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Antonia Cundy

Antonia Cundy is a multi award-winning special investigations reporter at the Financial Times, focused on exposing abuses of power. Before joining the FT in 2022, Antonia worked as a freelance foreign correspondent and investigative reporter. In 2022, she won the Marie Colvin Award at the British Journalism Awards for her freelance war reportage from Ukraine, and was also awarded Newcomer of the Year at the Free Press Awards.

Her investigations at the FT have won her multiple accolades. In 2023, she won Best Investigative News Article at the Anti-Slavery Day Awards for an exposé into modern slavery in the UK fishing industry; in 2024, her investigation with Madison Marriage and Paul Caruana Galizia into sexual abuse by financier Crispin Odey won Scoop of the Year at the British Press Awards, was highly commended for Investigation of the Year, and was shortlisted for the Private Eye Paul Foot Award.

Cundy was also awarded Young Journalist of the Year at the 2024 Harold Wincott Awards for business, economic and financial journalism.

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Spiritual Abuse: Coercion and Forced Labour in Opus Dei

Opus Dei, a conservative group of Da Vinci Code fame, is one of the most powerful organisations in the Catholic Church. Its influence extends beyond religious circles. High-profile Opus Dei members include the late Luis Valls, former president of Banco Popular, Patrick Njoroge, former governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, and Guillermo Lasso, the president of Ecuador until last year.
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Investigating Sexual Assault at the Workplace: the Case of  Crispin Odey

Crispin Odey reigned over London’s hedge fund scene for more than three decades. At its peak his firm, Odey Asset Management, was one of Europe's largest hedge fund companies. But behind the scenes, and known to the company's executives, persistent sexual misconduct and abuse was taking place.
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Special Investigations Reporter at The Financial Times
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