The Investigative Desk Newsletter Q2 2023
By Marcel Metze, | 6 June, 2023
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Dear reader,
This time, we bring you two stories and a book.
Our editor Tim Luimes investigated the lobbying activities of the chemical industry to prevent a general EU-ban on PFAS.
Olivia den Hollander describes how Dutch insurance companies operate when they suspect a client of a fraudulent claim. They hardly ever report such cases to the legal authorities but handle them themselves – leaving the suspects with limited legal safeguards.
And I myself finally published my political biography of Shell, after working on it for more than 25 years.
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Best regards,
Marcel Metze
Editor-in-chief and director
June 2023
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