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HERSTAL - Belgian military forces in Mali are at risk of being shot with Belgian weapons and munition that have fallen into the hands of Islamic rebels. The weapons come from Libya but were furnished by previous Belgian governments, material evidence and archive research shows. They have been ...

BUCHAREST - Dodgy dealers in Romanian nationality can conjure up genuine documents for fake applicants, and with it the right to work within the EU.

BRUSSELS - In 2003, Belgium adopted a law intended to control arms brokers. This law doesn't meet the European requirement and, furthermore, has never been applied by the authorities, although the problem was well known.

OSTEND - Rumours about the people in power in Ostend (Belgium) are growing louder: exceeding authority, conflicts of interest, the strange roll basketball plays in the political and socio-economic fabric. Investigative journalists Wim Van den Eynde and Luc Pauwels decided to have a closer look at ...

LJUBLJANA - From 1991 to 1995, the Yugoslav wars wreaked havoc on the Balkans. War crimes of all kinds and sorts hit the region with such ferocity and frequency that by the end of the 20th century Yugoslavia had been torn apart. One of the crimes committed was the illegal trade in arms by government ...

PRISTINA - From 1999 to 2008, nine years after the Kosovo War, Kosovo was administered by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).

VARNA - Property corruption in Bulgaria is a minefield in which criminals and terrorists can hide their money while investors lose their life savings.

TALLINN - According to experts, Estonian financial institutions are popular among criminals for laundering money because Estonia offers cheaper currency transactions than Russia and less regulation than in the EU. Its convenient location for such transactions adds to the appeal.