Kleptocracy and the Kazakhstan Crisis
Both Russian-led intervention and calls for Western sanctions demonstrate the transnational and kleptocratic aspects of Kazakhstan’s crisis of January 2022 On 5 January, following three days of protests which…
Crosspost: A Remittance of Sins in Exchange for Money: Reputation Laundering’s Centrality to Kleptocracy
This is a crosspost from the Ratiu Forum blog, a joint initiative by the Ratiu Family Charitable Foundation, the Ratiu Democracy Centre and the London School of Economics IDEAS Think…
Paying for a World Class Affiliation: Reputation laundering in universities
Researchers John Heathershaw and Tena Prelec explain the potential benefits in store for the super wealthy politically exposed persons (PEPs) donating to academia in pursuit of reputation laundering.
Global Britain: Enabling Kleptocracy?
Researchers John Heathershaw and Tom Mayne describe how the UK may be failing to enforce laws designed to stop illicit financial flows and “foreign dark money” from entering the country.
From a Surrey mansion to an Uzbek prison: Revisiting the case of Gulnara Karimova
GI-ACE researcher Tom Mayne discusses project investigating laundering of monies and reputations by professional enablers for African and Central Asian elites.
What we have learnt from the UK’s unexplained Wealth Order legal cases
GI ACE researcher Tom Mayne explores the consequences of recent Unexplained Wealth Order cases in the UK
The challenges in researching enablers of the corrupt
Reseracher Tom Mayne discusses GI-ACE project aiming to look at possible enabling or complicit practices regarding money-laundering in three different but related areas: banking, real estate, and reputation management.
How effective are beneficial ownership checks?
GI-ACE researcher John Heathershaw discusses project investigating laundering of monies and reputations by professional enablers for African and Central Asian elites.