UNCAC Coalition statement on the detention and expulsion of award-winning reporter @StevanOCCRP before his speech at the #UNCAC#COSP8: "Dojčinović being prevented from speaking at the CoSP undermines the credibility of the Conference."
👉https://t.co/9bEV7dLsuD @OCCRP@DrewOCCRP
Yesterday @StevanOCCRP, our regional editor and the founder of @KRIKrs, was deported from Abu Dhabi shortly after arriving there -- on invitation by the UN to speak on a panel at #UNODC#CoSP8 about cross-border corruption. Our statement here 👇https://t.co/rInFKIuhHx
After OCCRP and @KRIKrs editor Stevan Dojcinovic was detained and deported from the UAE last night on the eve of speaking at #UNCAC#CoSP8, Gillian Dell of @anticorruption re-wrote the speech she was to give at the plenary session. Here are some excerpts from her remarks: 1/
Our regional editor @StevanOCCRP is okay and back at work. But the reason he was designated an "inadmissible person" by #UnitedArabEmirates is still not known.
"He is a BLACKLISTED" the form he was given states, though the reason why is "not disclosed." 👇
#UNCAC#COSP8
An empty chair for Serbian journalist Stevan Dojčinović, expected as a panelist now at this UN Conference against Corruption in Abu Dhabi. He was detained and expelled at the airport. https://t.co/fMp99Cm9vN
@reporterohnegrenzen @committeetoprotectjournalists @ICIJ.org
#COSP8
Full room this morning for the side event of the PeerToPeer Alliance of Anti-Corruption Authorities under the motto “If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far go together” #COSP8@GermanyUNVienna@BMZ_Bund@UNODC
UNCAC Coalition board member Gillian Dell of @anticorruption at the #UNCAC#COSP8 plenary voiced the concern over the detention of @OCCRP reporter @StevanOCCRP at Abu Dhabi airport upon arrival to speak at the Conference.
👉Full statement:
https://t.co/3V7xUt2Fmb
#Geldwäsche Die #FIU bleibt ein Krisenherd der Geldwäschebekämpfung. Deutschland ist Gangster's Paradise - insbesondere im Immobiliensektor, wo eine Party mit schmutzigem Geld steigt. @Buckenhofer @fiedelseb @barreto_da_rosa https://t.co/vnWApfzlJo
This week at #Europol we are strengthening the cooperation & communication between law enforcement authorities of Member States to counter mafia-style serious & organised crime at our conference "Countering strategies against transnational organised crime" https://t.co/Sh56LxALeQ