RISE Project is a leading investigative reporting organisation established in 2012 in Romania.

Our mission is to investigate organised crime and corruption in Romania and the region. Our reporters focus on money laundering and smuggling schemes, environmental affairs, disinformation, arms trafficking and bring to light the hidden businesses of politicians and magistrates. We are a member center of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and we have coordinated many investigative cross border stories. We worked on other global projects such as: Panama Papers, Paradise Papers, Pandora Papers, SwissLeaks, LuxLeaks, BahamasLeaks, The Troika Laundromat, ...

RISE Project

Basic information

Name
RISE Project
Title
Investigative reporting organisation
Country
Romania
City
Bucharest

Supported projects

Building a Local Network

  • Journalism & Media

CLUJ NAPOCA / IASI / TIMISOARA / CRAIOVA - Our initiative aims to address the lack of coverage in the local media of organized crime and corruption stories by setting up investigative centers together with trusted local journalists and students in 4 major regions of the country.