Section: Kleptocracy Initiative (USA)
Kleptocracy Daily: December 1, 2016
KI will host the first event in our new debate series at Busboys & Poets this evening. Join us to discuss kleptocratic influence in the media (free entry, bar/kitchen open). News The U.S. Assistant Attorney General called for the criminalization of anonymous companies. (Bloomberg) World leaders are meeting in Panama for the 17th International...
United States of Anonymity
Image: Unsplash / 9175 | CC0 1.0 KleptoCast: Casey Michel talks to investigative economist James S. Henry about how the U.S. became a global leader in financial secrecy.http://kleptocracyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/KleptoCast-2-Casy-Michel-James-Henry-on-US-Financial-Secrecy.mp3 By Casey Michel (November 30, 2016) In 1966, a memo...
Kleptocracy Daily: November 29, 2016
In an age of kleptocracy and disinformation, how can democratic governments protect independent media from corrupting influences? Is that even their job? Join KI at Busboys & Poets on Thursday evening to debate the issues with Jeff Gedmin, Martha Bayles, and Megan McArdle. Free entry and the bar/kitchen will be open. Register here. News...
Kleptocracy Daily: November 22, 2016
On December 1, join KI at Busboys & Poets for the first event in a new debate series: The Crisis of Big Money Media: Is It Time to Rein in Kleptocrats Who Seek to Dominate the World’s Information? News The U.S. says it won’t tolerate the targeting of family members to pressure graft suspects into returning to China. (Reuters) 178...
Kleptocracy Daily: November 21, 2016
The Crisis of Big Money Media: Is it time to rein in the kleptocrats and tycoons who dominate the world’s information? Join KI at Busboys & Poets in Washington, DC on December 1 for the first event in our new debate series. News The head of Ukraine’s anti-graft agency about the program from KI’s Natalie Duffy. (Reuters)...
Kleptocracy Weekly: November 12-18, 2016
New from KI Moldovan kleptocracy is threatening democracy in Eastern Europe. KI’s Ryan Hampton and Alona Rusin look at how the U.S. should respond. KI is launching a “Democracy and Kleptocracy” debate series. Join us at Busboys & Poets in DC on December 1 for the first event: The Crisis of Big Money Media. On December 14, join KI at...
Kleptocracy Daily: November 18, 2016
New from KI Moldovan kleptocracy is threatening democracy in Eastern Europe. KI’s Ryan Hampton and Alona Rusin look at how the U.S. should respond. KI is launching a “Democracy and Kleptocracy” debate series. Join us at Busboys & Poets in DC on December 1 for the first event: The Crisis of Big Money Media. On December 14, join KI at...
Moldovan Kleptocracy: A Threat to Democracy in Eastern Europe
Image: Tony Bowden | CC BY-SA 2.0 By Ryan Hampton & Alona Rusin November 18, 2016 Moldova, a former Soviet bloc country, is torn between the EU and Russia’s Eurasian Economic Union. A succession of Moldovan governments have vowed to join the European Union, but recent banking fraud and money laundering scandals involving prominent...
Kleptocracy Daily: November 17, 2016
Must-read: Facing up to authoritarian influence-peddling, by Thorsten Benner and Ricardo Soares de Oliveira. (FT) News JP Morgan will pay a $200 million fine to settle accusations that it hired the “princeling” children of China’s elite. (Bloomberg) Despite isolation on the tiny Pacific island of Saipan, the unassuming Best Sunshine Live...
Kleptocracy Daily: November 15, 2016
News Alexei Ulyukayev, Russia’s economy minister, was arrested and charged with accepting a $2 million bribe from the sale of Bashneft shares to Rosneft. (Reuters) A company linked to the Turkish government hired a lobbying firm owned by Gen. Michael Flynn, a senior Trump advisor. (Politico) Ziad Takieddine has repeated claims that...
