Hello! I am one of the researchers/authors of the Puppet Masters report; I randomly came across your blog while doing some media tracking of our study. I am very impressed with the utility of your investigative and asset tracing posts. The mansion-tracking Pinterest is brilliant touch- corruption in its most tangible form.
On this public records page, you mention the excellent HK Judiciary website, which was very useful in finding out details related to the constellation of cases related to corrupt acts by Charles Warwick Reid. I would suggest that similar websites affiliated with the Free Access to Law Movement (FALM) might make a good addition to this list- member projects such as BAILII and WorldLII provide some of the best available information on national laws and legal actions, including a good deal of corruption and bribery prosecutions.
Thank you for this. I am a big fan of the Puppet Masters — there’s plenty there that could be mined by journalists. The descriptions of the many different and imaginative ways in which corporate vehicles have been used are both fascinating and helpful. Thanks for the additional resources. I will certainly include them in my list. And congratulations on an excellent study!
I have my feet in two worlds. For many years, I was the director of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism in Manila. In 2006, I moved to New York to teach at Columbia University, where I am director of the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. I’ve taught journalists in Asia, Eastern Europe and elsewhere and am an avid watcher of investigative reporting. This blog draws from my work, both past and present. It looks at how watchdog reporting is being done around the world; it also contains reflections on what I think is a golden moment for investigative reporting, but also a moment fraught with challenges and threats. -- Sheila S. Coronel
Hello! I am one of the researchers/authors of the Puppet Masters report; I randomly came across your blog while doing some media tracking of our study. I am very impressed with the utility of your investigative and asset tracing posts. The mansion-tracking Pinterest is brilliant touch- corruption in its most tangible form.
On this public records page, you mention the excellent HK Judiciary website, which was very useful in finding out details related to the constellation of cases related to corrupt acts by Charles Warwick Reid. I would suggest that similar websites affiliated with the Free Access to Law Movement (FALM) might make a good addition to this list- member projects such as BAILII and WorldLII provide some of the best available information on national laws and legal actions, including a good deal of corruption and bribery prosecutions.
I look forward to more posts in the future!
Thank you for this. I am a big fan of the Puppet Masters — there’s plenty there that could be mined by journalists. The descriptions of the many different and imaginative ways in which corporate vehicles have been used are both fascinating and helpful. Thanks for the additional resources. I will certainly include them in my list. And congratulations on an excellent study!