Pavla Holcová is an investigative journalist and founder of investigace.cz, based in Prague and a regional editor for OCCRP.
She worked on projects such as the Panama and Paradise Papers and the Russian and Azerbaijani Laundromats. Together with her colleague Jan Kuciak, she exposed the ties between the Slovak government and Italian mafia. Her other work includes looking into the massive illegal arms sales to Syrian during the war, exploring the links between the global cocaine trade and Balkan organized crime groups, and identifying the illegal investments of politicians into real estate.
In November 2016, Pavla was selected among a hundred New Europe change-makers and 100 people changing Central and Eastern Europe for the better. In 2018, she was selected for the European Young Leaders initiative.
Before joining OCCRP, Pavla worked with Cuban dissidents.
