Year" – 1997 and 1999 National Headliner Award, as a member of the CNN Investigation Team, for "outstanding continuing coverage of attacks on America and their aftermath." SAPA award (Society of Publishers in Asia) for best feature writing for an in-depth account of the royal family of Brunei "Best of the Best" award in 2009 from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW), for an article on China's business activities in sub-Saharan Africa. Fortune was awarded the National Magazine Award for public interest for two articles written by Behar on organized crime's influence in the garbage-hauling industry (1997) 2008 George Polk Award for articles in Fast Company In 2013, finalist for a Loeb award for a Forbes magazine article about Hess Oil's Russian mob problem. Notes External links ProjectKlebnikov.org LermaNet.com – 'Leo Award Winner Richard Behar at CAN Conference 1992' NewsBios.com Acceptance Speech, for Leo J. Ryan award MediaBistro Bio American investigative journalists Jewish American journalists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) George Polk Award recipients Critics of Scientology People from Levittown, New York People from Manhattan Writers from New York (state) Time (magazine) people Fortune (magazine) people Forbes people Journalists from New York City American male non-fiction writers Gerald Loeb Award winners for Magazines