How comes, that people have to sit in the dark in countries, that produce more power, than they consume? This and other questions were asked by a team of journalists in the Balkans. Together they looked into the structures behind the privatised energy producers in their countries.
“Energy trading in southeast Europe is frequently a murky business conducted on the edge of the law, where ownership of trading companies is hidden behind paper companies set up in exotic Mediterranean and Caribbean islands,” was one of the conclusions of the team, which was co-sponsored by several funders.
Read all the articles at the website of the reportingproject.
(Published in 2006)