Chris Matthews

Scam Europe - How online financial fraud is taking Europeans for billions Cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin. Forex. Bonds. Digital trading is everywhere, and with it are organised crime groups happy to take your money. With investment fraud booming across the continent and AI ratch...

Last year, online investment scams cost Europeans €4bn. With AI, deepfakes & fake trading platforms, fraudsters are evolving faster than regulators. We've teamed up with the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network and media across Europe to launch Scam Europe.

An 'open wound': Europe's trans community reckons with decades of sterilisation requirements Thousands of trans people across Europe were pushed towards invasive surgery under national ‘sterility’ laws, exclusive Investigate Europe analysis reveals.

Revealed: at least 11,000 trans people were subjected to contested sterilisation requirements for legal gender recognition, Investigate Europe shows in the first cross-border estimate. These rules existed in several EU countries. Chances for reparations are minimal.

Ten investigations shortlisted for IJ4EU Impact Award 2025 - IJ4EU Winners of the fifth annual IJ4EU awards for cross-border investigative journalism will be announced on September 26.

🏆 We are delighted to announce that Deadly Prices, our cross-border investigation into unequal access to medicines in Europe, is shortlisted for the #IJ4EU Impact Award 2025!

A big thank you to our 20+ media partners involved in the project, and to the award organisers for recognising our work!

The European Defence Fund is intended to finance domestic innovation and the EU's future military systems.

A new investigation by @investigate-europe.eu and @reportersunited.gr finds that millions in EDF money is benefiting an Israeli state defence company directly involved in the Gaza conflict...

A great team effort! Delighted that our investigation into unequal access to medicines is shortlisted for the European Press Prize!

Revealed: betting companies’ huge financial influence in European football 66% of clubs across 31 divisions have at least one betting deal and some are ‘getting around’ bans on front-of-shirt sponsors

The investigation is being published with media around Europe and is out in the Guardian today...

"Revealed: betting companies’ huge financial influence in European football"

Revealed: how gambling embedded itself into European football Almost 300 top-flight clubs have deals with betting firms this season, exposing the game’s financial dependence on the sector. A number of teams circumvent restrictions with ‘gateway’ sponsors as camp...

Our new investigation reveals how gambling has infiltrated all corners of European football, with a majority of top-flight teams now partnered with betting companies.

66% of the 442 clubs in Europe's 31 premier leagues have struck deals this season and a third have a betting brand on their shirts:

Mastercard and Visa linked to illegal gambling sites accused of scamming UK customers Card giants processing payments for unlicensed operators as customers report losing thousands

The findings from our @investigate-eu.bsky.social investigation into unlicensed gambling sites operating around Europe features in The Observer today. The story reveals how Mastercard and Visa are processing payments for some of the sites identified in the UK as customers report losing thousands:

Soft2bet: dozens of blacklisted gambling sites connected to award-winning European firm Investigate Europe can reveal a vast network of betting websites operating without necessary licences across Europe. Many attract millions of monthly visits, despite a string of lawsuits and fines.

Our new investigation out today reveals the unlicensed websites, offshore secrecy and regulatory void in Europe’s gambling industry. Here @maxencepeigne.bsky.social uncovers a network of blacklisted sites operating across Europe — one brand connected is an official partner of Seria A giant AC Milan:

British firms among companies to have exported aircraft parts that reached Russia Analysis suggests aircraft parts from more than 100 western companies reached Russian aviation industry via India

The investigation is published with media partners in 11 countries internationally, including The Guardian, Der Standard, Disclose and the Reporters Collective in India.

Our analysis suggests aircraft parts worth $50m passed through intermediaries in India to Russian airlines and other entities:

Boeing and Airbus shipments passed on to Russia via India, despite sanctions Indian intermediaries re-export aircraft parts worth millions from western firms to buyers in Russia, customs data up until last September shows.

After months of analysing customs data, aircraft parts, financials and opaque intermediaries, our @investigate-eu.bsky.social investigation is out today, w/ media in 11 countries. We reveal how Boeing & Airbus are among over 100 western firms which exported parts to India that later reached Russia:

France spearheads member state campaign to dilute European AI regulation Governments successfully lobby for freedom to surveil citizens in public spaces, target border areas with AI systems and exploit predictive policing algorithms, internal documents obtained by Investig...

Important story by Investigate Europe and partners yesterday. We revealed how govts secretly worked to water down Europe's 'historic' Artificial Intelligence Act, enabling the use of AI-powered surveillance in all public spaces for 'national security' reasons. Read on @investigate-eu.bsky.social: