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On the eve of international anti-corruption day, a quick shout out to the many brave activists and investigative journalists taking great personal risks to expose and combat kleptocracy. We’ve featured many of them on @thinkdemocracy’s and on Power 3.0 Here’s a short recap:
I spoke with @makaangola’s @RafaelMdeMorais about Angola’s kleptocracy and Portugal’s role in it. I need to have another chat with my good friend now to see what, if anything, has changed since Lourenço’s administration took power 3 years ago: https://www.ned.org/forum-qa-rafael-marques-de-morais-on-angolan-kleptocracy/
The ultimate EG patriot @TutuAlicante wrote our first paper on kleptocracy “To Catch a Kleptocrat” that offered lessons from the Biens Mal Acquis trials in France for other activists seeking to use strategic litigation to hold kleptocrats to account: https://www.ned.org/to-catch-a-kleptocrat-lessons-learned-biens-mal-acquis-trials-tutu-alicante/
How much do we value @OCCRP? Let me count the ways:
1. We talked about COVID’s impact on investigative journalism with OCCRP boss @DrewOCCRP : https://www.ned.org/forum-qa-drew-sullivan-on-how-covid-19-will-impact-transnational-kleptocracy-and-independent-media/
1. We talked about COVID’s impact on investigative journalism with OCCRP boss @DrewOCCRP : https://www.ned.org/forum-qa-drew-sullivan-on-how-covid-19-will-impact-transnational-kleptocracy-and-independent-media/
2. And @ichbinilya about @OCCRP's fascinating Troika Laundromat Investigation and the role of networked journalism in battling kleptocracy: https://www.ned.org/forum-qa-ilya-lozovsky-on-the-troika-laundromat-investigation-and-journalisms-role-in-fighting-networked-kleptocracy/
3. And, we featured the always insightful @MirandaOCCRP on our Power 3.0 podcast to talk about @OCCRP’s work as well: https://www.power3point0.org/2019/12/03/investigating-transnational-kleptocracy-a-conversation-with-miranda-patrucic/
Sticking with the topic of the investigative journalism and kleptocracy, check out a conversation I had with @NickMathiason on what might change in a post-pandemic world: https://www.ned.org/forum-qa-nick-mathiason-on-the-future-of-investigative-journalism-in-the-post-pandemic-world/ And while you are at it, check out his amazing organization @FinUncovered
@OliverBullough's book Moneyland is one of the best books on transnational kleptocracy. Hear him talk about it at https://www.power3point0.org/2019/09/26/dictators-in-moneyland-a-conversation-with-oliver-bullough/. If you haven’t read his book yet, please check it out. It’s well worth the read!
@TheSentry_Org is doing amazing work combatting kleptocracy in sub-Saharan Africa. Holly Dranginis and Debra LaPrevotte discuss how African civil society organizations (with a shout out to @PPLAAF ) feed into int'l investigations: https://www.power3point0.org/2018/06/28/from-central-africa-to-australia-following-the-kleptocrats-money/
Narrowing in on Central Africa, the super smart @brett_l_carter discusses how Central African activists are standing up to kleptocracy in really tough environments: https://www.power3point0.org/2018/01/16/central-african-activists-strike-back-against-authoritarian-kleptocrats/
The enviously prolific @cjcmichel took time out of his writing schedule to pen a piece on golden passports and kleptocracy: https://www.power3point0.org/2018/01/16/central-african-activists-strike-back-against-authoritarian-kleptocrats/
Finally, two analytical pieces you shouldn’t miss: @NateSibley's post on how democracies can lead the fight against kleptocracy ( https://www.power3point0.org/2018/06/19/countering-transnational-kleptocracy-how-democracies-can-lead-the-way/)
And the all-star trio of @CooleyOnEurasia, John Heathershaw, and Jason Sharman on kleptocracy’s ubiquitous enablers https://www.power3point0.org/2018/06/19/countering-transnational-kleptocracy-how-democracies-can-lead-the-way/
There are so many more amazing activists and journalists we could, should, and will feature in our work in the coming period. Stay tuned!
