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Ada Homolová

Data and investigative journalist. Uses Python to search for stories in huge spreadsheets.
Agricultural millionaires and minimum wages: how European subsidy policy increases inequality
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Annette van Soest

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Arne van der Wal

Co-founder and co-editor-in-chief. Always looking for new ways to collaborate with our public.
You decide: what is Europe’s most obscure cash flow?
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Bart Crezee

Researches climate policies, nature conservation and the trade in emission rights.
‘Nature conservation keeps stumbling ahead, from one failing policy to another’
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Bart de Koning

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Bas van Beek

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Birte Schohaus

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Casper Rouffaer

Made the switch to investigative journalism after a long career in the private sector. Writes about the Dutch pension system.
China is already deeply embedded in the Dutch logistics sector
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Daan Appels

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Daniël van Kessel

For twelve years, the Netherlands has kept its Caribbean citizens poor
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David Davidson

How a fraud algorithm learned to suspect vulnerable groups
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Dimitri Tokmetzis

Villas, aeroplanes and yachts: 80 journalists hunting for the assets of Putin’s pals
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Dorine Booij

Investigative journalist assistant on all matters Chinese.
Drones and concrete to withstand bullets: collaboration with ‘ordinary’ Chinese universities also poses risks
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Eelke van Ark

Investigative journalist. Writes about Big Pharma and the Dutch health care system.
Roche releases recipe after European Commission considers intervention due to lack of coronavirus tests
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Eric Smit

Co-founder and co-editor-in-chief. Mission: holding those in power accountable by following money trails.
KPMG advised ABN Amro about fraudulent CumEx transactions in its dispute with German tax authorities
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Eveline Rethmeier

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Frederique de Jong

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Hans Schnitzler

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Hans Wetzels

‘The World Bank now is more sustainable and socially aware, but we are still a bank, of course’
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Harm Ede Botje

Investigative journalist.
Geert Wilders' questionable American patron
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Harry Lensink

co-editor-in-chief. Loves a thrilling story
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Heleen Emanuel

Creative data nerd. Working to enrich journalism through new technologies.
Drones and concrete to withstand bullets: collaboration with ‘ordinary’ Chinese universities also poses risks
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Henk Willem Smits

Investigative journalist. Specializes in tax avoidance, fraud and corruption.
Corona and tax hacks make Pfizer the most profitable company in the Netherlands
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Hugo Rasch

Dutch trust office sneaked Russian bankers and a Playboy model into the Netherlands
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Jan Daalder

Who is Jorrit Faassen, Putin’s Dutch son in law?
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Jan-Hein Strop

Investigates corruption, perverse incentives and the interests behind the money trail.
The undisputed appointment of Putin’s lawyer to Dutch Supreme Court
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Jasper Roorda

Economist who is especially interested in the political games within the European Union.
Brussels struggles to weed out shady consultancies
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Jesse Pinster

Investigates climate and energy policy, anti-democratic forces within the EU and wishful thinking by European institutes.
Frans Timmermans: wielding power in the Brussels minefield
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Jolien de Vries

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Judith Spanjers

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Karin Spaink

Has been writing about the internet since 1994. Fought the Church of Scientology in court (and won). Co-founded digital rights defender Bits of Freedom.
Pandemic management, Dutch style: ‘ping-ponging responsibilities back and forth’
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Krijn Schramade

European loans for Ukraine: utterly necessary, but a future burden
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Lise Witteman

Bureau Brussels’ team lead. Tracks the lobby and the networks from the member states to Brussels and back.
Member States sabotage public scrutiny of EU-funds worth hundreds of billions of euros
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Lucien Hordijk

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Lukas Kotkamp

Independent all-round investigative journalist. Previously, a Brussels resident writing about the EU and related matters.
Pitch Europe: how private equity is reshaping the economy of Europe
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Margaux Tjoeng

Northern Dutch fishing fleet cannot compete with imports from Alaska
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Margot Smolenaars

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Merel de Buck

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Mira Sys

Investigative journalist. Specializes in soil, pollution and environmental law.
Drones and concrete to withstand bullets: collaboration with ‘ordinary’ Chinese universities also poses risks
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Miriam Rasch

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Nadia El Khannoussi

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Nikki Brands

For twelve years, the Netherlands has kept its Caribbean citizens poor
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Peter Hendriks

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Peter Teffer

Investigates the European Union, with a focus on lobbying, subsidies, the many rules and (lack of) oversight.
European loans for Ukraine: utterly necessary, but a future burden
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Remy Koens

Many green investment funds downgrade their sustainability claim
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Rosanne Kropman

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Salsabil Fayed

Fascinated by the hidden interests of the financial world. Former financial analyst, now a dedicated journalist.
Prominent EU Commissioner gratefully accepted royal treatment in the Emirates
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Sebastiaan Brommersma

Chinese Xiaomi phones spy on their users, yet the Netherlands is silent
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Siem Eikelenboom

Experienced investigative journalist. Was part of the international team that investigated the Panama Papers.
Dutch trust office sneaked Russian bankers and a Playboy model into the Netherlands
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Simon Van Dorpe

Expert on EU competition, industrial policy and the influence of large multinationals. Researches consultancies & corruption.
How an old boy’s network hijacked Europe’s plan for a green future
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Sophie Blok

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Thomas Bollen

Writes about economic dogmas, financial malpractice and alternatives for our economy and society.
Private banks get billions from the ECB and European taxpayers will foot the bill
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Ties Gijzel

Studied economic policy. Writes about the challenges of the energy transition and tracks trade flows in Europe. Likes to work with colleagues abroad.
The world’s largest carbon trader is wrestling with painful facts about its business model
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Ties Joosten

Agricultural millionaires and minimum wages: how European subsidy policy increases inequality
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Tom Claessens

Data journalist and researcher.
How a fraud algorithm learned to suspect vulnerable groups
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Yara van Heugten

Many green investment funds downgrade their sustainability claim
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Yelle Tieleman

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