Paul Radu

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Paul Radu
A photograph of four men in a room, three of them sitting down, all surrounding a black videocamera on a black tripod with windows in the background
Radu being interviewed for the human trafficking documentary film Not My Life (left to right: Radu, Richard Young, Robert Bilheimer)
NationalityRomanian
CitizenshipRomania
OccupationInvestigative journalist
Organization(s)Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism
Known forInvestigating transnational crime in Eastern Europe

Paul Radu is an investigative journalist from Romania.[1] He is the co-founder of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, for which he and co-founder Drew Sullivan received the Special Award by the European Press Prize.[2][3] He is also one of the cofounders of the Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism.[4]

He has received multiple international awards for his journalism.[5] In 2008, he sat on a Central European Initiative jury to name that year's best investigative journalist; the jury chose Drago Hedl.[6] In 2009, he appeared on 48 Hours investigating sexual slavery and human trafficking in Romania.[7] He has also investigated human trafficking in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[8]

In 2020 Radu was sued for defamation in London by Azerbaijani MP, Javanshir Feyziyev, over two articles in OCCRP's award-winning Azerbaijan Laundromat series about money-laundering out of Azerbaijan. The case was discontinued two weeks before the trial was to start.[9]

Radu is the executive producer of the award-winning film “The Killing of a Journalist.”[10]

In 2023, he co-founded Floodlight: Fiction in the Public Interest, an initiative that brings together investigative journalists and filmmakers together to make tv series and films.[11]

Also in 2023, Radu oversaw the NarcoFiles project, a series of investigations that revealed the inner workings of transnational smuggling gangs from Latin America to Europe.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nancy Keefe Rhodes (2012). "Not My Life: Filmmaker Robert Bilheimer's Latest Meditation on Good and Evil" (PDF). Stone Canoe: 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  2. ^ Jan Gunnar Furuly (March 9, 2012). "Journalist forsøkt utpresset med sexbilder". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  3. ^ OCCRP. "Awards". www.occrp.org. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  4. ^ Sherry Ricchiardi (June–July 2010). "Playing Defense". American Journalism Review. Archived from the original on July 22, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  5. ^ "Balkan: Mellemmænd tjener stort på lyssky handel med energi". DR (in Danish). May 7, 2007. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  6. ^ "Quando il coraggio premia" (in Italian). Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso. May 26, 2008. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  7. ^ Rebecca Leung (February 11, 2009). "Rescued from Sex Slavery". 48 Hours. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  8. ^ Beth Kampschror (May 23, 2006). "In Bosnia, convicts get weekends off". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  9. ^ "Azerbaijan MP discontinues defamation case against investigative journalist Paul Radu | Doughty Street Chambers". www.doughtystreet.co.uk. 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  10. ^ Sarnecki, Matt (2023-04-27), The Killing of a Journalist (Documentary, Crime), Robert Fico, Robert Kalinak, Andrej Kiska, Final Cut for Real, Frame Films, OCCRP, retrieved 2024-05-21
  11. ^ Roxborough, Scott (2023-11-27). "Investigative Reporters Team With Filmmakers at First Floodlight Summit in Colombia". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  12. ^ Daly, Max (2023-11-09). "Here's What You Need to Know About the Panama Papers Of The Drug World". Vice. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
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