Conflict Awareness ProjectConflict Awareness Project | Conflict Awareness Project http://conflictawareness.org Sat, 04 May 2013 01:16:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 ‘Breaking the Set’ with Abby Martin http://conflictawareness.org/2013/05/04/breaking-the-set-with-abby-martin/ http://conflictawareness.org/2013/05/04/breaking-the-set-with-abby-martin/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 01:15:25 +0000 CAP http://conflictawareness.org/?p=980

 

 

 

 

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‘A Short Film about Guns’ Wins at Tribeca April 25, 2013 (New York) - Tribeca Online Festival Best Short Film is ‘A Short Film About Guns’ – an evocative examination of the illegal arms trade, starring Conflict Awareness Project founder Kathi Lynn Austin, former child soldier Ishmael Beah, war photographer Paul Conroy, and Rear Admiral (ret.) Stuart Platt; A Control Arms/Cyprian Films Production; Directed by Minos Papas, produced by Louis Belanger.  

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]]> http://conflictawareness.org/2013/04/26/tribeca-film-fest/feed/ 0 The Daily Star (Lebanon) http://conflictawareness.org/2013/04/06/the-daily-star-lebanon/ http://conflictawareness.org/2013/04/06/the-daily-star-lebanon/#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:27:17 +0000 CAP http://conflictawareness.org/?p=947 The Daily Star - 6 April 2013

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Arms Middlemen Remain Unleashed

Seven Golden Rules Recommended by CAP to Close the Gap: 
Implementation of UN Arms Trade Treaty Provision On Arms Brokers 

April 2, 2013 (New York) – The newly adopted United Nations Arms Trade Treaty is to be  applauded for establishing international standards for the legal trade, but misses the mark on the linchpin of illicit weapons trafficking.

While recognizing the historic effort meant to save lives and protect vulnerable communities around the world, the Conflict Awareness Project (CAP) is concerned that the arms middlemen may have effectively evaded the new global rulebook…

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February 6, 2013

Viktor Bout, the poster boy for international arms trafficking, is back in the news.

Last week, Bout’s legal defense team submitted an appellate brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. It claims Bout was wrongly convicted of five counts to commit conspiracy and terrorism. It asks for his 25-year prison sentence to be overturned, based on a list of complaints he has repeated before.

So what’s the news here?

Ironically, Bout’s appeal helps us better understand specific weaknesses in the U.S. approach for containing the world’s worst arms traffickers – those that intentionally enable terrorists, perpetrators of atrocity and U.N. sanctions-busting…

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Ultimes tractations ICAC/ Kathi Lynn Austin
Le déplacement à Maurice de la directrice de Conflict Awareness Project annoncé initialement pour la mi-janvier ne pourrait se concrétiser qu’en mars prochain.

9 January, 2013 (Mauritius) - En ce début d’année, le suspense est de mise quant au déplacement de l’Executive Director de Conflict Awareness Project, Kathi Lynn Austin, en vue de faire progresser l’enquête sur le réseau de trafic d’armes allégué avec Maurice pour base.  En effet, les indications sont que le rendez-vous au QG de l’Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), annoncé initialement pour la mi-janvier, pourrait être reporté à mars prochain. Entre-temps, l’ICAC poursuit ses échanges avec les autorités américaines en vue d’obtenir des compléments d’informations sur les marchands d’armes russes Sergei Kosolapov et Andrei Denisenko, en fuite de Maurice depuis l’éclatement de ce scandale…

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Transnational Organized Crime
Friday, December 7, 2012
Columbia University, New York

(New York) - Conflict Awareness Project Executive Director Kathi Lynn Austin was a featured speaker and panelist at the Thought Leadership Forum on Transnational Organized Crime, presented by The Journal of International Affairs (JIA) in affiliation with the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University in New York, on Friday December 7, 2012.   Moderator: Dipali Mukhopadhyay, PhD, Assistant Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Keynote: Alison Friedman, Deputy Director, U.S. State Department Office to Combat and Monitor Trafficking in Persons. Panelists: Joseph E. Evans, Former Regional Director of North and Central America, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; Kathi Lynn Austin, Executive Director, Conflict Awareness Project; Warda Henning, Program Management Officer, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; Justin Kosslyn, Product Manager, Google Ideas.

