Section: Kleptocracy Initiative (USA)
Kleptocracy Daily: December 19, 2016
News Rex Tillerson, Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of State, was director of a Bahamas-based U.S.-Russian oil firm. (Guardian) Trump aides pushed back against suggestions of Russian interference in the U.S. elections. (PBS) The Financial Stability Board, which makes recommendations to the G20, called for stronger anti-money laundering...
Comrade Moneybags: How Much is Putin Worth?
By Peter PodkopaevDecember 16, 2016 What we know: “American officials have concluded that Putin’s network controls some $85 billion worth of assets, officials told NBC News.” (2016) “Adam Szubin, who oversees US Treasury sanctions, has told BBC Panorama that the Russian president is corrupt and that the US government has known this for...
Europe’s Citizenship Sham
KleptoCast 3: KI’s Natalie Duffy talks to Harry Cooper of Politico Europe about Malta’s Individual Investor Program http://kleptocracyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/malta-121316-4.24-PM.mp3 By Natalie DuffyDecember 15, 2016 Thanks to Malta’s Individual Investor Program (IIP), European Union citizenship is up for sale....
Citizens For Sale
KleptoCast 3: KI’s Natalie Duffy talks to Harry Cooper of Politico Europe about Malta’s Individual Investor Program http://kleptocracyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/malta-121316-4.24-PM.mp3 By Natalie DuffyDecember 15, 2016 Thanks to Malta’s Individual Investor Program (IIP), European Union citizenship is up for sale....
Airing Putin’s Dirty Laundry
By Nate Sibley As details of Kremlin interference in the U.S. elections continue to emerge (including suggestions that Vladimir Putin himself directed elements of the operation), an intriguing idea is breaking out in policy circles: That it is time for the U.S. to release information gathered by its intelligence agencies about the Russian...
Kleptocracy Daily: December 12, 2016
News A leaked CIA assessment concluded that Russia was actively trying to help Donald Trump win the U.S. presidency. (WaPo) Senators have expressed doubts about Rex Tillerson, Trump’s Secretary of State pick, and his alleged ties to the Kremlin. (Bloomberg) Ukraine’s President Poroshenko hit back against recent corruption allegations...
Kleptocracy Weekly: December 3-9, 2016
“The idea of the West as a community of values is critically threatened.” Charles Davidson, KI’s Executive Director, testified before a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Corruption: A Danger to Democracy in Europe and Eurasia. New from KI Nate Sibley says Trump’s proposed lobbying reforms won’t be enough to curtail...
Kleptocracy Daily: December 7, 2016
Charles Davidson, KI’s Executive Director, testified on “Corruption: A Danger to Democracy in Europe and Eurasia” at the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats this morning. News Oleksandr Onyshchenko’s corruption allegations against President Poroshenko extend to the U.S., and have been vigorously...
Corruption: A Danger to Democracy in Europe and Eurasia
On December 7, 2016, KI Executive Director Charles Davidson testified before the House Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats. Watch the opening statements and first questions here. STATEMENT OF CHARLES DAVIDSON Executive Director, Kleptocracy Initiative, Hudson Institute Corruption: A Danger to Democracy in Europe...
Kleptocracy Weekly: Nov. 26-Dec. 3, 2016
New from KI Casey Michel looks at how opaque beneficial ownership rules made us theUnited States of Anonymity, and interviews investigative economist James S. Henry. KI hosted its first Democracy vs. Kleptocracy debate, on how–or if–we should limit kleptocratic influence over the media. Belinda Li talks to Professor Minxin Pei about whether...
