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Follow the Money: The Podcast

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Illegal Fishing
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Ursula Von Der Leyen

Reckon you know who’s running Europe? Think again. Every week, we dive into a Follow the Money investigation exposing the continent’s hidden powerbrokers: from deceiving companies and influential lobbyists to corrupt politicians and financial fraudsters. Tune into our podcast and join our journalists as they reveal how they uncovered the truth and held power to account.Presented by Emma du Chatini... more

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Leila Goldstein
Reporter based in Cambodia focusing on microfinance issues
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Episode: European money pushes Cambodians into despair
Dimitri Tokmetzis
Follow the Money reporter
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Episode: How we tracked soldiers on Tinder
Sebastiaan Brommersma
Follow the Money reporter
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Episode: How we tracked soldiers on Tinder
Vittoria Torsello
Journalist based in Italy
Episode: Europe’s second-hand clothing crisis
Helena Rodríguez Gomez
Journalist based in Spain
Episode: Europe’s second-hand clothing crisis
Simon Van Dorpe
Expert on competition policy
Episode: EU vs Google: The battle for the internet
Lorenzo Bagnoli
Reporter based in Milan
Episode: The Libyan war crimes suspect released by Italy
Manon Stravens
Investigative journalist focusing on environmental issues related to mining
Episode: The dark side of Morocco's mining boom
Jesse Pinster
FTM journalist following Hungarian politics
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Episode: How Orbán funnels Hungary’s assets to his allies

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Emma du Chatinier
Host of Follow the Money, Emma engages in investigative journalism and holds discussions on topics of corruption and abuse of power.
Alexander Fanta
Co-host and reporter at Follow the Money, focusing on investigative analysis of European political dynamics.

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#48
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Apple Podcasts
#161
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Apple Podcasts
#189
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The EU's lost battle over media power
Q: How did this regulation that ultimately never happened, how does that continue to shape our media landscape today?
The absence of regulation allowed for significant consolidation in media ownership, particularly after Eastern European countries joined the EU without clear guidance on maintaining media pluralism.
The EU's lost battle over media power
Q: What made you look into a law that was made in the 90s?
I was intrigued after a conversation about the dire state of the media industry in Europe and how it could have been influenced by past attempts to regulate media ownership.
How we tracked soldiers on Tinder
Q: How does that work exactly?
Intelligence services exploit location data from apps like Tinder to identify military personnel and target them.
How we tracked soldiers on Tinder
Q: How did you guys first get the idea of looking into Tinder?
Martijn Reuvers, a Tinder user, discovered that the app revealed more personal information than he expected, which led us to investigate the national security risks.
Europe’s second-hand clothing crisis
Q: What are these policies exactly meant to achieve when it comes to second-hand clothes?
The policies aim to shift the financial responsibility and organizational responsibility of textile waste onto the garment producers, ensuring they fund the infrastructure needed for proper recycling and sorting.

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