Crime And Corruption Research Network (Lupa)

The Crime and Corruption Research Network (LUPA) is founded by an independent non-profit association of freelance investigative journalists: Vladimir Otašević, Stanko Radulović and Srdjan Ružić.

LUPA aims to publish investigative stories on organised crime and corruption. "We want to encourage citizens to take an active role in the decision-making process through the use of non-governmental organisations and the media, and to promote free access to public documents and information," co-founder Vladimir Otašević said.

One of its goals is to promote and improve independent, responsible, and professional investigative journalism in Montenegro. To this end, it cooperates with numerous media outlets in the country and abroad. In addition to investigative stories, it has also published investigative documentaries about crime and corruption, including the investigative documentary Secrets of Crime, about the murder of Duško Jovanović, the owner and editor-in-chief of the newspaper Dan.

LUPA has received national and international journalism awards. In 2019, its journalist Stanko Radulović received the Courage against Corruption Award for his investigative story about the nephew of the country's president (Milo Djukanović), who bought a tourist complex worth 20 million for 45,000 euros. It is an annual award given by representatives of the Montenegrin Network for the Affirmation of the Non-Governmental Sector (MANS) in partnership with the Delegation of the European Union in Montenegro.

LUPA's investigative work has also been recognised by the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN), of which it is a member. Due to its investigations, its journalists have suffered numerous pressures and verbal and physical attacks.

The media outlet's primary revenue sources are international grants; it has also established partnerships with domestic non-governmental organisations, trade unions, and the Faculty of Political Sciences of Montenegro University.