Structured workshops will teach participants how to track industrial ...

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A Venezuelan woman who is 37 weeks pregnant in a park in northern Bogotá.
© Marina Sardiña

Europe’s Surrogacy Demand Fuelling Latin American Boom

BOGOTA -  The surrogacy industry has become worth billions of dollars as demand in Europe has increased due to changing cultural attitudes and favourable legal changes. This investigation reveals the consequences ...

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Mariupol
© BNNVARA & VRT

82 Days in Hell

MARIUPOL - As Russian forces close in on the city, thousands of Mariupol's inhabitants are taking shelter in the cellars of the Azov steelworks. This is a reconstruction of the ...

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Chat GPT/AI
Image generated by Chat GPT/AI

Obstetric Violence

BELGRADE / SARAJEVO / ZAGREB – This investigation into obstetric practices in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina reveals that procedures are often carried out during childbirth without adequate consent ...

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Machine
© Tima Miroshnichenko/Pexels

Tools of War

BRUSSELS / RIGA – Utilising AI-driven analysis of Russian customs data, the Tools of War project uncovers the clandestine network of European companies that profited from supplying high-tech machinery to Russia's military ...

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Galatia Iatraki
© Galatia Iatraki

Countries Failing Mothers on Postpartum Mental Health

BELFAST / ATHENS / BUDAPEST / MILAN - These investigations, conducted across Northern Ireland, Greece, Hungary and Italy, reveal disparities in the provision of access to care for postpartum mental health issues.

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