@giace.bsky.social
GI ACE research aims to generate actionable evidence that policymakers, practitioners, and advocates can use to design and implement more effective anti-corruption initiatives. 🌐 www.giace.org
New blog by @devipillay.co.za: As Bain leaves South Africa, what have we learned about consultancies & corruption?
Read: bit.ly/DeviBainblog
📅 On 23 September 2025, we’ll publish our new paper: Consulting firms, corruption & state capture: A case study from South Africa (Follow to get it first!)
New blog by Robert Barrington explores the risks of applying anti-terror laws to protest groups & what it could mean for civil society’s role in anti-corruption. Reflects on UK & global trends.
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3UjVK04
#Governance #CivilSociety #RuleOfLaw
We’re excited to welcome @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social as the new Programme Director of GI ACE!
We’re thrilled to have her leading the next phase of GI ACE’s work to advance integrity and evidence-based anti-corruption strategies.
Read more about Liz’s background: giace.org/about/
The July GI ACE newsletter is here!
✅ Project spotlight: Corruption risks in voluntary carbon markets
✅ Congo Hold-Up seminar recap
✅ Meet the GI ACE Fellows
✅ Blogs & podcasts on dual-use goods, democracy & corruption
📖 Read: bit.ly/giacenewslet...
📬 Subscribe: bit.ly/giacesubscribe
📚 Highlights from the CSC Summer Academy!
Two days of rich discussion on state capture, grand corruption, integrity in sport, and more. Interested in anti-corruption?
Apply to our MA in Corruption & Governance:
lnkd.in/e-vEK2sb
#AntiCorruption #GoodGovernance #CSC
New on the CSC blog: @robynlewis.bsky.social & Michael Johnston explore how informal elite networks - what they term Elite Cartels - may shape governance and development outcomes in Tasmania.
🔗 bit.ly/CSCblog11
#Governance #CSC #EliteCartels #Tasmania #PublicPolicy
📢 New on the CSC blog: @csc-barrington.bsky.social explores what the upcoming Lammy Summit might signal for UK leadership on illicit finance and anti-corruption—opportunity or missed chance?
🔗 bit.ly/CSCBlog10
#IllicitFinance #Anticorruption #Governance #UKPolicy #CSC #LammySummit #Transparency
🎙️ New Kickback episode: Mo Ibrahim joins @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social to talk about founding the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, African-led governance, the IIAG & leadership prize. Inspiring insights on self-reliance & reform.
🎧 Listen: apple.co/46MHZOD | bit.ly/4eWj9Ot | bit.ly/KB136Soundcloud
Missed our latest ACE seminar?
🎧 Watch the full recording here: bit.ly/acdcseminarr...
📘 Read the full briefing: bit.ly/ACDCPolicyBr...
🌍 Explore the project: bit.ly/GIACECongoHo...
🗓️ Don't miss the launch presentation and discussion hosted by @giace.bsky.social this afternoon!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inside-the...
🔴 How can a captured bank become an engine of grand corruption❓
Our new briefing dives deep into the Congo Hold-Up investigation to reveal the tactics used to embezzle and launder funds through BGFIBank in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
acdatacollective.org/work/inside-...
Based on Africa’s largest-ever data leak, the report traces how fake loans, forged trade docs & fraudulent cash flows enabled grand corruption with global banks & auditors failing to act.
By @acdatacollective.bsky.social + @pplaaf.bsky.social as part of the #GIACE programme.
bit.ly/ACDCPolicyBr...
Financial institutions are the arteries of modern economies—but when captured, they become pipelines for illicit wealth.
@acdatacollective.bsky.social's new brief "Inside the Congo Hold-Up" shows how BGFIBank DRC was hijacked by the Kabila regime to launder public funds.
🔗 bit.ly/ACDCPolicyBr...
One more day to go - Make sure you register today!
🗓️ 10 July 2025 | 🕓 4–5 PM UK Time | 💻 Online
🔗 Register: bit.ly/aceseminar8
📢 Now hiring! Join the University of Sussex as a Lecturer in Politics (part-time, fixed-term) and help teach on our renowned MA in Corruption and Governance.
