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Paul Radu, Executive Director
Areas of Expertise: Organized Crime, Corruption, Financial Crime, Media Development, Data Journalism, Environmental Crime, Tobacco Smuggling, Romanian Anti-Corruption, Human Trafficking

Drew Sullivan, Editor
Areas of Expertise: Organized Crime, Corruption, Financial Crime, Reporter Safety, Journalism Legal Issues, Media Development, Kleptocracy, Failed States

Miranda Patrucic, Regional Editor
Areas of Expertise: Organized Crime, Corruption, Money Laundering, International Drug Trade, Tobacco Smuggling, Arms Trafficking, ‘Following the Money’, The Balkans, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Azerbaijan

Ilya Lozovsky, Managing Editor
Areas of Expertise: Russia, Ukraine, Democratization, Political Development, US Politics

Vlad Lavrov, Regional Editor
Areas of Expertise: Ukraine, YanukovychLeaks, Corruption, Money Laundering, Cigarette Smuggling, Fraud, Press Freedom

Anna Babinets, Regional Editor
Areas of Expertise: Ukraine, Corruption in the Ukrainian Army, Security Sector, Gas and Oil Market, Ukrainian Oligarchs, YanukovychLeaks

Stevan Dojcinovic, Regional Editor and Editor-in-Chief of KRIK.rs
Areas of Expertise: Organized Crime, Corruption, International Drug Trade, Money Laundering, Tobacco Smuggling, The Balkans/E. Europe, Press Freedom

Pavla Holcova, Editor for CCIZ
Areas of Expertise: Cuba, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Czech and Slovak Oligarchs, Money Laundering, Transnational Organized Crime in Czech Republic and Slovakia, Post-Soviet Investments in Karlovy Vary/Carlsbad.

Khadija Sharife, Africa Editor
Areas of Expertise: Africa, Whistleblowing, Illicit Financial Flows, Natural Resources, Political Economy, Corruption

Aubrey Belford, Regional Editor
Areas of Expertise: Asia, Conflict in Southeast Asia, Human Trafficking, Corruption, Arms Smuggling

Roman Shleynov, Regional Editor
Areas of Expertise: Russia, Corruption, Cigarette Smuggling, Financial Secrecy, Offshores, Money Laundering

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak, Chief Information Security Officer
Areas of Expertise: Networking, Communication/IT security, Server Administration, Free Software, Policy Issues related to: Censorship, Privacy/Surveillance, Open Data, Open Education, Open Licensing of Software, Copyright and Copyright Reform

 

 

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