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ORGANISED CRIME: A Global Business
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24–26.11 2023 · Studio 1 · Kunstquartier Bethanien · Mariannenplatz 2 · 10997 Berlin
From the local to the global, ORGANISED CRIME: A Global Business shows the complexity and interconnectedness between organised crime, corruption and business. Featuring keynotes from Julian Hessenthaler and Anas Amerayaw Anas.
Disruption Network Lab brings together perspectives from whistleblowers, journalists, researchers and activists from Ghana, the UK, Brazil, Austria, Belarus, Nigeria, Germany, Italy, Albania, Serbia and Pakistan to promote a critical and balanced understanding of the mechanisms of globalised crime, politics, business and corruption. Curated by Tatiana Bazzichelli & Mauro Mondello.
Programme
Corruption Unveiled: Austria's Troublesome Path from Strache to Kurz · Julian Hessenthaler who triggered the "Ibiza affair," delves into the issues of power and abuse of power in the state of Austria with Frederik Obermaier, one of the journalists to whom he leaked the video.
Undercover: Combating Organised Crime in Africa · Ghanan investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas shows how he uses undercover methods and sting operations to expose criminal rings and corruption.
Narconomics: Transnational Drug Trafficking & Corruption (Panel)
Politics, Money & Rifles: Exposing Global Mafias, Authoritarian Power & Corruption (Panel)
Find Your Tongue: Performance by Pleurad Xhafa on the case of the Albanian whistleblower Dritan Zagani
Think Like a Criminal: Workshop with the Organized Crime & Corruption Reporting Project, SRB)
How to Spot Corruption in the International Arms Trade: Workshop with Corruption Tracker & Shadow World Investigations
Speakers (more)
Julian Hessenthaler (Private Investigator, AT), Anas Aremeyaw Anas (Investigative Journalist, GH), Frederik Obermaier (Investigative Journalist, DE), Stephanie Busari (Journalist and Editor for CNN, NG), Stevan Dojčinović (Investigative Reporter and Editor, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, SRB), Floriana Bulfon (Investigative Journalist, IT), Shehryar Fazli (Author and Senior Policy Advisor, Asia-Pacific, OSF, PK/UK), Vincenzo Musacchio (Criminologist, IT), Dritan Zagani (Whistleblower, Former anti-Drug Police Officer, AL), Denisse Rodriguez Olivari (Researcher, BR/DE), Pleurad Xhafa (Artist and Activist, AL), Andrea Dip (Investigative Journalist and Researcher, BR/DE), Anton Radniankou (Chair of the Board, Center for New Ideas, BY/PL), Verena Zoppei (Advisor Anti-corruption and Integrity, IT/DE), Pleurad Xhafa (Artist and Activist, AL), Julia Auf dem Brinke (Co-Founder, Corruption Tracker, DE), Ruth Rohde (Co-Founder & Programme Manager, Corruption Tracker, DE/UK), Rhona Michie (Director of Projects and Planning at Shadow World Investigations, UK)