Rise Project

	The RISE Project reveals hidden connections between criminal organizations, politicians and businessmen in and around Romania
Home page	http://www.riseproject.ro/
Approach	The Rise Project uses data analysis, leaked documents and investigative techniques to help reveal organized crime networks and the political and economic corruptions. They also provide a secure document transfer system.
Phase	Released
Tags	stories, Romania, organized crime, OCCRP, riseproject, infographics, and investigations
Partners	OCCRP, Investigative Dashboard, HotNews.ro, Visual Investigative scenario, and Swiss-Romanian Cooperation Programme

Project Start Date	2012
Launch Date	Unavailable
Most Recent Update	2015
Update Frequency	true
Thematic Focus	Exposure
Issue addressed	Tracking corruption
Geographic Focus	Romania

Experience

How does a user interact with and navigate the project?

Narrative	true
Lists	true
Network Visualisation	true

Description

Summary of the project and its approach

	Who is who within the organized crime and business in Romania
Approach (How?)	The Rise Project uses data analysis, leaked documents and investigative techniques to help reveal organized crime networks and the political and economic corruptions. They also provide a secure document transfer system.
Language	Romanian

Impact

Indicators of reach and impact of the project.

Target Audience : Online Audience Reached : Large Network Twitter : (188 followers) Publisher's Twitter Followers : Online Rank : Google: 4 Alexa: 357721 OSE Domain Authority Rank: 37/100 Marketing Grader Rank: 74/100 () Online Rank (Publisher) : Google: Alexa: News Source : Some Offline Audience Reached : Regional Outcome : Last updated : 19/10/2015 Attempts against the project : /

Technology

What tools and code were used to create the project?

Tech Best Practices: : : : Code Repository : : Tool : : : : Database : : Frontend : : : : : Backend : : : : : Data Format : : Data Standard : Technical Documentation URL : : Technical Architecture Documentation : Schema Documentation : Design Documentation : API Documentation :

Data Sources

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Team

Team size and expertise

Team Size : Large Team Experience : Research : Dedicated Data Science : Dedicated Engineering : Dedicated Design : Outsourced

Project Methodology

What strategies were in place for managing the project?

Project Methodology : Open Source : false Open Data : false Budget : Contracting : Risk Planning : Minimal Sustainability Planning : No planning

Documented Practices

Documentation about project practices

Practices

How projects handle different aspects of data management

Data Modeling : Relational Ethical Collection : Ethical Storage : Data Collection : Trained Collectors Data Collection : Data Verification : Corroborated Data Cleaning : Data Analysis : Graph Data Description : false Data Licensing : Restricted Ethical Publishing : Signed project Ethical Publishing : Data Publishing Mode : false