Matei Capota is a Romanian journalist at Context.ro.
He has been reporting for nearly two years. He studied Political Science at the University of Granada in Spain, before transitioning into journalism with a focus on judicial court reporting. His investigations cover a wide range of topics, from the links between real estate developers and political power to the state’s repeated failures in implementing policies for the socioeconomic inclusion of people with disabilities. Most recently, he investigated how a crypto entrepreneur connected to Jeffrey Epstein sought to lobby high-profile Romanian politicians in an effort to position Romania as a European crypto hub. He is particularly interested in open-source intelligence and macropolitics.