{"id":29766,"date":"2018-10-21T21:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T21:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/correctiv.org\/?p=29766"},"modified":"2018-10-21T21:04:12","modified_gmt":"2018-10-21T21:04:12","slug":"cumex-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/correctiv.org\/en\/latest-stories\/2018\/10\/21\/cumex-files\/","title":{"rendered":"The CumEx Files"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Trailer #CumExFiles\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j4r0lAZvhH4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Story:<\/strong> A group of bankers and lawyers have robbed Europe&#8217;s taxpayers of \u20ac55 billion. 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Together, they digged through 180.000 pages of documents. <a href=\"http:\/\/cumex-files.com\/de#project\">Here, team members share their perspectives on cross-country collaboration.<\/a> What it means in practice and how they made it happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Story: A group of bankers and lawyers have robbed Europe&#8217;s taxpayers of \u20ac55 billion. The #CumExFiles is a joint investigation by 19 European media from twelve countries, coordinated by the German non-profit newsroom CORRECTIV. 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