An international team of journalists embarked on a search. One of them was Polish reporter Wojciech Cieśla, who, in cooperation with journalists from Germany, Denmark, and Sweden, mapped the route of the yacht Andromeda, uncovered fake companies and straw men—and gradually pieced together a mosaic that led all the way to a group from Ukraine. Key, however, was also the inaction of the Polish authorities—as well as the question of whom they were trying to protect.
In the interview with Pavla Holcová, Wojciech Cieśla speaks not only about the details of working on one of the biggest European cases of recent years but also about a professional mistake that destroyed his reputation, and also about how hard it was to rebuild it. An episode about the power of journalistic cooperation, the courage to ask uncomfortable questions—and about a sea where some ships prefer not to turn on navigation.
