{"id":19379,"date":"2023-04-17T11:51:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T09:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riseproject.ro\/?page_id=19379"},"modified":"2026-01-09T10:10:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:10:37","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.riseproject.ro\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<!-- Photo -->\r\n<div class=\"about-photo\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riseproject.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/team.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riseproject.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/team.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.riseproject.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/team-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/www.riseproject.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/team-1024x653.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.riseproject.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/team-768x490.png 768w, https:\/\/www.riseproject.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/team-1536x979.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n<!-- Section: Career -->\r\n<section class=\"about-career mt-96\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"section-title\">Our mission<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"about-career-list\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>RISE Project uncovers hidden connections between criminal organizations, politicians and businessmen \u2013 using advanced investigative techniques and intelligence analysis technologies. We obtain documents from offshore areas and analyze large volumes of information. Then we create databases and put together the puzzle that they want to hide.<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>RISE Project is not only a platform for publishing investigations but also a program for interactive visualization of unseen interests in Romania. 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