Established in 1947 as a nonprofit organization affiliated with the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, The Journal of International Affairs is one of the oldest publications on international affairs in the United States. For each issue, the Journal brings together a diverse group of scholars and practitioners to advance debates on contemporary international affairs through an interdisciplinary exploration of a single pressing issue of global concern.

]]> http://conflictawareness.org/2012/12/08/event-columbia-university-nyc/feed/ 0 Le Matinal (Mauritius) http://conflictawareness.org/2012/11/18/le-matinal-mauritius/ http://conflictawareness.org/2012/11/18/le-matinal-mauritius/#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2012 02:38:26 +0000 CAP http://conflictawareness.org/?p=804 Le contact est établi entre Kathi Lynn Austin et l’Icac

by Keshav Kallee
17 November 2012 (Mauritius) – Le rendez-vous téléphonique entre le directeur des Investigations de l’Independent Commission against Corruption (Icac) Chimunlall Ghoorah et l’Executive Director de l’organisation onusienne Conflict Awareness Project (CAP) Kathi Lynn Austin a positivement eu lieu vendredi, à 17 heures (heures locales). L’appel a duré un peu moins de 15 minutes.  Sollicitée, Kathi Lynn Austin a réitéré sa ferme volonté de collaborer avec les autorités locales. “We are looking forward to engaging with ICAC on official inquiries and activities following up on the substance of our investigative report”, a-t-elle déclaré…
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Bérenger insiste, Ramgoolam ne rompt pas

17 November 2012 (Mauritius) – Malgré l’insistance de Paul Bérenger, Navin Ramgoolam a tenu bon. Le chef de l’Opposition a argué que la commission d’enquête qu’il a réclamée est importante et qu’elle permettra de faire la lumière sur les zones d’ombre entourant cette affaire. Il a ajouté que sans les révélations de Kathi Lynn Austin, directrice de l’ONG Conflict Awareness Project (CAP), les Russes Andrey Kosolapov et Sergey Denisenko étaient sur le point d’obtenir le permis nécessaire de l’Aviation civile pour lancer une compagnie d’aviation. Ceux-ci projetteraient de l’utiliser comme écran pour que Maurice devienne une plate-forme pour un trafic d’armes international.
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and Arms Trafficking Investigation Encouraging

16 November, 2012 (New York) –  The Conflict Awareness Project (CAP), an international NGO, released a statement by its Executive Director Kathi Lynn Austin following communication today with the Mauritius Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).

“We are encouraged by ICAC’s ongoing investigation,” said Ms. Austin.  “We look forward to assisting ICAC and other relevant Mauritius authorities in their efforts to pursue justice and hold international criminals accountable”…
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to Private Notice Question on ICAC Investigation

Mr Speaker, Sir,

I refer the hon. Leader of the Opposition to the statement I made in the House on 24 July 2012, and to the reply I gave to the Private Notice Question on 27 July 2012, regarding the alleged case of attempt at arms trafficking by foreign nationals, wherein I stated in no uncertain terms that Government is taking a very serious view of this matter, and shall undertake whatever action necessary to prevent Mauritius and its institutions from being used for any illicit purposes.  I also stated that Government will spare no effort to unflinchingly maintain the standing of Mauritius as a jurisdiction of sound repute.  I further indicated that an enquiry into the matter has been instituted by the Commissioner of Police, the Financial Intelligence Unit, the Financial Services Commission and ICAC…

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téléphonique avec l’ICAC n’a pas encore eu lieu»

par Abdoollah Earally, L’express

15 November 2012 (Mauritius) - Le rendez-vous téléphonique entre la Commission anticorruption (ICAC) et l’enquêtrice américaine, sur la tentative alléguée de trafic d’armes à Maurice, n’a pas eu lieu à 17 h 00 comme annoncé un peu plus tôt à l’Assemblée nationale, par le Premier ministre.

