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Andrew Feinstein, author of The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade, will be speaking about corruption in the arms trade
Date & Time: 22 October 2012, 18:00-20:15
Location: Norton Rose, 3 More London Riverside, SE1 2AQ, London, United Kingdom
Andrew Feinstein, author of The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade, will be speaking about corruption in the arms trade
Andrew Feinstein is a former South African politician and was elected an ANC member of parliament in South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994. He resigned in 2001 in protest at the ANC government's refusal to allow an unfettered investigation into a £5bn arms deal that was tainted by allegations of high-level corruption.
Feinstein will speak from his experience and expertise of corruption in the global arms trade, addressing the formal government-to-government trade in arms, the shadow world of illicit weapons dealing, and the shocking and inextricable links between the two.
18.00 Registration
18.30 Keynote speech from Andrew Feinstein, followed by Q&A
19.45 Drinks reception
20.15 Close
To register for this TI-UK event, please contact us at events@transparency.org.uk
With huge contracts and high secrecy, the defence and security sectors have a high risk of corruption. Protecting national security is often used as an excuse to hide information that should be available to the public.
Everyone pays the cost of corruption. Money wasted on defence corruption could improve corruption-resources-corruption-resources-education or corruption-resources-corruption-resources-healthcare, or be used to provide soldiers and police officers with the equipment they actually need. Corruption in defence and security destroys trust in the government and puts soldiers’ lives at risk.
The lecture will be given by Mark Pyman, Director of Transparency International UK's Defence and Security Programme, based on ten years of active work in this area. It will review how governments, police and armed forces, working together with civil society, can make much more progress than is the case today. It will also cover the need for a new approach to corruption issues in national security policy for nations of all sizes and explore a new approach to preventing conflict, strengthening institutions and reducing social grievance.
Timings
18.00 Registration
18.30 Mark Pyman - 'FIghting Corruption in the Defence Sector'
19.10 Question and Answer session
19.45 Drinks reception
20.30 Close
Transparency International’s Defence and Security Programme is partnering with the African Leadership Centre and Africa Research Group at King’s College London for a panel discussion on how corruption undermines security governance across Africa. Coinciding with the launch of TI's Government Defence Anti-Corruption Index, the event aims to examine the diverse drivers of corruption on the continent and their role in derailing security reform in Uganda and Kenya.
A wine reception will follow the event.
The event will feature:
In the last five years, 80% of UK exports of major conventional weapons have been delivered to markets assessed to have high to critical corruption risk in their defence institutions. In many of these countries, the lack of oversight over defence deals and secretive nature of the sector creates huge opportunities for abuse by corrupt agents. When selling to states with high vulnerability to corruption, like Saudi Arabia, India, and Indonesia, and where agents are commonly used to secure contracts, is it possible to stay within the bounds of anti-corruption legislation?
On Tuesday 28 June, Transparency International Defence & Security invites you to the UK launch of Licence to Bribe? Reducing corruption risks around the use of agents in defence procurement. This report looks at how major governments like the US and UK are pursuing arms deals with corrupt nations, and how this is increasing opportunities for corruption by middlemen. Following introductory remarks, the panel will discuss the report and its implications before opening the discussion to the floor.
Panel
Further panellists to be confirmed.
Please register for the event via Eventbrite.
For further queries, please contact defence@transparency.org.uk.
This event is hosted by Transparency International Defence and Security and Norton Rose Fulbright.
For more information about the US launch and to register, click here.
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In the last five years, more than half of US exports of major conventional weapons have been delivered to markets assessed to have high to critical corruption risk in their defence institutions. In many of these countries, the lack of oversight over defence deals and secretive nature of the sector creates huge opportunities for abuse by corrupt agents. When selling to states with high vulnerability to corruption and where agents are commonly used to secure contracts, is it possible to stay within the bounds of anti-corruption legislation?
On Wednesday 29 June, Transparency International Defence & Security invites you to the US launch of Licence to Bribe? Reducing corruption risks around the use of agents in defence procurement. This report looks at how major governments like the US and UK are pursuing arms deals with corrupt nations, and the role that certain governments can play in sustaining and increasing opportunities for corruption by middlemen.
Following introductory remarks from Transparency International Defence & Security and Baker & McKenzie LLP, the panel will discuss the report before opening the discussion to the floor.
Panel
The event is being co-hosted by Transparency International Defence and Security and Baker & McKenzie, as part of its Aerospace & Defense Luncheon Series. To register, please e-mail Sal Gonzalez at sal.gonzalez@bakermckenzie.com.
To register for the UK launch of this report, please visit our event page.
For further queries, please contact defence@transparency.org.uk.
Transparency International (TI) is the world’s leading non-governmental anti-corruption organisation. With more than 100 chapters worldwide, TI has extensive global expertise and understanding of corruption. Transparency International UK (TI-UK) works in the UK and overseas to challenge corruption within politics, public institutions, and the private sector, and campaign to prevent the UK acting as a safe haven for corrupt capital.
TI-UK’s Corruption Beginner’s Guide is a free course delivered every year by some of the best anti-corruption fighters in the UK. The programme includes a mix of theory and practical learnings covering both corruption in the UK and abroad.
You will learn from some of TI-UK’s top experts including:
Programme
13:00 What is corruption?
Introduction, Robert Barrington
13:15 What are the costs of corruption?
Our in-house experts will give you an overview of TI’s mission and achievements across various sectors through a series of short lively presentations:
· Measuring corruption, Karolina MacLachlan
· Corruption in the health and pharmaceuticals sector, Sophie Peresson and Michael Petkov
· Corruption in the defence sector, Hilary Hurd
14:15 Break
14:30 What do you do to fight corruption?
