International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

Fredrik Laurin, Sweden , is a freelance investigative reporter and producer for SVT, Swedish Public Broadcasting.

Fredrik Laurin, Sweden

Along with partners Sven Bergman and Joachim Dyfvermark, he has twice been awarded the Stora Journalistpriset –Sweden’s highest journalism honor– for his work to expose, among other issues, Sweden’s participation in the United States’ extraordinary rendition program. Laurin is the co-recipient of numerous other awards, including “Guldspaden” from the Swedish Investigative Reporters and Editors and the Daniel Pearl Award. Previously, Laurin worked as an investigative reporter and producer for Swedish National TV4, as well as Swedish News Agency TT. He has taught investigative techniques at a number of national and international venues, like the Global Investigative Journalism Conference, Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism, the University of Stockholm School of Journalism and the Swedish Investigative Reporters and Editors, Grävande Journalister”.

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Investigations Around the World

By Simona Raetz | September 28, 2011, 5:33 pm

In this week’s round-up: In Chile, telephone surveillance by police is invading the privacy of ordinary citizens; In Iraq, recruiters for extremist organizations increasingly target poor women to carry out suicide missions; and in the U.S. , Florida school officials redirected millions of federal stimulus dollars – meant to improve poor-performing schools -- to delaying layoffs and budget cuts. Read More
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Investigations Around the World

By Simona Raetz | August 25, 2011, 4:46 pm

In this week’s round-up: One of the world’s largest diamond mines, in Zimbabwe, is also a torture camp; in Colombia, people close the National Narcotics Agency are found in possession of confiscated goods from drug lords and the mafia; and western-made computer spy equipment is legally exported to authoritarian countries who use it to monitor human rights activists. Read More
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New ICIJ Members

By Simona Raetz | August 15, 2011, 2:32 pm

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has added 15 new reporters to its roster of more than 100 journalists in 50 countries. Read More