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Crime & Corruption

Best Practices for Investigating Oligarchs

3:00pm on Sunday, November 23
KLCC Level 3 - Room 304

About This Session

Oligarchs use vast wealth and political connections to shield corrupt business empires from scrutiny. This panel features reporters who have successfully penetrated these powerful networks despite legal threats and intimidation. Learn methodologies for tracing shell companies, identifying beneficial ownership, and mapping political relationships. Speakers share techniques for investigating hidden assets, following international money trails, and building bulletproof cases against well-protected targets while managing personal and legal risks.

Speakers

Aqwam Fizami Hanifan

Investigative Producer
Narasi

Jelena Cosic

Training Manager, Eastern European Partnership Coordinator and Data Reporter
ICIJ

Joseph Poliszuk

Co-founder and Co-editor
Armando.info

Olga Simanovych

Regional Editor, Global Investigative Journalism Network
GIJN