'Asked repeatedly about the consequences for the supplier, and what happened with the total batch, the commission did not return with an answer' (Photo: katie chao and ben muessig)

Investigation

Billions of euros, millions of faulty masks, and no answers

Health & Society

by Staffan Dahllof and Adriana Homolova, Copenhagen/Amsterdam/Sarajevo,

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 European Commission in April signed a contract with the German company Asanus Medizintechnic GmbH worth €29m for 10 million masks...

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Health & Society Investigation

Author Bio

Staffan Dahllof, and Adriana Homolova of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.

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'Asked repeatedly about the consequences for the supplier, and what happened with the total batch, the commission did not return with an answer' (Photo: katie chao and ben muessig)