{"id":34991,"date":"2024-01-25T10:12:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T08:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riseproject.ro\/?post_type=team&#038;p=34991"},"modified":"2026-01-09T10:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:15:15","slug":"andrei-ciurcanu","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/www.riseproject.ro\/en\/team\/andrei-ciurcanu\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrei Ciurcanu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"29\" data-end=\"334\">Andrei has been a member of RISE Project since 2014, and in 2019 he joined the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) investigative platform. Previously, he worked as an investigative reporter in television and print media \u2013 <em data-start=\"272\" data-end=\"315\">Evenimentul Zilei, Reporterii Realit\u0103\u021bii,<\/em> and <em data-start=\"320\" data-end=\"333\">\u00cen Premier\u0103<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"336\" data-end=\"831\">Since 2006, Andrei has conducted investigations into organized crime groups, human and organ trafficking, corruption, and environmental crime. He has written about the behind-the-scenes aspects of the \u201cBechtel affair,\u201d about the largest illegal restitution case in Romania\u2019s history \u2013 the Ghika Com\u0103ne\u0219ti Case \u2013 involving damages exceeding \u20ac300 million, and about how illegally logged timber was connected to the business of Romania\u2019s largest wood-processing company, Holzindustrie Schweighofer.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"833\" data-end=\"1100\">He coordinated and produced a series of environmental investigations into illegal forestry exploitation. These investigations formed part of the complaints submitted to the European Commission, which was prompted to take legal action against the Romanian authorities.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1102\" data-end=\"1188\">He has collaborated with media outlets such as <em data-start=\"1149\" data-end=\"1176\">Al Jazeera, The Guardian,<\/em> and <em data-start=\"1181\" data-end=\"1187\">Arte<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1190\" data-end=\"1427\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">In 2016, he won the Gold Award for Best Investigative Report at the New York Festivals TV &amp; Film Awards, and in 2011 he was a finalist in the Investigative Documentary category at the Association for International Broadcasting in London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrei has been a member of RISE Project since 2014, and in 2019 he joined the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) investigative platform. 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