Remote teaching possible (UK-based only).
Apply by 21 July: jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/08e2705d...
New KickBack episode out now:
@csc-barrington.bsky.social speaks with Nicole Rose (NACC) and AJ Brown (TI Australia) about corruption in Australia, the rise of “grey corruption,” and how new institutions are responding.
🎧 Listen here:
SoundCloud: bit.ly/Soundcloud135KB
#KickBack #AntiCorruption
The June GI ACE newsletter is out!
✅ Congo Hold-Up spotlight & upcoming seminar
✅ Blogs on grassroots resistance & UNCAC
✅ New GI ACE Fellowship
✅ Latest KickBack on inclusion & power
📖 Read: bit.ly/GIACENewsletterJune
📬 Subscribe: bit.ly/giacesubscribe
#GIACE #AntiCorruption #StateCapture
📺NEW VIDEO📺
Last night, key British offshore financial centres failed to meet their own deadline for revealing who owns companies registered there.
It’s time the UK Government escalates its response & ensures places like the BVI are no longer safe havens for the world's corrupt.
Watch and read ⤵️
"What if the next generation of anticorruption leaders had the support they needed to turn ideas into impact?
We've launched a pioneering Fellowship to do just that, equipping early-career researchers with the tools, networks & mentorship to drive meaningful change.
Read: bit.ly/fellowship-b...
What does state capture mean for UNCAC implementation?
In a new #GIACE blog, Tom Shipley explores how the UNCAC process often overlooks the systemic nature of capture, and what a more effective approach could look like.
🔗 Blog: giace.org/statecapture...
🔗 Also Read: bit.ly/uncaccoaliti...
🚨 Upcoming ACE Seminar
Inside the Congo Hold-Up: How a Captured Bank Enabled Grand Corruption
🗓️ 10 July 2025
🕓 4–5 PM UK Time
💻 Online
🔗 Register: bit.ly/aceseminar8
@lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social @sussexscsc.bsky.social @szakonyi.bsky.social @acdatacollective.bsky.social
🚨New Kickback episode out now!
Oguzhan Dincer and Michael Johnston join @csc-barrington.bsky.social to discuss their book Corruption in America, exploring how corruption operates across all 50 U.S. states.
🎧 Listen: bit.ly/Soundcloud134KB
📘 Book: www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
#Governance #KB
The Coalition is urging the UNCAC Implementation Review Group to:
🔹Recognise state capture as a systemic threat
🔹Strengthen review mechanisms to detect and address capture risks
🔹Put it firmly on the CoSP agenda
#PolicyReform #CoSP #InstitutionalIntegrity #Transparency
State capture is a deliberate strategy to dismantle democratic checks & repurpose public institutions for private gain.
The @uncaccoalition.bsky.social warns it’s eroding the very institutions UNCAC helped build, turning anti-corruption bodies into political tools.
📖 bit.ly/uncaccoalitionstatement
Join @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social (GI ACE) as she chairs a crucial conversation with:
🔹 @szakonyi.bsky.social (@acdatacollective.bsky.social)
🔹 Anrike Visser (Global Ground Consulting)
They’ll unpack how financial institutions are weaponised for corruption — and what this means for reform.
How can a bank become a tool for looting a state?
The Congo Hold-Up investigation — the largest data leak from Africa — reveals how BGFIBank DRC was captured to launder corruption proceeds and enable grand theft of public resources.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/aceseminar8
🚨 Upcoming ACE Seminar
Inside the Congo Hold-Up: How a Captured Bank Enabled Grand Corruption
🗓️ 10 July 2025
🕓 4–5 PM UK Time
💻 Online
🔗 Register: bit.ly/aceseminar8
@lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social @sussexscsc.bsky.social @szakonyi.bsky.social @acdatacollective.bsky.social
Some snapshots from the #ICRNForum2025
Powerful insights from the GIACE community in today's sessions:
🛠️ Tools of Change, spotlighting innovation from the Global South in tackling corruption (Fellows)
🗳️ Joint Session: Corruption & Democracy,with @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social as one of the speakers.
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