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State Capture Accountability Project
@state-capture.bsky.social
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An international non-profit that works to counter state capture through collaborative investigations, policy advocacy, and legal action.
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Transparency International UK @transparencyuk.bsky.social · 13d
📽️ NEW 📽️

Does the UK have a dark money problem?

Should we be worried?

As our Senior Research Officer, @rosewhiff.bsky.social explains - the public have a right to be concerned about the grip of dark money on our politics.
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State Capture Accountability Project @state-capture.bsky.social · Jun 24
Check out our new position paper with @iphr.bsky.social , calling for a Council of Europe Convention on Transnational Repression.

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State Capture Accountability Project @state-capture.bsky.social · Jun 9
Transnational repression (TNR) is when governments reach across borders to silence dissent among exiles. We've seen a dramatic increase in the use of TNR. We call on the UK Government to create a new sanctions regime targeting perpetrators and enablers of TNR.

www.state-capture.org/s/TNR_Sancti...
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State Capture Accountability Project @state-capture.bsky.social · May 28
Check out our new report - Grain Thieves: The Network Behind the Plunder of Ukrainian Grain - produced in collaboration with @iphr.bsky.social

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State Capture Accountability Project @state-capture.bsky.social · May 20
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Why The FATF-Based Anti-Money Laundering System Fails to Catch the Proceeds of Corruption
Today’s Guest Post is by Robert Barrington, Professor of Anti-Corruption Practice at the Centre for the Study of Corruption, University of Sussex (UK) and formerly the Chair of Transparency Interna…
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State Capture Accountability Project @state-capture.bsky.social · May 6
The UK Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights has published out evidence on Transnational Repression (TNR) in the UK.

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Ben Crum @bencrum.nl · Apr 15
Important and urgent signal👇 that deserves broad support - also beyond the media community
Research also requires transparency

Ultimately this is about open, democratic and accountable government
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Alexander Fanta @alexfanta.bsky.social · Apr 15
This morning, journalists from across Europe went public with a call to the European Commission to keep the promise of the EU treaties, and actually stick to the bloc's freedom of information law.

See below Politico's Brussels Playbook:
www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...
EU Transparency Call
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State Capture Accountability Project @state-capture.bsky.social · Feb 6
We're monitoring it. A key indicator will be the response from courts and other democratic institutions.
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State Capture Accountability Project @state-capture.bsky.social · Jan 24
We're hiring. Please check out and circulate this consultancy advert for six legal & research experts.
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State Capture Accountability Project @state-capture.bsky.social · Jan 14
@theguardian.com has published a letter from our co-founder Alex Prezanti in response to UK Foreign Sec David Lammy's announcement that he's planning a new sanctions regime to tackle irregular migration and organised immigration crime.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Anti-Al Capone tactics could work on people traffickers | Letters
Letters: Sanctions can play an important role in deterring the operation of criminal networks, writes Alex Prezanti; plus a letter from Ian Mynot
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State Capture Accountability Project @state-capture.bsky.social · Jan 8
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Sanctions and Export Controls News Digest - December 2024 — State Capture
Our monthly news digest from the world of sanctions and export controls for December 2024. Happy New Year!
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State Capture Accountability Project @state-capture.bsky.social · Dec 17
Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine has been marked by widespread and systematic pillage of occupied territory. Together with @iphr.bsky.social we set out how it happens and who is responsible.

www.state-capture.org/s/pillage-re...
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State Capture Accountability Project @state-capture.bsky.social · Dec 11
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Sanctions and Export Controls News Digest - November 2024 — State Capture
Our monthly digest from the world of sanctions and export controls for November 2024.
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State Capture Accountability Project @state-capture.bsky.social · Dec 10
Congratulations to our Supervisory Board member, Dame Margaret Hodge, on her appointment as the UK's anti-corruption champion.

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Margaret Hodge appointed UK anti-corruption champion to tackle flow of ‘dirty money’
Labour peer says she will combat ‘corruption and the illicit finance that flows from it, both at home and abroad’
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State Capture Accountability Project @state-capture.bsky.social · Dec 5
Last year together with @iphr.bsky.social we published a practical guide to EU sanctions for civil society.

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Practical Guide to EU Sanctions for Civil Society - IPHR
Restrictive measures or ‘sanctions’ are an essential tool of the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), which aim to promote the objectives of the CFSP, such as democracy, the rule of law, hu...
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State Capture Accountability Project @state-capture.bsky.social · Nov 29
Check out our new briefing: Tackling the Russian 'Shadow Fleet' - The Scope of Legislative/Enforcement Powers in National Waters (UK and EU versions).

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State Capture Accountability Project @state-capture.bsky.social · Nov 25
What is the impact of state capture?

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The Impact of State Capture — State Capture
Mark Webster sets out the economic, political and social impact of state capture.
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State Capture Accountability Project @state-capture.bsky.social · Nov 25
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State Capture Accountability Project @state-capture.bsky.social · Nov 18
What is state capture?

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What is State Capture? — State Capture
The term ‘state capture’, first coined in 2000, has gradually evolved over the past two decades. Originally focused on undue influence exerted by new industrialists over state institutions in post-Sov...
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