Casey Michel

Investigative journalist and writer

Director of the Combating Kleptocracy Program at the Human Rights Foundation. Specializes in kleptocracy, illicit finance, foreign lobbying, and the legacies of Russian and Soviet colonialism. Author of Foreign Agents: How American Lobbyists and Lawmakers Threaten Democracy Around the World, an investigation into the influence of foreign lobbying on U.S. policy and global democracy. Regularly publishes on transnational corruption and authoritarian influence networks.