Vlad Lavrov is an investigative reporter for the English-language <a href="http://www.kyivpost.com/">Kyiv Post</a> in Kiev, Ukraine and has taken part in several international investigative projects, including the award-winning "<a href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/tobacco/">Tobacco Underground: The Booming Global Trade in Smuggled Cigarettes</a>," organized by the <a href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/investigations/icij/">International Consortium of Investigative Journalists</a>. Previously he worked as business and world editor for Korrespondent magazine in Kiev.