Kristof Clerix, Belgium, works as an investigative reporter for the Belgian weekly news magazine Knack.
He specialises in security related topics. Clerix has worked as a journalist in Belgium since 2002. After two years freelancing for the Belgian daily De Morgen, he joined the team of MO*, a Belgian monthly magazine on international affairs. There he reported from more than 40 countries.He has written substantially on security topics such as terrorism, international police cooperation, intelligence, NATO, EU defense policy, drug smuggling, human trafficking, illegal arms dealing, nuclear proliferation, city gangs, energy and pipelines, geopolitics and frozen conflicts.In 2006, Clerix wrote the book "Vrij Spel", on the activities of foreign secret services operating in Belgium, host country to the NATO headquarters and European institutions. His second book, "Spionage. Doelwit: Brussel", on Cold War espionage was published in 2013.Clerix is regularly contacted by international media to comment on the Belgian security apparatus.
In 2013 Clerix joined ICIJ. He contributed to Lux Leaks, Swiss Leaks, Evicted and Abandoned, the Panama Papers and Bahamas Leaks. Clerix has represented ICIJ at several international conferences, organised by Europol, the European Parliament, and the Financial Transparency Coalition. In 2016 Clerix started working for the news magazine Knack, focussing on international muckracking. Next to ICIJ collaboratioins, Clerix worked on several other cross border investigative projects, including the MEPs project and Security For Sale. In 2005, Clerix won the Investigative Journalism Award for Young Journalists handed out by the VVOJ - the Flemish Dutch Association for Investigative Journalists. In 2010, he was awarded the European Young Journalist Award for Belgium, a prize by the European Commission. In 2015 he won the Investigative Journalism Award of VVOJ.
