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· Actor George Clooney has announced partnership with global financial data provider Refinitiv to prevent Africa’s war criminals from abusing the international financial system
· The duo seeks to preventing the criminals from laundering and hiding the proceeds of crimes amassed through illegal means and even letting loose violence
· Refinitiv is a company that possesses some of the largest pools of data used by the global financial system, private sector companies and governments
Actor George Clooney has announced partnership with global financial data provider Refinitiv to prevent Africa’s war criminals from abusing the international financial system. The duo seeks to preventing the criminals from laundering and hiding the proceeds of crimes amassed through illegal means and even letting loose violence.
Refinitiv is a company that possesses some of the largest pools of data used by the global financial system, private sector companies and governments. It will undertake due diligence of the transactions of the shady companies indulging in money laundering. The Sentry is a strategic partner of the Clooney Foundation for Justice that specializes in identifying and tracking dirty money associated with Africa’s war criminals.
The Sentry was co-founded by Clooney and John Prendergast. It will deploy various techniques to track and analyze how armed conflict and atrocities are financed, sustained and monetized by Africa’s war criminals. Sentry’s data will be augmented by the work of World Check’s 450 researchers who speak a combined 65 languages and pool and compile data that besides financial and reputational risk criteria, includes terror financing, wildlife trafficking, and environmental and human rights issues.
