Making documentary evidence of government corruption accessible to anyone with an Internet connection seems to be catching on.
Earlier this month, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists launched a searchable public database for the Panama Papers, the more than 11.5 million documents leaked from a Panamanian law firm revealing how wealthy individuals, including government officials, used offshore accounts to hide wealth, some of it acquired illicitly.
Now comes a searchable Internet portal containing thousands of documents pertaining to official malfeasance in Russia and other former Soviet states.
‘Kleptocracies’
Launched by the Hudson Institute, a Washington-based think tank, the Kleptocracy Archive provides access to a …read more
Source: Voice of America
