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tenaprelec.bsky.social
Dr. of the semi-useless type. Anticorruption, Balkans, Russia, EU, Londongrad. Asst Prof at the University of Rijeka, honorary research fellow at Exeter & Sussex, BiEPAG member. WP leader, GEO-POWER-EU. Co-author of Indulging Kleptocracy (OUP, 2025)
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Indulging an American breakfast in NYC. We’ll be speaking about other indulgences at Harriman Institute @columbiauniversity.bsky.social later today - join us! harriman.columbia.edu/event/indulg... @jheathershaw.bsky.social Tom Mayne @oupacademic.bsky.social

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Thank you to my @biepag.bsky.social colleagues, who’ve done a lot throughout the years to keep the attention high on the rule of law in the Balkans — domestic issues and foreign linkages alike. If you don’t follow their work yet, now is a great moment to start: BiEPAG.eu

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Looking forward to this, the first of six talks on @oxunipress.bsky.social @tenaprelec.bsky.social Tom Mayne Indulging Kleptocracy in the United States in the next two weeks.

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I had so much fun talking to Giles Brown about transnational kleptocracy - Marbella 'sunny place for shady people' angle included... thank you for having me! A big plug to David Hooper's book, too: an excellent review of libel law, SLAPPs and related issues.

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‘Expatriate: Following a migration category’ is now out in paperback 🎉 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526182579/

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Professional enablers do not simply move money and don’t merely supply their services. They create the structures that sustain kleptocracy, embedding it into the political and economic fabric. New for @theconversation.com, w/ @jheathershaw.bsky.social & Tom Mayne theconversation.com/how-banks-la...

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🏛️ DC area followers - don't miss this book talk at GWU, 2.27.25 📖 Indulging Kleptocracy: British Service Providers, Postcommunist Elites, and the Enabling of Corruption @jheathershaw.bsky.social, @tenaprelec.bsky.social & Tom Mayne. Mod. @szakonyi.bsky.social calendar.gwu.edu/event/indulg...

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Excited* doesn’t cut it! Indulging Kleptocracy goes on a US tour soon, in the most interesting time** in my lifetime for corruption studies * here included: a dread to leave the LO at home with the Nth nursery flu of the year **see: a certain apocryphal Chinese curse

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‘The real horror show is the new administration’s approach to corruption, which will open the doors of America to all manner of bad actors.’ Spot-on piece by @cjcmichel.bsky.social on the tectonic set-backs to anticorruption inflicted by Trump in a matter of days. The repercussions will be global.

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Our take on possible (and impossible) scenarios for the future of protests in Serbia. Key take: the stability which motivates EU passivity is completely elusive. euobserver.com/eu-political.... w/ @fbieber.bsky.social @lurapo.bsky.social and Claudia Lastro.

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Our Executive Director @suehawley.bsky.social was at @ukparliament.parliament.uk on Monday at the launch of @jheathershaw.bsky.social, @tenaprelec.bsky.social and Tom Mayne’s super new book, ‘Indulging Kleptocracy’, which pinpoints the role of UK enablers who help kleptocrats hide their dirty money.

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What a night at Frontline Club. So many people who have inspired, supported and informed our work on Indulging Kleptocracy in many ways. The biggest thank you goes to the wonderful @oliverbullough.bsky.social, who wrote a cracking preface…

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💸 👀 Full house for the APPG @appgonacrt.bsky.social event in Parliament this evening. Chaired by @joepowell.bsky.social MP With… Susan Hawley of @endcorruption.bsky.social @jheathershaw.bsky.social Tom Mayne @tenaprelec.bsky.social @philbrickellmp.bsky.social MP #Democracy

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Full house at the Commons for the launch of Indulging Kleptocracy! @tenaprelec.bsky.social @jheathershaw.bsky.social @joepowell.bsky.social

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📢 Upcoming ACE Seminar: Strategic Corruption Join Dr @tenaprelec.bsky.social, Dr Bertram Lang & Dr Claudia Baez Camargo for a discussion on how transnational corruption advances political & economic goals. 📅 20 Feb 2025 | ⏰ 13:00 GMT 🔗 Register: bit.ly/40O7j2r #AntiCorruption

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@jheathershaw.bsky.social @tenaprelec.bsky.social & Tom Mayne recently launched their latest book, Indulging Kleptocracy, published by @oxfordunipress.bsky.social. The book looks at how financial & legal systems in democratic states facilitate kleptocrats in protecting & legitimizing their wealth.

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It’s finally out! Next week we’re launching Indulging Kleptocracy in London: - Monday 10 Feb, UK Parliament - Tue 11 Feb, Frontline Club, chaired by @oliverbullough.bsky.social (who also wrote a cracking preface!) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kleptoscop... Stay tuned for more events to come

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Extraordinary outcome to this case - if this was not a SLAPP suit, can such a thing ever exist? @skcoughtrie.bsky.social @spotlightcorruption.org @transparencyuk.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/571b...

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No wonder the Chinese MFA supports Vučić amid student protests! One should not forget that the reconstruction of the railway station in Novi Sad, where a roof collapse killed 15 people on November 1, was part of the Belt and Road project – the Belgrade-Subotica Railway. report.az/en/amp/other...

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Who can make it to the club in next 5 years: one or none? In a new blog for @biepag.bsky.social, I address possible enlargement scenarios. As a citizen of Montenegro I will conclude by estimating that there is a 50-50 chance of the first or last scenario happening. www.biepag.eu/blog/ecs-age...

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It's one week until Indulging Kleptocracy (@oxunipress.bsky.social @tenaprelec.bsky.social Tom Mayne) is released worldwide. We're launching the book in parliament on Feb 10th and at Frontline Club on Feb 11th. More launch events in UK, US, EU planned. Join Us! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kleptoscop...

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Great episode of Kickback with John Heathershaw, Tom Mayne and @tenaprelec.bsky.social and a sneak preview of their new book Indulging Kleptocracy! We discuss the many types of professional services that enable grand corruption, money and reputation laundering

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New Kickback Podcast episode, in which we chat with the wonderful @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social about Indulging Kleptocracy

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Calling all #anticorruption nerds based in the Global South! There is still time to apply for these great new fellowships. Please share widely!

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Monday: Serbian newspaper quotes a top European Commission official as saying the EU would neither accept nor support a violent change of government in Serbia – a standard Vučić talking point, framing the opposition as pursuing a "color revolution" with the help of foreign intelligence agencies.

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“Corruption kills “Go, so we can return” “When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.” “Trieste is with you” Protest in support of the Serbian students’ cry for democracy. Trst je uz vas

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Looking forward to taking the 15-hour train journey from Exeter to Bayreuth next week to talk about the forthcoming Tom Mayne @tenaprelec.bsky.social @oxunipress.bsky.social book Indulging Kleptocracy (out: 4 Feb).

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What does electing Trump means for the #WesternBalkans, #Georgia, #Moldova and #Ukraine? Join us for the next @geopower-eu.bsky.social PowerTalk 📅23/01 ⏰4PM CET Moreℹ️http://bit.ly/40l4N3f Session link🔗http://bit.ly/3WnXcjh @sonjasg.bsky.social @tenaprelec.bsky.social

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Excited to share this as my very first post here. Our book — Indulging Kleptocracy (with @jheathershaw.bsky.social and Tom Mayne) — has been included in Foreign Affairs' Best Books of 2024. Truly honoured, especially as the book isn’t even out until Feb 2025! www.foreignaffairs.com/lists/best-b...

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