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14
March 2019
Past Event
America’s Fight Against Russian Dark Money
Featured Speakers:
Franklin Foer
Elise Bean
Ben Judah
14
March 2019
Past Event
America’s Fight Against Russian Dark Money

Experts discuss Russian kleptocracy

Featured Speakers:
Franklin Foer
Elise Bean
Ben Judah
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05
October 2018
Past Event
Countering Russian Money Laundering: Lessons from Latvia
Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Joshua Kirschenbaum
Andris Teikmanis
Nicolas Veron
Ilze Znotiņa
05
October 2018
Past Event
Countering Russian Money Laundering: Lessons from Latvia

Charles Davidson, Joshua Kirschenbaum, Andris Teikmanis, Nicolas Veron, and Ilza Znotina discuss kleptocracy

Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Joshua Kirschenbaum
Andris Teikmanis
Nicolas Veron
Ilze Znotiņa
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06
September 2018
Past Event
The Enablers: How Western Professionals Import Corruption and Strengthen Authoritarianism
Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Elise Bean
Mark Hays
Ben Judah
Nate Sibley
06
September 2018
Past Event
The Enablers: How Western Professionals Import Corruption and Strengthen Authoritarianism

Charles Davidson, Elise Bean, Mark Hays, Ben Judah, and Nate Sibley discuss kleptocracy.

Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Elise Bean
Mark Hays
Ben Judah
Nate Sibley
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25
May 2018
Past Event
Dismantling Russian Transnational Crime Organizations: A Conversation with José Grinda Gonzalez
Featured Speakers:
Judge José Grinda Gonzalez
Charles Davidson
Ben Judah
Sebastian Rotella
Members of the Spanish Guardia Civil during a raid targeting the Russian mafia in the southern resort of Marbella, September 26, 2017 (JORGE GUERRERO/AFP/Getty Images)
25
May 2018
Past Event
Dismantling Russian Transnational Crime Organizations: A Conversation with José Grinda Gonzalez

Spain’s Judge José Grinda Gonzalez and U.S. experts discuss investigating and prosecuting Russian organized crime

Members of the Spanish Guardia Civil during a raid targeting the Russian mafia in the southern resort of Marbella, September 26, 2017 (JORGE GUERRERO/AFP/Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Judge José Grinda Gonzalez
Charles Davidson
Ben Judah
Sebastian Rotella
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17
April 2018
Past Event
Countering Russian Kleptocracy
Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Clay Fuller
Jeffrey Gedmin
Ben Judah
Nate Sibley
17
April 2018
Past Event
Countering Russian Kleptocracy

Kleptocratic regimes use corruption and as a means of control at home and a weapon of influence abroad. Russian oligarchs and other Kremlin agents hav

Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Clay Fuller
Jeffrey Gedmin
Ben Judah
Nate Sibley
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01
December 2017
Past Event
Money Laundering for 21st Century Authoritarianism
Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Ben Judah
Raymond Baker
Gary Kalman
Brady Jay Olson
(Credit: Bill Diodato, The Image Bank)
01
December 2017
Past Event
Money Laundering for 21st Century Authoritarianism

Ben Judah, Raymond Baker, and Charles Davidson on the new report, Money Laundering for 21st Century Authoritarianism

(Credit: Bill Diodato, The Image Bank)
Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Ben Judah
Raymond Baker
Gary Kalman
Brady Jay Olson
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30
November 2017
Past Event
The United States of Anonymity: How America Became a Financial Secrecy Haven
Featured Speakers:
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Charles Davidson
Casey Michel
Jack Blum
Elise Bean
Mark Hays
Ben Judah
Parts of the Panama Papers displayed in Tokyo, April 26, 2016 (Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
30
November 2017
Past Event
The United States of Anonymity: How America Became a Financial Secrecy Haven

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse speaks at the release of a new report from Hudson's Kleptocracy Initiative, The United States of Anonymity

