Victor Ilie is a Romanian investigative journalist renowned for his in-depth reporting on corruption and organized crime. He graduated Journalism in Iași in 2012, he founded or has contributed to independent publications such as Casa Jurnalistului, RISE Project, Inclusiv, Recorder.ro and Snoop.ro. Victor has conducted undercover investigations into Copenhagen and London pickpocket networks, Bucharest drug traffickers, and high-ranking priests of the Romanian Orthodox Church. A three-time winner of the Superscrieri awards, he was also honored with the Ion Rațiu Prize for Journalism in 2021 for his investigation Regele pandemiei, which exposed corruption in Romania’s healthcare system.

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