Investigative Reporting Denmark

23/11/2022

The real figures of asbestos deaths

Deaths of asbestos has been underestimated for years. These figures count only occupational death of asbestos. Non-occupational deaths adds around 16.000 more deaths globally.

23/11/2022

Today we publish the result of a long investigation into , showing this substance is much more deadly compared to previous knowledge. Number of deaths is still growing year after year in Sweden, despite the country banned asbestos 40 years ago. The reason: asbestos still present in buildings all over and renovation is performed under bad circumstances.
The Swedish development is what all other countries can expect.
Adding to this there is no inventory of where the asbestos is and no real plan to get rid of it – in any of the nine investigated countries in Europe.
Supported by Journalismfund.eu

Could asbestos be even more deadly than previously thought? “Clouds of dust were falling on us at every blow of the truncheon, but at that time we knew nothing about asbestos,” recalled Jesús Ropero Calcerrada, a 73-year-old man who was tasked with scraping asbestos from railway carriages durin...

16/02/2022

As of now, only France and Italy officially recognize Parkinson's disease to be linked to farm work. The condition is not on the list of occupational diseases upon which the European Union recommends Member States to act.
The official EU agency is not able to collect and share basic statistics on health at work. Part two of .

16/02/2022

Farm workers are not protected from pesticides.
Their exposure has been linked to serious and deadly illnesses, including Parkinson’s disease and blood cancers. Read part one of our investigation into .

04/11/2020

If truth is the first casualty in war, transparency was lost first in the fight against Covid-19, closely followed by lack of control and oversight, writes Staffan Dahllöf and Adriana Homolova (OCCRP). Great work.

If truth is the first casualty in war, transparency was lost first in the fight against Covid-19, closely followed by lack of control and oversight. In the very first contract for protection equipment paid for by the EU budget, the Commission in April signed a contract with the German company Asanus...

28/10/2020

Now the G4S-story is in English. It investigate how the Danish roots for the world security giant G4S disappeared and the company turned into a monster known for mismanagement – murder, torture, surveillance and other human rights violations. Please share.

In 2004, two Danish businessmen, Lars Nørby Johansen and Jørgen Philip-Sørensen, were the main forces behind the establishment of the world’s largest security company, G4S. Just a year later, both disappeared from the company in a vague way. G4S still praises itself for its Danish roots, but ar...

18/10/2020

A Massacre in a Croatian School 25 years ago - an investigation into who did it and why. This is an extended version with a lot more material and detailed information, including maps and photos.
Great to be able to include so much of our findings as possible.

“I observed a group of about 12 soldiers arriving on foot along the road. I could not identify to which party they belonged. They were wearing either camouflage uniforms or one colored khaki uniform. Some wore hats or caps but I can not give more specific description. They took position lying behi...

01/10/2020

Spændende med de stærke danske rødder i det globale sikringsfirma G4S, og hvordan de forsvandt, hvorefter selskabet udviklede sig til et monster.

To danske erhvervsfolk, Lars Nørby Johansen og Jørgen Philip-Sørensen, var hovedkræfterne bag den storstilede oprettelse af verdens største sikringsfirma, G4S, i 2004. Men blot et år efter forsvandt begge fra selskabet på meget uklar vis. G4S roser stadig sig selv for sine danske rødder, men...

03/06/2020

The European market for pesticides (plant protection products) is worth € 11b per year and equals 350 000 tons. 48 300 tons (13,8 percent) are believed to be illegal, counterfeited or substandard products.

The hazards are unknown as authorities only test food sample with residues from single known and registered products, not the cocktail effect of different pesticides.

Annual inspections coordinated by EU agency Europol has since 2015 discovered and seized 0,94 percent of the believed to be 48 300 tons spread each year.

In six investigated countries all in all 17 seizures of illegal pesticides have been brought to court for the last five year, leading so far to one (1) conviction to jail and one major fine. Most sanctions are administrative fees on the level of traffic tickets.

Law enforcement agencies are frustrated with the low detection and close to zero sanctions.

The actors are companies working both sides of the law, organised crime groups, occasional gold-diggers and small-scale smugglers.

China followed by India is the main source of illegal pesticides in Europe while China at the same time has taken the lead in the legitim manufacturing of plant protection products.

If you want to make money outside the law, forget guns, drugs, alcohol or ci******es. Trade in illegal pesticides combines high profits with lower risks. Take-aways The crime is simple: buy non-authorised chemicals from China for 14 euros per litre and sell them on the European black market for five...

03/06/2020

Today we published the investigation in : It is huge, profitable and with very lov risks.

If you want to make money outside the law, forget guns, drugs, alcohol or ci******es. Trade in illegal pesticides combines high profits with lower risks. Take-aways The crime is simple: buy non-authorised chemicals from China for 14 euros per litre and sell them on the European black market for five...

29/02/2016

Kun 6 procent af de økologiske svin har MRSA, viser de nyeste undersøgelser fra 2015, som vi netop har fået aktindsigt i og beskrevet i denne historie.

Mens 68 pct. procent af de konventionelle svinebedrifter har MRSA CC398, er der kun konstateret seks procent smittebærende svin hos de økologiske svinebedrifter. Det viser Fødevarestyrelsens screening fra efteråret 2015. I minkindustrien er derimod hver femte virksomhed (23 pct.) inficeret med MRSA…