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Investigation
Food factories
From virtual brands to kitchen labs, the delivery market is swallowing up Italy’s food service industry. Even restaurants are now working for the platforms
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Investigation
Malea: an investigation into the ‘Ndrangheta groups between Calabria and Luxembourg
Since the 1980s, a group of Calabrian entrepreneurs have been living in Luxembourg. Their sons now own pubs and restaurants. However, according to an investigation by the anti-Mafia prosecutor’s office, however, they are linked to a cosca from a small town in Calabria
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Special
Drones on the frontlines
In Ukraine, unmanned aircraft vehicles are weapons of propaganda. Volunteer organisations have altered drones to supply them to the army in Kyiv
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Focus
Libya, the battle of Fezzan
With hunger on the rise in North Africa, Libya’s southern region could provide food and employment. There is no shortage of cooperation projects, but the atmosphere in Fezzan is volatile
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Investigation
Italian spyware on the international market
Italy's public spending has created a saturated domestic market ready to push companies abroad. But Italy is not ready to control it
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Investigation
Surveillance tech and export licenses: a match made in Europe
The EU has struggled to regulate the export of dual-use items, and even judicial investigations into illicit exports have been fruitless. Area spa's manager speaks: his case still has a lot to teach
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Investigation
Predator scandal: the European surveillance market is a black hole
They call it the Greek Watergate, but the case of illegal wiretapping concerns all of Europe. And Italy is the leading exporter of surveillance systems in the EU
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Investigation
How Italy built Libya’s maritime forces
The Big Wall in the Mediterranean Sea was built upon contracts that are hard to track. Overall, the outsourcing of border control has cost over one billion euro. And the results have been underwhelming
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Investigation
How the Albanian mafia conquered the cocaine market in UK
Albanian mafia manages to carve out a prominent place in the UK criminal landscape in the supply of cocaine to other crime syndicates in the country
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Investigation
The mysterious meme coin sponsoring top-flight European football clubs
As teams partner up with crypto companies, Floki Inu has emerged as one of the most active players. But its anonymous promoters, shadowy corporate structure and price crashes show the hidden risks of these deals
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Investigation
Med-Or, the Leonardo’s foundation behind the Italian hidden diplomacy
Former minister Marco Minniti chairs the foundation sponsored by Leonardo. It is at the centre of an informal diplomatic network that helps the company extend its relationships
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Investigation
Cy4gate, the Italian company supporting the surveillance industry” in the Emirates”
The Elettronica group company, a subsidiary of Leonardo, sells intelligence and dual-use services. Similar surveillance systems are used by Abu Dhabi as weapons against opponents
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Investigation
Cy4gate: the Italian surveillance company seeking to challenge NSO and Palantir
A cybersecurity company, Cy4gate sells its products worldwide, including to dictatorships, while competing with companies involved in scandals related to repression of opponents and journalists
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Investigation
When Mohammed Bello Adoke telephoned JP Morgan
Former Nigerian Attorney General in June 2011 telephoned JP Morgan to arrange transfer of OPL 245 funds from FGN account even though he was no longer a Minister, the Milan court records reveal
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Investigation
Armed and dangerous”: inside the ’ndrangheta’s intercontinental cocaine pipeline”
How the highly-connected Giuseppe Romeo moved drugs through corruption-plagued ports to Antwerp, Rotterdam, and beyond.
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Investigation
Inside an organized crime clan that moved cocaine across Europe
With logistical support from a scion nicknamed “Little Kiss,” the Giorgi-Boviciani clan of the 'Ndrangheta crime group used northwestern Europe as a cocaine and tax-evasion haven