Team

Project Manager

Phillip van Niekerk - a South African investigative reporter and former editor of the Mail & Guardian in Johannesburg, coordinated the global research and reporting from Washington.

Reporters (in alphabetical order)

Iqbal Athas - examined the role of private military companies in Sri Lanka.
Duncan Campbell - wrote about the history of private military companies and British mercenary Tim Spicer.
Sunday Dare - investigated growing U.S. government involvement in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea.
Samiya Edwards - researched private military companies worldwide and compiled the Business of War database.
Julio Godoy - reported on the "Angolagate" scandal in France and French oil operations in Africa.
Alain Lallemand - investigated arms dealers Jacques Monsieur and Leonid Minin.
Yossi Melman - examined the business activities of Israeli entrepreneurs Lev Leviev and Arcadi Gaydamak in Angola.
Laura Peterson - reported on the Angolan oil industry and private military companies in the United States.
Mungo Soggot - examined the business dealings of African entrepreneur Niko Shefer and the DeBeers diamond cartel.
André Verlöy - tracked the worldwide network of Russian arms dealer Victor Bout.

Researchers (in alphabetical order)

Tangeni Amuphadi, Aparna Basnyat, Gina Bramucci, Walter de Bock, John Dunbar, Benjamin Duncan, Nicky Hager, David Isenberg, M. Asif Ismail, Alex Knott, Miglena Mantcheva, Adam Mayle, Patrick Murck, Daniel Politi, Knut Royce, Erik Schelzig, Bob Williams

Editors (in alphabetical order)

Bill Allison - managing editor, Center for Public Integrity
Maud S. Beelman - director, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Charles Lewis - executive director, Center for Public Integrity
Peter Newbatt Smith - research editor, Center for Public Integrity

Production Support (in alphabetical order)

M. Asif Ismail
Javed Khan
Han Nguyen
Johnson Philip
Scott Singleton
MaryJo Sylwester
André Verlöy
Jonathan Werve
Joseph Williams