Supported projects

BAHIA / CREMONA - This investigation uncovers how a coalition of timber traders and representatives from the musical instrument industry has been lobbying governments in Europe and worldwide to reject ...

BARCELONA / BRINDISI - This investigation focuses on drought issues in Southern Europe and such aspects of it as desalination, EU funding and the market for
technological solutions, conflicts of ...

This investigation exposes how a lucrative tannin supply chain, rooted in Argentina’s Gran Chaco region thrives due to weak oversight and systematic deforestation. It traces the journey of timber from ...

THESSALY / EMILIA-ROMAGNA - This investigation examined how Italy and Greece, two Mediterranean countries hit hard by recent floods, are reshaping disaster recovery by shifting more responsibility onto private insurance.

WARSAW / BUCHAREST - This cross-border investigation exposes the fast-growing aesthetic gynaecology market in Poland and Romania, an industry marketed as empowerment and “intimate wellness”, yet operating largely without scientific ...

KVISTGÅRD - Newly uncovered confidential documents and exclusive testimonies reveal how one of the biggest Scandinavia fluoropolymer users has left behind a toxic legacy in Denmark, a pattern now familiar ...

VENETO / EMILIA-ROMAGNA - After Romania tightened its poaching laws in the Danube Delta, hundreds of fishermen crossed borders in search of work and dignity, settling along Italy’s Po River ...

PRAGUE / VILNIUS - In this investigation, two journalists examine how the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction is applied in cases where mothers flee across ...

SKOPJE / BELGRADE / SOFIA - Illegal waste disposal and burning pose a significant environmental and public health risk in Southeast Europe, with North Macedonia, Serbia and Bulgaria being prime ...

ATHENS/ ISTANBUL - Istanbul and Athens are densely populated cities sitting on seismic fault lines. Yet, their disaster preparedness lags behind. The project assesses the cities’ readiness, zooming in on ...

BERLIN - Across Europe, former members and supporters of the so-called Islamic State are living under new identities - undetected and unprosecuted. Beyond the Caliphate is a cross-border investigation by ...

BRUSSELS / LONDON / PARIS - In this investigation, journalists investigated the role medals awarded by wine competitions play in misleading supermarket consumers over the supposed quality of wines. ...

DUNKERQUE / PEÑA COLORADA / SANTA CRUZ - This team of journalists investigated the operations of Ternium and ArcelorMittal, two Luxembourg-based steel giants that present themselves as leaders in “sustainable” and “low-carbon” ...

SOUS – This investigation examines the challenges faced by Berber women, custodians of traditional argan tree knowledge, as market pressures and climate change threaten the sustainability of argan oil cooperatives ...

FERLO / KANEM - By tracking billions in funding, visiting remote sites, and speaking with those directly affected, a cross-border team of journalists examined the gap between the Great Green ...

OUDSBERGEN / YELLOWSTONE - After a century of absence, the wolf is once again prowling our landscapes. Its return is welcomed in forests and meadows, but resistance is growing on ...

DOBROGEA/ MORAVIA-SILESIA - Across Europe, public money is fuelling apparently high-tech projects that promise safety, innovation, and inclusion - yet both in Dobrogea and Ostrava, delivery on EU funded projects ...

SAN MARTÍN - This investigation traces the global supply chain of sacha inchi, an Amazonian seed also known as ‘the Inca’s gold’, to expose the mechanisms of modern-day biopiracy.

ATHENS / ROME - An investigation across Europe reveals that unaccompanied minors fleeing war and persecution face significant delays in family reunification due to bureaucratic inefficiencies, such as understaffed guardianship ...

PRISTINA – This investigation explores the long-term human and environmental consequences of the use of NATO's use of depleted uranium (DU) munitions during the 1998–1999 Kosovo War.