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Bureau Recommends: MPs’ links to business under scrutiny

October 17th, 2011 by
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Ministers meet corporate representatives on more than 1,500 occasions.


Bureau Recommends: Report names and shames global tax havens

October 4th, 2011 by
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Figures released reveal that tax haven infrastructure still supports global crime.


Attacking the messenger: how the CIA tried to undermine drone study

August 12th, 2011 by | 2 Comments
Published in All Stories, Covert War on Terror

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The US continues to deny civilian casualties, accusing a key source of working with the ISI.


The Bureau wins award and is shortlisted for an Amnesty Media Award

May 5th, 2011 by
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Bureau chief reporter, Angus Stickler (middle) and journalist Federico Gatti and BBC Radio 4s Gail Champion (right)

The Bureau’s Angus Stickler wins Reporting Europe award for Europe’s Missing Millions.


EU waste: Massive Spanish desalination plant lies idle

April 27th, 2011 by | 2 Comments
Published in All Stories, EU, Europe's Hidden Billions, Open Society

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An award-winning £265m Spanish desalination facility, backed by EU Funds, has never been used.


EU Commission welcomes Bureau investigation

February 1st, 2011 by
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The Commission responds after a joint Bureau and FT investigation into EU funding.


European court rules on no win, no fee deals

January 19th, 2011 by
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Landmark ‘success fees’ ruling by ECHR a triumph for investigative journalism.


Cigarette factories suck in €1.5m of EU funding

December 2nd, 2010 by | 6 Comments
Published in All Stories, Corporate Watch, EU carousel, Europe's Hidden Billions

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World’s most profitable tobacco companies receive grants from EU Structural Funds.


Track the money: Who gets what from EU Structural Funds

November 29th, 2010 by | 5 Comments
Published in All Stories, Europe's Hidden Billions, Get the Data, Graphics

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Access the database to find out where every penny goes.


EU’s hidden billions

November 29th, 2010 by | 8 Comments
Published in All Stories, Europe's Hidden Billions, The Bureau's Investigations

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The Bureau and Financial Times reveal the waste and fraud in Europe’s structural funds.


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