KRIK is an investigative media outlet founded by a group of investigative journalists from Serbia in mid-2015. The portal publishes investigative stories about high-level corruption in Serbia, focusing on suspicious and corrupt dealings involving individuals in key positions of power or those who wield significant influence, as well as the connections between organized crime and government officials. In addition, through its daily content, KRIK informs readers about events and issues of public interest and reports on the most important court proceedings in the country.
Over the years, KRIK has launched several specialized platforms: it initiated RasKRIKavanje, a site dedicated to exposing media manipulation and fake news; published a database of politicians’ assets, which includes information on the wealth and income of both ruling and opposition officials; and created “Judge Who Judges”, a database profiling judges involved in the country’s most significant cases. Amidst the raging gang wars in Serbia and the region, KRIK also released the “Black Book” – a record of mafia-style killings – and “Underworld Bosses”, profiling the leading figures of rival criminal clans.
As a member of the global investigative journalism network Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), KRIK has participated in numerous international investigations such as the Panama Papers, Paradise Papers, Suisse Secrets, Pandora Papers, OpenLux, and Crime Telegram (an investigation into the “Sky” company and encrypted phones). Besides OCCRP, KRIK is a member of several other media organizations, including the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN), Association of Online Media (AOM), International Press Institute (IPI), International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), and the European Fact-Checking Standards Network (EFCSN).
KRIK’s newsroom and its journalists have received numerous international and domestic journalism awards, such as the Data Journalism Award, Sigma Award, CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism, Anti-Corruption Champions Award, Global Shining Light Award, European Press Prize, and national honors for ethics and courage like the “Dušan Bogavac” and “Jug Grizelj” awards, as well as regional accolades such as “Srđan Aleksić” and “Duško Jovanović”. KRIK journalists have also repeatedly won the EU Award for the Best Investigative Stories from Serbia and the national “Dejan Anastasijević” Award.
Due to the nature of its investigations, KRIK has faced continuous pressure from powerful figures in the state since its inception. Government officials have tried to discredit the portal’s journalists through official statements, while pro-government tabloids have run smear campaigns against them. KRIK’s reporters have been surveilled and wiretapped, and in recent years the newsroom has been inundated with SLAPP lawsuits – legal actions designed to intimidate and pressure journalists into abandoning investigations of public interest. These lawsuits are mostly filed by individuals connected to the ruling Serbian Progressive Party or those close to President Aleksandar Vučić.
Since 2024, KRIK has been a member of the Reporters Shield program, which supports investigative journalists in fighting SLAPP lawsuits aimed at silencing those who ask difficult questions.
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Stevan Dojčinović, editor-in-chief
Stevan Dojčinović is the editor-in-chief of KRIK and the Balkan regional editor for the international investigative journalism organization Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). He was born in 1985 in Kruševac, where he also grew up. He has been engaged in investigative journalism since 2008, starting as a journalist with OCCRP. Stevan trains journalists in investigative reporting and has helped establish several investigative newsrooms. In 2014, he authored the book “Šarić – How the Balkan Cocaine Cartel Conquered Europe.”
Stevan has received numerous awards, including the 2018 international award for outstanding merits in investigative journalism presented by the South East Europe Media Organization (SEEMO) and the Central European Initiative (CEI), the Data Journalism Award in 2017 awarded to KRIK for the “Database of Politicians’ Assets” project, the “Dušan Bogavac” Award for Ethics and Courage awarded to the KRIK newsroom in 2017, the Duško Jovanović Award in 2015, the regional Jug Grizelj Award in 2013, and several national Awards for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. As a member of OCCRP’s investigative team, Stevan was awarded the European Press Prize and the Global Shining Light Award in 2015. He is also one of the seven members of the international team of journalists who won the Daniel Pearl Award for cross-border investigative journalism, presented at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Kyiv in 2011.
From the summer of 2012 to April 2015, he served as the editor-in-chief of the Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia (CINS).
Bojana Jovanović, deputy editor
Bojana Jovanovic is the deputy editor and one of the co-founders of KRIK. She also serves as the editor of daily content and coordinates the newsroom’s investigative work. She has led groundbreaking projects at KRIK, including The Black Book, a database of mafia murders in Serbia and Montenegro, as well as the award-winning Database of Assets of Serbian Politicians and Judge Who Judges.
Bojana has been working in investigative journalism since 2010, when she graduated with a degree in journalism from the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade. She is the author of numerous investigative reports and has specialized over the years in researching organized crime and its connections to state structures.
For her work, she has received the EU Investigative Journalism Award twice, several national Awards for Excellence in Investigative Journalism (Dejan Anastasijević award), and the regional Srđan Aleksić award in the category of „Courage and Excellence” in 2023. As part of the KRIK team, she has also won the SIGMA Award, the Data Journalism Award, and the Dušan Bogavac Award for ethics and courage.
