Sandra Blenner Rasmussen is a Danish investigative journalist at the award-winning independent media Danwatch.

She works on longer investigations into multinational companies, often on topics related to human rights, environmental issues, and financial crimes.

In 2021 she was a part of the investigation about the exploitation of female migrant workers in the Spanish strawberry industry. The investigation was published in Al Jazeera and was widely picked up by Spanish, Moroccan and Italian media. The investigation was one of the finalists for the Amnesty Media Awards 2022.

 

Sandra Blenner Rasmussen

Basic information

Name
Sandra Blenner Rasmussen
Title
Investigative journalist
Expertise
human rights, environment, financial crimes
Country
Denmark
City
Copenhagen

Supported projects

Build Back Better? 10 Years After Typhoon Haiyan

  • Corruption
  • Environment

TACLOBAN - Almost a decade after typhoon Yolanda devastated parts of the Philippines in 2023, no less than Tacloban City’s own mayor has said that 70% of the houses given to Yolanda survivors by the government are “substandard.”

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philippines 10 years later typhoon

Two Danish power plants pollute Lebanese tourist gems

BEIRUT - In the last decade, Denmark has promoted itself as a green frontrunner. But the investigation shows how Denmark is not only exporting windmills and green know-how, it has also supported and built polluting power plants outside its own borders. 

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