Offshore Crime Project

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The project was done by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project -- a consortium of investigative centers, journalists and media organizations throughout the Balkans and Eastern Europe.

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November 20, 2010

The project was done by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, a consortium of investigative centers, journalists and media organizations throughout the Balkans and Eastern Europe.

The investigative team included:

Reporters: Mihai Munteanu (Romania), Beth Kampschror (United States), Stanimir Vaglenov(Bulgaria), Vlad Lavrov (Ukraine), Tamas Bodoky (Hungary), Stevan Dojcinovic (Serbia) and Caitlin Ginley (United States - International Consortium of Investigative Journalists)

Editors: Drew Sullivan, Rosemary Armao

Coordinator: Paul Cristian Radu

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