Your turn! Choose a hands-one workshop to learn about:
· ‘Advocacy: A Driver for Change’ – Rachel Davies.
Join this workshop if you want to go into advocacy, policy or communications as a career. Using case studies from our work on corruption in the property market, you will learn about different styles of advocacy, how to prepare and implement your advocacy plan, and reach out to different audiences, from policy-makers to the general public.
· ‘Using Data in Research, Theory & Practice’– Steve Goodrich
Open data has been seen as an important tool to help identify networks involved in corruption. However, there are also challenges to how this can be implemented in practice. Bring your laptop along to explore how open data is being used to tackle corruption and some of the challenges anti-corruption campaigners face when using it.
· ‘Ethical decision-making’ – Peter Van Veen
Current or future professionals working in organisations of all sizes, from businesses to NGOs, are at risk of experiencing corrupt behaviours. We created a series of exercises to challenge you and see how you would react in such a situation. Learn clear and practical tips to prevent and resist corruption as well as creating an ethical workplace culture.
15:45 Conclusion and how to stay engaged
Places are limited so reserve your place for a workshop now by visiting our event page.
If you have any questions, please contact alice.fauvel@transparency.org.uk.
During the London Anti-Corruption Summit in May, when President Buhari of Nigeria was asked if he demanded an apology from David Cameron for his “fantastically corrupt” claim, he said he did not need an apology, “What I am demanding is the return of the assets”. But without fundamental reform in the defence sector will Nigeria's public funds continue to be misappropriated?
Join Transparency International's Defence and Security Programme on 10th November for a panel discussion with RUSI’s Centre for Financial Crime & Security Studies Director, Tom Keatinge, and the former U.S. intelligence community’s top expert on Nigeria, Matthew T. Page, on the challenges of recovering Nigeria's stolen assets and reforming the country's defence sector. The panel will present findings from their current research project which analyses the links between corruption in the Nigerian military, illicit financial flows laundered through London, and how these factors combine to benefit the Boko Haram insurgency. The team will also discuss what new approaches – such as Unexplained Wealth Orders, Open Contracting and public-private information sharing – can offer to the UK and Nigeria’s anti-corruption campaigns.
Time:
To register, follow the link here.
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TI DSP launch their report “Raising the bar”, which extracts good practice examples from their international Defence Companies Anti-Corruption Index (CI).
Date & Time: Monday 10th June, 17:30-20:00
Location: Norton Rose Fulbright, 3 More London Riverside, SE1 2AQ, London, United Kingdom
TI DSP launch their report “Raising the bar”, which extracts good practice examples from their international Defence Companies Anti-Corruption Index (CI).
Is your company’s leadership speaking up against corruption? Does your company make its ethics and compliance programmes public? How does your board assure itself that its programme is effective? How does your company carry out corruption risk assessments?
These are among the questions that make the most difference according to our team’s latest report “Raising the bar”, which extracts good practice examples from their international Defence Companies Anti-Corruption Index (CI).
Join Transparency Internationals Defence and Security programme for the launch of this study to discuss how companies in this sector are raising the bar, and what other sectors can learn from this.
PROGRAMME
17:30 Registration
18:00 Introduction and Welcome
18:10 Panel discussion:
Mark Pyman (Director, Transparency International UK’s Defence and Security Programme)
Paul Everitt, Chief Executive, ADS (Aerospace, Defence, Space and Security Industry Association)
Sam Eastwood (Partner, Norton Rose; Board of Trustees, TI-UK)
18:45 Q&A
19:10 Cocktail
Please RSVP by 5 June to zachary.mehan@transparency.org.uk
Transparency International UK will be presenting the findings of the 2015 Defence Companies Anti-Corruption Index on 30 April 2015 at Norton Rose Fulbright.
Transparency International UK will be presenting the findings of the 2015 Defence Companies Anti-Corruption Index on 30 April 2015 at Norton Rose Fulbright.
Corruption in defence affects us all —taxpayers, soldiers, governments, and companies. The defence industry has a critical role to play in preventing corruption. Are the companies doing enough?
Transparency International UK’s Defence Companies Anti-Corruption Index measures the transparency and quality of the ethics and anti-corruption programmes in the world’s major defence companies. The first edition launched in 2012, found that two-thirds of companies do not provide adequate evidence of how they prevent corruption. This year, 163 companies from 47 countries were assessed to establish whether the industry has improved.
Please join Mark Pyman, Director of the Transparency International UK Defence and Security Programme, for a presentation of the results of the 2015 Index and its implications for the defence sector. Jan Pie, Secretary General of the Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe, will present an industry view.
The event will be held at 6 pm on Thursday, 30 April at the offices of Norton Rose Fulbright, 3 More London, London, SE1 2AQ. Please register via ci2015.eventbrite.co.uk or by e-mailing ivo.jongejan@transparency.org.uk.
We hope to see you there!
About Transparency International UK’s Defence and Security Programme
Transparency International UK's Defence and Security Programme works to reduce corruption in defence and security worldwide. Our vision is a world where governments, the armed forces, and arms transfers are transparent, accountable, and free from corruption.
We engage with governments, armed forces, security forces, defence companies, civil society, and others to advance this goal.
Defence corruption threatens everyone — taxpayers, soldiers, governments, and companies. With huge contracts and high secrecy in the defence sector, it poses a high risk of corruption.
