ISS Seminar: The Mafia, Diamonds, Uranium and the Political Elite: An Investigation Into Organised Crime Activities

Date: 2008-09-29 to Invalid date

ISS Seminar: The Mafia, Diamonds, Uranium and the Political Elite: An Investigation Into Organised Crime Activities
Cape Town, 29 September 2008

 

Hosted by the Organised Crime and Money Laundering Programme, ISS Cape Town

 

Freelance journalist John Grobler will make a presentation on the findings of a recent investigation into the activities of the Cosa Nostra in Namibia. This will be followed by Question & Answer session. He iis a Windhoek-based journalist with a specific interest in natural resource politics and organised crime. He is currently the Namibia correspondent for the Mail & Guardian and the New York Times, and does investigative reporting for The Namibian newspaper. He won the prestigious CNN business and economics award for his story linking Namibian diamonds to the Mafia in Italy.

 

Date: 29 September 2008
Time: 9h00-11h00
Venue: ISS Boardroom, 67 Roeland Square, Drury Lane, Gardens, Cape Town

 

RSVP: Ms Nobuntu Mtwa, Tel: (021) 461 72 11; Email: [email protected]

 

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