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Alain Lallemand

@AlainLallemand

Alain Lallemand</a> is a senior investigative reporter at <a href="http://www.lesoir.be/">Le Soir</a> ("The Evening") in Brussels and a lecturer in narrative reporting at the University of Louvain in Belgium. He specializes in reporting on organized crime and members of the mafia. He has contributed reporting to projects done by the <a href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/icij/">International Consortium of Investigative Journalists</a>, including "<a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/bow/">Making a Killing: The Business of War</a>," "<a href="http://projects.publicintegrity.org/militaryaid/">Collateral Damage: Human Rights and U.S. Military Aid After 9/11</a>," and "<a href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/tobacco/">Tobacco Underground: The Booming Global Trade in Smuggled Cigarettes</a>."

The Challenge: Investigating ‘Russian’ Mafias in a Time of Twitter

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