Raluca Besliu

Raluca Besliu is a freelance journalist originally from Romania, but currently living in Belgium.

She has previously reported from Germany and Togo, focusing on issues such as environmental degradation and political movements, for reputed outlets, such as The New York Times, Deutsche Welle and HuffPost. She is particularly interested in environmental and human rights issues, global governance as well as European affairs.

Raluca graduated from the University of Oxford with a master’s degree in refugee and forced migration studies. She earned her bachelor’s degree in international relations at Vassar College, in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Ms. Besliu’s interests are in refugee and human rights issues, global politics, peace and post-conflict reconstruction.

Basic information

Name

Raluca Besliu

Title

Journalist

Expertise

refugee, human rights, global politics, peace, post-conflict reconstruction

Country

Belgium

City

Brussels

@Raluca_Besliu

Website

ralucabesliu.journoportfolio.com

Links

Supported projects

Seeds of Deception

Environment
Industry

BONN/BUKAREST/BERN/AMSTERDAM/ATHENS – The future of our food supply is under threat as a high-stakes battle unfolds over seed control in the EU. This cross-border project investigated how companies exploit patent loopholes to demand and sometimes obtain patents from the EPO even on conventionally-bred plants, which are technically protected from patenting by both the EU and EPO laws.

Endangered Fish Flood the EU market

Environment
Fishing industry

BORTIANOR - this investigation brings into the spotlight the export of endangered small pelagic fish from Ghana to the EU. The EC still maintains a yellow card warning for Ghana, while allowing access to the EU market to certain industrial vessels and companies involved in IUU activities within Ghana.

Nigeria: Illegal crude oil mining

Environment
Exploitation

ODUOHA - This story focuses on Total's oil and gas exploration activities in Nigeria (Rivers State) that have allegedly resulted in death, environmental damage, and farmlands destruction.

SIAT’s Land Grabbings in West Africa

Agriculture
Environment
Exploitation

PRIKRO The presence of SIAT, a Belgian company specialised in palm oil and rubber production, in Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria, comes with a significant socio-economic and environmental cost for the local communities. With the support of the national governments, the company is causing social division, food scarcity and restlessness. The locals are fighting back, reclaiming their lands both at the national and international levels.