«Il y a eu une confusion sur l’heure,» affirme la directrice de Conflict Awarness Projet (CAP), dans une déclaration à l’express, ce jeudi 15 novembre. Navin Ramgoolam avait affirmé que le directeur des investigations de l’ICAC avait déjà pris rendez-vous avec Kathi Lynn Austin lors d’une première prise de contact au téléphone à 17 h 00, cette après-midi.  Contactée au téléphone, la directrice du CAP, une Organisation non gouvernemental luttant contre le trafic d’armes…

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]]> http://conflictawareness.org/2012/11/15/allafrica/feed/ 0 L’express (Mauritius) http://conflictawareness.org/2012/11/15/lexpress-mauritius/ http://conflictawareness.org/2012/11/15/lexpress-mauritius/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:12:41 +0000 CAP http://conflictawareness.org/?p=795 La PNQ axée sur la tentative d’utiliser Maurice
comme plateforme pour un trafic d’armes

15 November 2012 (Mauritius) - La Private Notice Question (PNQ) de ce jeudi 15 novembre sera axée sur la tentative de deux hommes d’affaires russes d’utiliser Maurice comme plateforme pour le trafic d’armes. La question sera une nouvelle fois adressée à Navin Ramgoolam.

Paul Bérenger veut connaître les retombées des différentes enquêtes initiées, notamment par la police, la Commission anticorruption (ICAC) et la Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) sur la tentative de trafic d’armes alléguée. La PNQ sera adressée au Premier ministre, Navin Ramgoolam.

Cette affaire dans laquelle seraient impliqués les deux hommes d’affaires russes, Andrei Kosolapov et Sergei Denisenko, a également éclaboussé la famille Mohamed. C’est l’étude des Mohamed qui aurait été, pendant un moment, le représentant légal des suspects à Maurice.

Cette tentative de trafic d’armes avait été dénoncée par Kathi Lynn Austin, directrice de l’agence onusienne de lutte contre le trafic d’armes, après une longue enquête à Maurice. Le leader de l’opposition cherchera aussi à savoir si les autorités mauriciennes ont essayé de prendre contact avec l’enquêtrice.

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Kathi Lynn Austin en contact avec l’Icac

15 November 2012 (Mauritius) –  Kathi Lynn Austin, responsable du projet Conflict Awareness à San Francisco et qui a publié un rapport un trafic d’armes allégué à Maurice, s’entretiendra au téléphone, à 17 heures ce jeudi 15 novembre, avec le directeur de l’Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac), Anil Kumar Ujodha. C’est ce qu’a annoncé le Premier ministre au Parlement en réponse à la Private Notice Question (PNQ) du leader de l’Opposition.

Cette prise de contact entre Kathi Lynn Austin et Anil Kumar Ujodha s’insère dans le cadre de l’enquête sur les ramifications autour d’un trafic d’armes allégué à Maurice. L’Icac veut savoir si la responsable du projet Conflict Awareness sera disponible pour les besoins de cette enquête car elle compte beaucoup sur elle pour faire avancer ce dossier…

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Alleged Arms Trafficker Owes Banks R30M 

by Sashni Pather
2 September 2012

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What Mauritius Can Teach Us About the Global Arms Trade

by Kathi Lynn Austin
The New York Times “At War” Blog
August 20, 2012

So, you’d like to set up an illegal weapons network in the post-Sept.11 era. But where to begin? I recommend a trip to the idyllic island nation of Mauritius… Read complete blog

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SA Banks say Russian owes R30m

by Sashni Pather and Bobby Jordan
14 August 2012

South African banks are embroiled in protracted legal battles with a Russian businessman implicated in a report to global gun-running. Andrey Kosolapov used local financiers to buy a home and aircraft that he deployed across Africa…

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Russian arms dealer’s SA link

South African aircraft and companies were used to set up an air charter business in Mauritius linked to convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.

by Bobby Jordan, Sashni Pather and Rowan Philp
29 July 2012

And now an explosive arms trade report released at the United Nations in New York has exposed the company as an alleged front for a global arms-trafficking network. Up to six aircraft and 10 aviation companies or individuals in SA have been implicated.   Bout – the feared gunrunner depicted by Nicolas Cage in the movie Lord of War – was sentenced to 25 years in a US prison on terrorism charges in April. His network, the report claims, remains intact and operates in the commercial aviation sector. The report by former UN investigator Kathi Lynn Austin, who now runs the Conflict Awareness Project (CAP), prompted an immediate reaction by the Mauritian government while concerns have been raised by former ANC MP Andrew Feinstein and DA MP David Maynier…

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