The Corruption Tracker launch has arrived! We kick off with an introduction to the Tracker and panel by @DemBrinke #CorruptionTracker #DodgyDeals

Now @andrewfeinstein from @ShadowWorldInv1 will introduce the driving idea behind the Corruption Tracker and explain why corruption specifically within the arms trade can even have deadly consequences

"The global arms trade accounts for 40% of world corruption; everything that happens in a weapons transaction is veiled behind national security-imposed secrecy, there is no accountability" - @andrewfeinstein for the #CorruptionTracker launch

"Arms deals are an absolutely essential part of funding political campaigns... in the US this is 'legal bribery'... the politician then ensures that multi-billion dollar contracts are returned to the weapons manufacturer' - @andrewfeinstein for the #CorruptionTracker launch

"If the arms trade is allowed to continue unchanged, it will continue to make the world more corrupt, less democratic, and ironically above a far less safe place" - @andrewfeinstein for the #CorruptionTracker launch

Next up @Sarah_Chayes the author of “On Corruption in America and what is at stake”, will outline how corruption is best understood as an operating system of sophisticated – if sometimes turbulent – networks #CorruptionTracker #DodgyDeals

"The military-industrial ecosystem is woven into a much larger one, the lines between public and private sector become blurred... the role of public figures in corrupt systems is to divert revenue streams to the arms industry' @Sarah_Chayes for the #CorruptionTracker launch

"The enforcement systems for corruption in the arms trade don't always take into account that the rewards for such corruption can be delayed and indirect" - @Sarah_Chayes for the #CorruptionTracker launch

Third, @KhadijaSharife, the Africa Editor at OCCRP - the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project – will discuss her investigation into a whole series of corrupt arms deals in Niger #CorruptionTracker #DodgyDeals

"When we look at a specific conflict zone it will involve a global network of legal and financial secrecy that enables a lot of other illegal activity globally" - @KhadijaSharife for the #CorruptionTracker launch

"without the cooperation of a global network of countries, corruption in these zones would not be possible" - @KhadijaSharife for the #CorruptionTracker launch

A sign off from @KhadijaSharife: we must use the #CorruptionTracker to contextualise often-discussed corrupt governments in the landscape of the international secrecy jurisdictions that fuel and drive corruption in the global arms trade