Global Crime, Corruption, and Accountability
Professional Workshops

Exposing Transnational Crime and Corruption

David Kaplan and William Kovach
Convened by:

William Kovach
Curator, Nieman Foundation

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Session I

"Are the emerging global economy and the increasing privatization of public functions creating new patterns of crime and corruption journalists should be prepared to monitor?"


Presenter:

Richard Palmer
Former Chief of Station, Western Europe and the Former Soviet Union, CIA; Former Director, Banka Balttija, Latvia; Author, The New Russian Oligarchy: The Nomenklatura, the KGB and the Mafiya (forthcoming)

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Session II

"What resources are available to help journalists monitor the new global trends? What are the new challenges to the process of holding people and institutions accountable?


Presenters:

Robert Lindquist
Director, Forensic Accounting Unit, PriceWaterhouseCooper; Investigator of Corruption, World Bank

Nikos Passas
Professor of Criminology, Temply University; Editor, Transnational Crime, The Future of Anomie Theory, and Transnational Crime: The Interface Between Legal and Illegal Actors

Maud Beelman
Brant Houston
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Journalists/Investigators:

Maud Beelman
Director, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, The Center for Public Integrity; Former Editor and Correspondent, Associated Press; Fellow, Alicia Patterson Foundation

John Dinges
Associate Dean of Broadcasting, Columbia School of Journalism; Former Foreign Editor, National Public Radio

Gustavo Gorriti
Executive Editor, La Prensa, Panama; 1998 International Press Freedom Award, Committee To Protect Journalists

Pippa Green
Deputy Editor, The Sunday Independent, Johannesburg; Nieman Fellow, Harvard University

Chris Hedges
Former Bureau Chief, The Balkans, The New York Times; War Correspondent, El Salvador, The Gulf War

Brant Houston
Executive Director, Investigative Reporters and Editors; Author, "Computer-Assisted Reporting: A Practical Guide"

David E. Kaplan
Senior Writer and Investigative Reporter, U.S. News and World Report; Co-Author, YAKUZA; Author, Fires of the Dragon and The Cult at the End of the World; Former News Editor, Center for Investigative Reporting

Malou Mangahas
Editor-in-Chief, The Manila Times; Nieman Fellow, Harvard University

Morton Mintz
Veteran Investigative Reporter; Ombudsman, The Washington Post; Author, Power, Inc.: Public and Private Rulers and How To Make Them Accountable and America, Inc.

Elizabeth Neuffer
European Bureau Chief, The Boston Globe; Research Fellow on War Crimes and Tribunals, Council on Foreign Relations

Walter Robinson
Investigative Reporter, The Boston Globe

Sharon Tiller
Senior Producer, Frontline, where the programs she has produced include So You Want to Buy a President? and The Great American Bailout; Former Executive Editor and Executive Producer, Center for Investigative Reporting

Craig Van Note
Executive Vice President, Monitor: The Conservation, Environmental, and Animal Welfare Consortium; exposed the tuna/cocaine connection

Mary Walsh
Former Berlin Bureau Chief, Los Angeles Times; Nieman Fellow, Harvard University

[The proceedings of this workshop were recorded and will be transcribed, edited and published.]

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WORKSHOPS

The Genomics Revolution: Biocapital and Accountability

Exposing Transnational Crime and Corruption

Highly Capitalized Anti-Social Activities

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This workshop was presented in collaboration with the Nieman Foundation of Harvard University.