Launch of Investigate website and Investigate: The Manual

Posted on 17/06/202124/06/2021 by Jackson Oldfield

Today we launch our new website: Investigate, and our new investigative journalism handbook: Investigate – The Manual. Investigate showcases the work of CiFAR and our trainees coming out of three rounds of our training programme for investigative journalists. It includes information on our trainees, and is therefore an excellent resource for anyone looking to connect Read more about Launch of Investigate website and Investigate: The Manual[…]

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Jackson Oldfield on 17/06/2021.

Annual Report 2020

Posted on 07/06/202107/06/2021 by Jackson Oldfield

Today we are happy to launch our 2020 Annual Report. The report details the work we have done over the past year to advance accountable and transparent asset recovery. 2020 was an exciting and interesting year for CiFAR. The global COVID-19 pandemic saw us forced us to rapidly and drastically alter our project planning and Read more about Annual Report 2020[…]

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Jackson Oldfield on 07/06/2021.

WEBINAR | Cuidado digital para la sociedad civil luchando contra la corrupción

Posted on 07/05/202111/05/2021 by Lucia Cizmaziova

Cuándo: 26 de Mayo a las 16:00-19:00 Tiempo universal coordinado (UTC)Idioma: EspañolGrupos: NGOs trabajando en el campo de ante-corrupciónPlataforma: ZoomSubscripción: Por favor, inscríbase aquí La pandemia de Covid-19 no solo aumentó el tiempo que la sociedad civil gasta comunicándose en línea, sino que también aumentó el riesgo alrededor de la comunicación digital. Esto ha sido Read more about WEBINAR | Cuidado digital para la sociedad civil luchando contra la corrupción[…]

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Lucia Cizmaziova on 07/05/2021.

WEBINAR | Digital security for civil society fighting corruption

Posted on 30/04/202103/05/2021 by Lucia Cizmaziova

When: 11th May 2021, 14:00-17:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST)Language: EnglishTarget group: NGOs and activists working in the anti-corruption fieldCost: Free upon accepted registrationPlatform to be used: ZoomRegistration: The number of spaces is limited so please sign up here The COVID-19 pandemics has not only increased the time civil society spends communicating online but it Read more about WEBINAR | Digital security for civil society fighting corruption[…]

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Lucia Cizmaziova on 30/04/2021.

WEBINAR | Segurança digital destinado à sociedade civil no combate à corrupção

Posted on 23/04/202104/05/2021 by Lucia Cizmaziova

Quando: 6 maio de 2021, das 14h às 17h Horário de Verão da Europa Central (CEST)Língua: PortuguêsGrupo alvo: Ativistas da sociedade civil que trabalham na área de combate à corrupção. Custo: Gratuito, mediante aceitação do registoPlataforma a ser usada: Zoom Inscrição: O número de vagas é limitado, por favor inscreva-se A pandemia da COVID-19 fez Read more about WEBINAR | Segurança digital destinado à sociedade civil no combate à corrupção[…]

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Lucia Cizmaziova on 23/04/2021.

Transparency International wants to reopen case into Mubarak assets

Posted on 09/04/202109/04/2021 by Jackson Oldfield

Although the European Council decided to unfreeze the assets of the Egypt’s former President Hosni Mubarak’s family on 12 March, the NGO Transparency International is pushing to reopen the case. In France, can the preliminary investigation opened in 2011 against the Mubarak clan for organised money laundering and corruption yield anything? Transparency International France, a Read more about Transparency International wants to reopen case into Mubarak assets[…]

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Jackson Oldfield on 09/04/2021.

EU MISAPPROPRIATION SANCTIONS TEN YEARS ON – FACTSHEET 2021

Posted on 19/03/202126/03/2021 by Lucia Cizmaziova

BACKGROUND Following the revolutions in 2011 in Tunisia and Egypt and 2014 in Ukraine, the Council of the European Union imposed misappropriation sanctions on people suspected of corruption from the ousted regimes. These require that any assets relating to people on the list, including real estate and bank accounts, are frozen in all EU Member Read more about EU MISAPPROPRIATION SANCTIONS TEN YEARS ON – FACTSHEET 2021[…]

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Lucia Cizmaziova on 19/03/2021.

Informal construction endangering the status of Lake Ohrid

Posted on 30/10/202030/10/2020 by Jackson Oldfield

Informal construction is endangering the status of Lake Ohrid causing irreparable environmental damage.Arlis Alikaj, Ivana Nateska This is a summary of a cross-border article published by trainees of our Investigate programme, supported by GIZ. For several years, the non-governmental organizations that take care of the preservation of the Ohrid region have been sounding the alarm Read more about Informal construction endangering the status of Lake Ohrid[…]

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Jackson Oldfield on 30/10/2020.

Hunting Saleh’s treasure – CiFAR’s interview with the Zenith magazine

Posted on 18/09/202018/09/2020 by Lucia Cizmaziova

The assets of Yemeni ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was murdered in 2017, are probably distributed among at least 20 countries. The repatriation of the illegally accumulated funds is proving to be particularly tricky. In early 2020, CiFAR published a report Yemen’s Stolen Assets: Past and Future, explaining both some of the challenges that led to Read more about Hunting Saleh’s treasure – CiFAR’s interview with the Zenith magazine[…]

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Lucia Cizmaziova on 18/09/2020.

Angola: From the Dos Santos recovery towards the future?

Posted on 04/09/202004/09/2020 by Jackson Oldfield

In mid-August, Angola was again in the news over the conviction of José Filomeno dos Santos, the ex-governor of Angola’s national bank and two others, for fraud and influence peddling relating to the transfer of USD 500,000 from the Angolan National Bank to a bank account in the UK. This case though comes as part Read more about Angola: From the Dos Santos recovery towards the future?[…]

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Jackson Oldfield on 04/09/2020.