Peter Hounam

One of Britain's best-known investigative journalists, Peter Hounam has studied murder and corruption in many countries. With "The Sunday Times "Insight Team he broke the story of Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli nuclear whistle-blower. In 1997, he exposed the dangerous world of international cigarette smuggling for BBC Television. In the same year, he won the What-The-Papers-Say Scoop of the Year Award. At age 55, he counts among his accomplishments the book "Who Killed Diana?" and an expose of...See more

One of Britain's best-known investigative journalists, Peter Hounam has studied murder and corruption in many countries. With "The Sunday Times "Insight Team he broke the story of Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli nuclear whistle-blower. In 1997, he exposed the dangerous world of international cigarette smuggling for BBC Television. In the same year, he won the What-The-Papers-Say Scoop of the Year Award. At age 55, he counts among his accomplishments the book "Who Killed Diana?" and an expose of South Africa's nuclear weapons program. See less