Abu Dhabi Secrets
2023 investigation into UAE's smear campaign / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abu Dhabi Secrets is an international investigation series revealing the United Arab Emirates’ influence strategy in Europe, particularly in France,[1][2] by financing a "smear campaign" to target opponents of the UAE, that is, Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood.[3]
The investigation is based on confidential documents obtained through a hack into a Swiss-based economic intelligence company, Alp Services by Mario Brero which executed the smear campaign. The documents were obtained by Mediapart and analyzed by with the European Investigative Collaborations (EIC) media network.[4]