Bojana conducts journalism training on searching online databases, as well as digital and physical security for journalists. She has also mentored young reporters entering the field of investigative journalism. Before co-founding KRIK with her colleagues, she worked with the international journalism network Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and was part of the investigative team at the Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia (CINS) for several years.
Jelena Vasić, project coordinator
Jelena Vasic is a project manager and one of the founders of portal KRIK. In the previous years she has also worked as investigative reporter with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). From 2012 to 2015 she was a member of the journalistic team of the Center for Investigative Reporting in Serbia (CINS). She graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade, at the Journalism Department. As part of the KRIK investigative team she won the global Data Journalism Award in 2017. Jelena has won the national IJAS annual award for investigative journalism in the category of online media for 2013.
Vesna Radojević, editor at Raskrikavanje
Vesna Radojević is a journalist at KRIK and an editor on the „Raskrikavanje“ project. She began her journalism career in 2011 at „PG Mreža.“ In 2013, she continued her career at „Istinomer,“ where she worked until October 2017.
She is one of the recipients of the investigative journalism award presented by the Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (NUNS) and the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade. As a student, she also received the „Borivoje Mirković“ award in 2012 for the best student TV report.
Milica Vojinović, social media editor
Milica Vojinović is the social media editor at KRIK, working on the development of investigative journalism across digital platforms. She leads a team within KRIK that produces journalistic content and disseminates key findings on corruption and crime to a wider audience through social media, targeting younger generations who primarily consume information in this way.
Before her current position, she spent eight years working in investigative journalism and daily reporting on organized crime and corruption in Serbia. She has specialized in researching the ties between organized crime and government structures. Milica’s work has received multiple international recognitions—she was awarded the CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism in the category of Best Young Professional Journalist. She has won two European Union Awards for Investigative Journalism in the Western Balkans and Turkey for investigative stories on organized crime. Along with the KRIK team, she received the global Sigma Award in 2021 for her work on the investigative online database on the Serbian judiciary, titled „Judge Who Judges”.
She is committed to using her skills to promote transparency and accountability in Serbia. Milica holds a degree in journalism from the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade and speaks English and Spanish.
Miodrag Ćakić, graphic designer/programmer
Miodrag Ćakić is a graphic designer, programmer, videographer, and photographer who provides both creative and technical support for the work of KRIK and RasKRIKavanje. He is one of the founding members of KRIK.
With over 20 years of experience in design and information technology, Miodrag has built his expertise through work across the public, private, and civil society sectors. He visually illustrates all of KRIK’s investigative reports and is the technical architect behind every database project developed by KRIK’s newsroom to date.
His contributions have earned him prestigious international awards, including the Data Journalism Award and the Sigma Award, for his work on KRIK’s projects “Database of Politicians’ Assets” and “Judge Who Judges.”
Sofija Parojčić, journalist
Sofija Parojčić works as a reporter and studies journalism at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade. She has been with KRIK since October 2022 and works on investigative stories and reports on major criminal and corruption trials. She was part of KRIK’s team that worked on an online database of judges in Serbia „Judge Who Judges“.
Sofija Bogosavljev, journalist
Sofija Bogosavljev is an investigative journalist at KRIK and a student at the Faculty of Media and Communications. She has been with KRIK since February 2024, working on investigative stories and reporting on trials related to organized crime. She completed the journalism school of the Journalists’ Association of Serbia (UNS) and began her journalism career in 2021 at the Nova.rs portal, where she covered daily news on crime and politics.
Tamara Todorović, journalist
Journalist Tamara Todorović joined the KRIK team in 2024 and has since been investigating crime and corruption alongside her colleagues.
After graduating from the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš, she began her career at the regional news portal Južne vesti, where she took her first steps in investigative journalism. In addition to covering daily political and social topics, she investigated local politicians, corruption, investor-driven urban development, offshore companies, and the misconduct of city officials.
She was awarded the Marina Kovačev annual prize as the best young investigative journalist of 2023 and was also the winner of the second generation of the Journalism Academy organized by the Belgrade Open School (BOŠ).
Branislav Grković, journalist
Branislav Grković is a journalist at KRIK. He graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences and has been working in journalism since 2000. Over the years, he has worked for Radio Belgrade 202, Blic, B92, and the weekly Vreme. He has received the Investigative Journalism Award twice, presented by the Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (NUNS) and the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade.
Isidora Martać, journalist
Isidora Martać is a journalist at KRIK and a journalism student at the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad. She began her journalism career through the Danas Journalism School and later worked in Novi Sad as a news presenter at AS FM radio.
During her studies, she participated in media literacy training programs organized by the Novi Sad School of Journalism and Fake News Tragač, as well as investigative journalism training at the Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia (CINS).
