Diogo Augusto is a Portuguese freelance investigative journalist based in Lisboa.
His reporting focuses on financial crime, offshore corporate structures, lobbying, environmental issues, and conflicts of interest. Trained originally as a sociologist, he worked in academia in Portugal and Belize before switching over to financial investigative journalism.
He also reports on the environmental and social consequences of opaque finance, including greenwashing, water use, tax privileges, and property speculation linked to investment-migration schemes.
He is a trainer in Financial Investigations for the Centre for Investigative Journalism. In 2025 he was shortlisted for a 2025 Wincott Award in the Journalist of the Year, Nations and Regions category.
