The Forever Pollution Project
Over a year ago, Tim Luimes, member of The Investigative Desk, came up with the idea to start a cross-border project about “forever chemicals” PFAS …
The Investigative Desk News Letter January 2023
Read the full newsletter here. Hi there, We’re a little late this year with our Q4 2022 newsletter, so we decided to include it in …
NATO in deep water because of Chinese port investments
Port terminals in European cities such as Gdynia, Rotterdam and Antwerpen-Zeebrugge are crucial logistic hubs for the arrival of US Armed Forces and equipment for …
Philip Morris pulls the strings in Indonesian production chain
From tobacco paradise Indonesia to tax paradise Switzerland: tobacco company Philip Morris makes hundreds of millions euros in profit by advantages it created along the …
Consumers left in the cold at Dutch Institute for Financial Disputes
Consumers and small entrepreneurs who have a complaint against their bank or insurer, can submit it to the Dutch Institute for Financial Disputes “Klachteninstituut Financiële …
The Investigative Desk Newsletter Q2
Read the full newsletter here. Dear reader, In this newsletter, we present you eight of the investigations we published in Q2 of this year. They …
NATO’s military mobility still falls short
NATO cannot strengthen its eastern flank fast enough. The European military transport rail and road network still faces enormous bottlenecks. “The further east you get, …
Toxins in Scheldt River – The art of looking away
Enormous quantities of a carcinogenic toxin were dumped by the 3M chemical plant near Antwerp and ended up in the Netherlands via the Scheldt. “We …