Paul Radu, co-founded the Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism (RCIJ). He is a member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
In 2002 Paul was a Milena Jesenska Press fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna, Austria, where he researched transnational organized crime groups.
He has investigated trafficking in the Balkans as well as the ties between various organised crime groups and the mining and energy sector in Romania. He won a 2004 Knight International Press Fellowship Award and was the coordinator of a cross-border investigative project that won the 2007 Global Shining Light award.