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Law, Justice and Development Week 2019 – Rights, Technology and Development
J.R. Mailey, Director of Investigations for The Sentry, will be a featured speaker during The World Bank Group Legal Vice Presidency's annual Law, Justice and Development Week, with this year's theme as "Rights, Technology and Development." Mailey will be one of the three speakers for the session "Nowhere to Hide: Exposing Corruption through Open Source Investigations," and will discuss using open source technology for investigations.
Find out more »Stanford University talk by John Prendergast
The Founding Director of the Enough Project and Co-Founder of The Sentry, John Prendergast, will be a visiting professor at Stanford University in California for the week of November 11th.
Find out more »AMLP 13th Annual EU Conference
Denisse Rudich, a Senior Advisor to the Sentry for the UK, will be a moderator at the AMLP 13th Annual EU Conference. This event brings together 400 leading stakeholders to examine the latest international and domestic strategies and practical measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Industry experts will explore developing compliance strategies and best implementation practices including the global geopolitical & financial crime risk map; how to manage risks in a complex world; tackling ML/TF in the context…
Find out more »Liechtenstein Banking Congress
Denisse Rudich, a Senior Advisor to the Sentry for the UK, will be a guest speaker at the Liechtenstein Banking Congress. The Banking Congress is the LBA’s flagship conference and takes place biennially in Vaduz / Liechtenstein. This year’s congress is to be seen in connection with the 300th anniversary of Liechtenstein as a unified country and the 50th anniversary of the LBA. It stands under the title THINKING IN GENERATIONS, ACTING SUSTAINABLY and is co-hosted by the European Banking…
Find out more »Meeting of IMLPO, the Institute of Money Laundering Prevention Officers
Denisse Rudich, a Senior Advisor to the Sentry for the UK, will be a speaker at a meeting of IMLPO, the Institute of Money Laundering Prevention Officers.
Find out more »United Nations Security Council Briefing
In a UN Security Council briefing chaired by U.S. Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft, Enough Project Deputy Director of Policy Sasha Lezhnev will brief the council on Central Africa, alongside UN Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) François Louncény Fall. Lezhnev will discuss innovative strategies for the UN to prevent conflict and address natural resource transparency issues in Central Africa. To watch the livestream of this event, please visit: http://webtv.un.org/.
Find out more »Venezuelan Illegal Mining: Transnational Crime, Displacement, and Violence
The Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center will host a discussion on how to address illegal mining in Venezuela and its transnational security, human rights, and ecological implications. The topics covered will include: What could be done to stem this illicit source of income? How is the regime directly benefiting? What are lessons from past experiences abroad on how to deal with conflict minerals and unsustainable mining practices? The event will feature a discussion with Lisseth Boon, Venezuelan journalist,…
Find out more »Partnership to Combat Human Rights Abuse and Corruption
Brad Brooks-Rubin, Managing Director of The Sentry and Enough Project, will be a panelist at the Partnership to Combat Human Rights Abuse and Corruption, hosted by the Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.
Find out more »UK Finance Economic Crime Congress
The Sentry's Senior Advisors to the UK, Denisse Rudich and Oliver Windridge, will take part in this year's UK Finance and Economic Crime Congress. Denisse will be a guest speaker and panelist during the session Anti-Bribery and Corruption, and Oliver will be a panelist for the Sanctions session, where he will discuss the link between sanctions and human rights. Taking place on Wednesday February 12th, this important event, led by the Home Secretary in 2018, will explore the key strategic…
Find out more »Towards A Victim-Centered Approach to Transitional Justice
During the event "Towards A Victim-Centered Approach to Transitional Justice," Enough Project's Senior Policy Advisor Suliman Baldo will give a presentation on institutional reforms as a key pillar of transitional justice. Other speakers will include prominent campaigners for criminal accountability for atrocity crimes and for victims' rights to justice and redress, as well as two survivors of the June 3rd massacre of protesters in Sudan.
