Date: Wednesday 8 June 2016
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers: Roman Borisovich, Ben Judah
Chair: Professor Mary Kaldor

Following a conference on the same topic earlier on this date the two speakers will talk about the problem of capital flows from Eastern Europe into the British economy and the effects of kleptocracies on our society. How can we stop them?

Former insurance executive Roman Borisovich (@r_borisovich) is a political activist and campaigner against corruption. After appearing in the documentary From Russia With Cash, he set up ClampK.org and organised Kleptocracy Tours to support his coalition’s campaign against money laundering in the UK.

Ben Judah (@b_judah) was born in London. He has travelled widely in Russia, Central Asia and the Levant. His writing has featured widely, including the New York Times, the Evening Standard, the Financial Times and Standpoint. His first book, Fragile Empire, was published by Yale University Press in 2013. His new book is entitled, This is London: Life and Death in the World City.

Mary Kaldor is Professor of Global Governance, Director of the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit and CEO of the DFID-funded Justice and Security Research Programme at the London School of Economics. Her books include Human Security: Reflections on Globalization and Intervention (2007), Global Civil Society: An Answer to War (2003) and New and Old Wars: Organised Violence in a Global Era (1999).

The Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit is part of the Department for International Development at LSE.

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