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Building an Engaged Community through Collaboration and In-Depth Investigations, All While Maintaining a Sense of Humor
['Reported By', 'Daiva Repečkaitė']
OCCRP Features
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On the other side of a forested border is Belarus, whose internationally sanctioned dictator is a target of numerous Siena investigations.
During the reporting of this story, news came out that the team’s finances will be further boosted after Černiauskas and a collaborator were awarded €200,000 as part of the Pamatai investigative journalism prize.
Siena estimates that its investigations have resulted in 19 pre-trial investigations, and helped the state retrieve close to €1.5 million (US$1.72 million) in unpaid taxes.
There has to be a symbiosis between the media, law enforcement, and sometimes local people, the local community, too.”