Sep

26

2011

2:00—3:30 PM

Open Society Institute–Washington, D.C., 1730 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 7th Floor, Washington D.C. 20006

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CGD TALKS

Nigeria's Fight against Corruption: Successes and Challenges

The Open Society Foundations present

Panelists
Daniel Claman
Assistant Chief, Asset Forfeiture/Money Laundering
Department of Justice

Eric Guttschuss
Researcher on Nigeria
Human Rights Watch

Todd Moss
Vice President for Programs and Senior Fellow
Center for Global Development

Sowore Omoyele
Publisher
SaharaReporters

Sarah Pray
Policy Analyst for Africa
Open Society Foundations (moderator)

Problems of corruption in Nigeria are well-known and efforts to address this issue have had mixed success. The Open Society Foundations host a discussion on the successes and challenges of anticorruption initiatives from both Nigerian and American perspectives.

Panelists will offer a brief historical perspective on these efforts, including Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the U.S. Anti-Kleptocracy Initiative, and will discuss how to improve future efforts.