She worked in the domestic politics section of the Beta news agency while also contributing as a correspondent for the youth editorial team Mingl at the Belgrade Open School (BOŠ). She briefly worked as a journalist at the local newsroom BG24.rs, and after its sudden closure, she joined KRIK.
Aleksandar Bugarin, social media journalist
Aleksandar Bugarin has been working as a journalist since 2019, when he began reporting on cultural events. Over the following years, he worked as a journalist for VOICE, Autonomija, DW Serbian, BIRN, AgroSmart, Storyteller, and many others. He spent nearly three years in charge of social media journalism at VOICE. Until recently, he was a Deutsche Welle correspondent from Serbia.
In addition to journalism, he has been working as a media consultant in recent years, mainly focusing on social media development and mobile journalism. Since January 2025, he has been a social media journalist at KRIK, while also working as a media consultant for DW Akademie, where he contributes to the development of public service media in the Western Balkans.
Marija Vučić, journalist at Raskrikavanje
Marija Vucic is a reporter for the „Raskrikavanje” project. She began her journalism career in 2014 at the newspaper „Južne vesti” after completing her master’s degree in journalism at the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš. Since 2016, she has worked as a journalist and later as the deputy editor-in-chief of the „Cenzolovka” portal, where she specialized in media and journalism-related topics. She also worked as a fact-checker for the Center for Investigative Reporting of Serbia (CINS). Marija received an award from the „Media & Reform center” in Niš for the best reporting on the gray economy and illegal trade at the national level.
Milica Ljubičić, journalist at Raskrikavanje
Milica Ljubicic works as a journalist on KRIK’s debunking portal „RasKRIKavanje”, where she focuses on discovering false news and disinformation published in Serbian media. She graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences and accomplished a bachelor’s degree in journalism and communicology. Her current main interest is investigating media financing and state influence on the creation of media content. Milica was also a member of KRIK’s team which was working on the international journalistic project „FinCEN Files” in 2020.
Stefan Kosanović, journalist at Raskrikavanje
Stefan Kosanović is a journalist at KRIK, where he has been working on the “Raskrikavanje” project since December 2023. He graduated in Journalism from the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad in 2020. During his studies, he collaborated with various media outlets and production companies, participating in filmmaking and creating audiovisual content. Prior to joining KRIK, he spent three and a half years working as a journalist for the fact-checking portal Fake News Tragač. He is the author of publications on media literacy and journalistic ethics and actively contributes to projects, training programs, and workshops dedicated to improving the quality of journalism in the Balkans. In 2023, he received the “Dragan Janjić Award” for his contribution to media literacy improvement. The following year, he earned special recognition for investigative reporting at the international “AIPS Media Awards” and additionally won second place in the Young Reporters Writing category.
Milica Blagojević, journalist at Raskrikavanje
Milica Blagojević is a social media journalist for KRIK’s „RasKRIKavanje” project. She holds a degree in journalism from the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad, where she is currently pursuing a master’s degree in communication studies. During the studies, she participated in numerous workshops and activities for journalism students in Serbia and the region. She received the award for the best student of 2024 from the Faculty of Philosophy. She is also an alumna of the international training program for young journalists, „Journey”, held in Prague. Milica joined the KRIK team in January 2025.
Marta Mihajlović, office manager
Snežana Petijević, project manager
Snežana Petijević is a project assistant at KRIK. She has been working in the civil sector since 2012, primarily in project management, developing and writing project proposals, with a particular interest in financial management, project management, globalization, and migration management. She speaks English and Italian.
Bojan Elek, project manager
Bojan Elek is a project manager at KRIK, dedicated to strengthening the newsroom’s sustainability with a particular focus on combating SLAPP lawsuits (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation). Through this work, he contributes to the efforts of KRIK and other independent media outlets to protect the integrity of investigative journalism and freedom of expression in Serbia’s increasingly challenging media environment. Bojan has over ten years of experience in the civil society sector, where he worked on public policy research in the areas of security, European integration and the rule of law. He holds a journalism degree from the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade and has pursued further studies in the United States, Hungary and the United Kingdom.
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KRIK is funded through donations. This model of financing ensures that the sources of funding have no influence over our editorial policy or control over the content we publish.
Our work has been supported through donations from various international institutions and foundations, including:
OCCRP, Sigrid Rausing Trust, Limelight Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Civil Rights Defenders, the European Union, GIZ, the National Endowment for Democracy, and Sweden through the Belgrade Open School’s project “Civil Society for Advancing Serbia’s EU Accession – Europe ASAP.”
We have also received support from the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), Open Information Partnership, the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, the Embassy of the Netherlands in Belgrade through the MATRA program, the Embassy of Canada in Belgrade, the Embassy of Australia in Belgrade, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Canal France International, IREX, and Internews.
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