Find out more »Webinar: Kleptocrats, Coronavirus, & How to Combat Them
Hosted by the Harvard Kennedy School Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, the virtual event Kleptocrats, Coronavirus, & How to Combat Them will take place on Tuesday, May 19th. The Sentry's Managing Director Brad Brooks-Rubin will be one of the featured panelists at the event. Details: The response to the Coronavirus pandemic will prove a bonanza for corrupt leaders who have historically robbed their countries of funds needed for the health and welfare of their citizens as trillions of…
Find out more »ACAMS 24+
ACAMS 24+ is a virtual global summit that will run for more than 24-hours continuously. The one-day marathon event will bring together more than 80 change-makers presenting over 24-hours of content to help financial crime prevention professionals globally mitigate and prevent illicit finance. The Sentry's Senior Policy Advisor for the UK, Denisse Rudich, will be one of the panelists during Sanctions Session 3: Sanctions Risks to Africa and the Middle East, moderated by Justine Walker. The session will explore how…
Find out more »Anticorruption Efforts in Sudan
The Sentry's Senior Policy Advisor Suliman Baldo will be a panelist on the Arabic-language panel discussion Anticorruption Efforts in Sudan, a webinar hosted by the Center for International Private Enterprise. The panel will discuss the roles of civil society groups, the media, and the private sector in combating corruption. Particular focus will be on preventing corruption through the strengthening of investigative media approaches, reforms of internal procurement policies, and the adoption of procedures and internal strategies that encourage whistleblowers. This…
Find out more »Understanding how corruption is accelerating illegal logging and deforestation during the COVID-19 pandemic
The Sentry's Senior Investigator Debra LaPrevotte will be the moderator for this virtual panel offered by the George Mason University TRACC. While the global community is focused on health issues tied to COVID-19, the world’s forests are being illegally logged at ever more significant levels. Join Targeting Natural Resource Corruption (TNRC) for a virtual panel that focuses on corruption as an important facilitator of illegal logging in Peru, Brazil and Mozambique. Experts will address COVID-19 era developments in a historical…
Find out more »Human Rights at Risk: Popular Uprisings and Regime Change
The Alison Des Forges Memorial Committee of the University of Buffalo is hosting the Alison L. Des Forges International Symposium: “Human Rights at Risk: Popular Uprisings and Regime Change” as a virtual event on October 15. In the past year, we have witnessed popular uprisings that have led to changes in governments in Algeria, Sudan, and Puerto Rico. At the same time, the United States has used various methods to encourage or force regime change in Iran, Syria, and Venezuela.…
Find out more »ASM Diamond Initiatives, Chicago Responsible Jewelry Conference
The 2020 Chicago Responsible Jewelry Conference will run this year from November 9th to November 13th. Brad Brooks-Rubin, The Sentry and Enough Projects's Managing Director, will be one of the panelists during the ASM Diamond Initiatives panel discussion on Tuesday, November 10th. During the panel discussion, leading civil society researchers and advocates related to the diamond sector will cover what is needed to promote responsible sourcing. The panel begins at 11:15 AM CST, 12:15pm EST. The Chicago Responsible Jewelry Conference…
Find out more »IBA Human Rights and Sanctions panel
An event within the annual IBA Conference, the webcast "The Impact of Government Sanctions on International Human Rights" will be held on November 16th. This panel session will discuss the types of sanctions used by governments to impact international human rights including the Magnitsky Acts and the like. The panel will then address what actual impact these sanctions are having on addressing international human rights violations. The Sentry's Director of Illicit Finance Policy, Hilary Mossberg, will be a panelist during…
Find out more »14th Annual European AML & Financial Crime Conference – A Global Outlook
Denisse Rudich, Senior Advisor for The Sentry to the UK, will be a moderator during the 14th Annual European AML & Financial Crime Conference. The conference will pull together AML/CFT compliance specialists and C-Suite actors as well as regulators and national legislative bodies. It will provide an excellent opportunity to learn about the recent money laundering and counter terrorist financing developments, best implementation practices, to compare and benchmark, discuss issues and share knowledge and solutions generic viagra types with professionals from…
Find out more »Gold LBMA Webinars: International Bullion Centres Initiative
This webinar will be a panel discussion on conflict and high-risk gold, along with the role of international bullion centers from Dubai to Switzerland to others across the globe. The LBMA recently launched its International Bullion Centres recommendations, and these will be discussed in depth and importantly, how the gold industry can support to ensure the integrity and transparency of the global market. Speakers include Sakhila Mirza, Executive Board Director & General Counsel, LBMA; Tyler Gillard, Head of Due Diligence,…
Find out more »The EU Conflict Minerals Regulation: Perspectives from Producer Countries
On the occasion of the application of the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation (EU CMR) on January 1st 2021, a milestone event in responsible mineral sourcing, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Responsible Minerals Initiative are convening a multi-stakeholder conference to take stock of the implementation and impact of the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation, in particular through the lens of producer countries. This conference will feature interactive discussions in an inclusive multi-stakeholder spirit, engaging a…
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