How to Spot Corruption in the International Arms Trade – Workshop

How to Spot Corruption in the International Arms Trade – Workshop

26 Nov 2023
Berlin (DE)
Workshop

The workshop How to Spot Corruption in the International Arms Trade: Identifying Red Flags with Open Source Investigations explores how corruption happens, what loopholes are being exploited and what to look out for. The workshop will explore corruption red flags with a focus on the use of intermediaries and the enablers of organised crime. Participants will then be guided through exercises that demonstrate how to leverage open-source materials in their research (please bring a computer). The workshop has a practical skill-sharing focus, and the participants will come away from the exercises with a broader understanding of how to use online tools and resources to scrutinise “red flag” warnings in international trade and use their findings to fight for accountability and justice. Previous knowledge or experience in the topic isn’t required to participate.

Workshop hosts:

Julia Auf dem Brinke is a co-founder and steering committee member of the Corruption Tracker project, where she works on bringing together activists, academics, and journalists to tackle the detrimental effect of corruption within the global arms trade. She also works as a policy advisor for Transparency International Germany. Currently, she is focusing on the reform of the German Lobbying Register, regulations on bribery of parliamentarians and conflict of interest as well as undue influence in climate policy processes.

Rhona Michie is the Director of Projects and Planning at Shadow World Investigations. She is a co-Founder and coordinator of the Corruption Tracker and was listed as an Emerging Expert by the Forum on the Arms Trade in 2022. Rhona’s focus is on open source investigations, particularly into corruption in the arms trade, and the systemic militarism that underpins the trade. She has worked opposing the arms trade for 5 years and previously worked in citizen’s advice and access to justice for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.

Ruth Rohde is a co-founder and programme manager of the Corruption Tracker, a women & youth-led project collecting and publishing robust allegations of corruption in the arms trade as well as conducting trainings and advocacy around the issue. She is also a researcher and project coordinator at Shadow World Investigations UK where she is primarily focused on the role of the arms trade in the Yemen war. Ruth holds an M.A. in International History and Politics from the Geneva Graduate Institute and is listed by the Forum on the Arms Trade as an Emerging Expert.

Date
26 Nov 2023

Location

Berlin (DE)

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