Parts of the Panama Papers displayed in Tokyo, April 26, 2016 (Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Charles Davidson
Casey Michel
Jack Blum
Elise Bean
Mark Hays
Ben Judah
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15
November 2017
Past Event
Kleptocratic Regimes and National Security: A Pervasive Threat and How It Can be Neutralized
Featured Speakers:
Kate Bateman
Elise Bean
Brad Brooks-Rubin
Charles Davidson
Michael Dziedzic
Len Hawley
Len Hawley
Jason Ladnier
Michael Loughnane
Michael Miklaucic
Ted Moorman
Louise Shelley
Kelly Uribe
Jodi Vittori
David Williams
15
November 2017
Past Event
Kleptocratic Regimes and National Security: A Pervasive Threat and How It Can be Neutralized

A conference on threats caused by kleptocracies from terrorism and organized crime to state failure and genocide

Featured Speakers:
Kate Bateman
Elise Bean
Brad Brooks-Rubin
Charles Davidson
Michael Dziedzic
Len Hawley
Len Hawley
Jason Ladnier
Michael Loughnane
Michael Miklaucic
Ted Moorman
Louise Shelley
Kelly Uribe
Jodi Vittori
David Williams
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11
October 2017
Past Event
How Non-State Actors Export Kleptocratic Norms to the West
Featured Speakers:
Ilya Zaslavskiy
Jeffrey Gedmin
David Kramer
Louise Shelley
Sarah Chayes
Ambassador Richard D. Kauzlarich
Paul Massaro
Charles Davidson
Photo by: Ivan Vdovin
11
October 2017
Past Event
How Non-State Actors Export Kleptocratic Norms to the West

Ilya Zaslavskiy, Jeffrey Gedmin, David Kramer, Louise Shelley, Sarah Chayes, Richard Kauzlarich, Charles Davidson, Paul Massaro on kleptocratic norms

Photo by: Ivan Vdovin
Featured Speakers:
Ilya Zaslavskiy
Jeffrey Gedmin
David Kramer
Louise Shelley
Sarah Chayes
Ambassador Richard D. Kauzlarich
Paul Massaro
Charles Davidson
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18
July 2017
Past Event
Kleptocracy and Money Laundering: A Conversation with Kendall Day
Featured Speakers:
Kendall Day
Bill Corcoran
Charles Davidson
Karen Greenaway
Gary Kalman
Frank Vogl
Image Credit: Simone Golob
18
July 2017
Past Event
Kleptocracy and Money Laundering: A Conversation with Kendall Day

Kendall Day, Bill Corcoran, Charles Davidson, Karen Greenaway, Gary Kalman & Frank Vogl on US initiatives addressing kleptocracy and corruption

Image Credit: Simone Golob
Featured Speakers:
Kendall Day
Bill Corcoran
Charles Davidson
Karen Greenaway
Gary Kalman
Frank Vogl
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14
June 2017
Past Event
Weaponizing Kleptocracy: Putin’s Hybrid Warfare
Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Marius Laurinavicius
Jeffrey Gedmin
Hannah Thoburn
Michael Weiss
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow on May 9, 2015 (RIA Novosti via Getty Images)
14
June 2017
Past Event
Weaponizing Kleptocracy: Putin’s Hybrid Warfare

Marius Laurinavicius, Jeffrey Gedmin, Hannah Thoburn and Charles Davidson on Weaponizing Kleptocracy: Putin’s Hybrid Warfare and Russian kleptocracy

Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow on May 9, 2015 (RIA Novosti via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Marius Laurinavicius
Jeffrey Gedmin
Hannah Thoburn
Michael Weiss
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19
April 2017
Past Event
Reforming Ukraine: A Conversation with Minister of Finance Oleksandr Danyliuk
Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Oleksandr Danyliuk
Walter Russell Mead
(Julia Berezovska/ Press office NBU/Flickr)
19
April 2017
Past Event
Reforming Ukraine: A Conversation with Minister of Finance Oleksandr Danyliuk

Oleksandr Danyliuk, Minister of Finance of Ukraine, Charles Davidson, and Walter Russell Mead on financial corruption reform

(Julia Berezovska/ Press office NBU/Flickr)
Featured Speakers:
Charles Davidson
Oleksandr Danyliuk
Walter Russell Mead
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