The world’s greatest forum for civil society, goverments and the private sector working together to fight corruption.
A preview of the agenda is found below. Please note that this is a draft agenda and subject to change.
The great robbery
Adelita Coriat, La Estrella de Panamá, Panama
Business at a gold mine run by the President.
A worthy business
Juan Carlos Sallaberry, Qué Pasa magazine, Chile
The business benefits of the daughter of President Michelle Bachelett's daughter.
The federales did it
Laura Castellanos, Proceso y Aristegui Noticias, Mexico
The investigation that debunked the official version of the Apatzingán killings.
The convent tortures
Daniel Enz, Revista Análisis, Argentina
After two years of investigation, abuse and medieval practices at the Carmelitas Descalzas convent are revealed.
Moderator: Alejandro Salas, Transparency International
The secret business of the FMLN
Efrén Lemus, El Faro, El Salvador
Leftist government officials transfer 290.6 million dollars from Alba Oilto Panama offshore companies to avoid paying taxes.
The Albanisa case
Ivan Olivares, Confidencial, Nicaragua
Discretionary management and expenditure of funds by the conglomerate of companies created by Venezuela and Nicaragua during the oil boom
Here is the oil money
Fernando Villavicencio, Focusecuador, Ecuador
Explosive reports on corruption and business deals in the energy sector from the editor who is being persecuted by the Ecuadorian government
Moderator: Giannina Segnini, Columbia University, USAThe 1MDB scandal
Clare Rewcastle Brown, Sarawak Report, Britain
Millionaire diversion of funds involving Najib Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia.
The fortune of Cristobal Lopez
Hugo Alconada, Argentina
The entrepreneur who built an empire with the taxes he did not pay
The Figueredo case
Juan Pablo Alfano, Sudestada, Uruguay
FIFA corruption involving the former president of the national soccer federation.
Moderator: Augusto Alvarez Rodrich, IPYS, PeruThe theft of the reserved copper fund
Mauricio Weibel, The Clinic, Chile
Millions diverted under the cover of legislation reserved to finance the defense sector.
The ghost ship
Emilia Delfino-Nicolás Gandini, Diario Perfil, Argentina
Fraud through a hired vessel that never arrived
The looting of social security funds by the private sector
Octavio Henríquez, La Prensa, Nicaragua
Over US$ 1.8 million leaves the INSS to finance luxury condominiums in Managua
Andres D'Alessandro, FOPEA, ArgentinaThe incredible world of television stations in the Amazon
Elvira Lobato, Agencia Publica, Brazil.
1737 network affiliates sieged by politicians: a reality that authorities, experts and journalists are unaware of.
The Phantom’s spectrum
Juan Carlos Calderon, Plan V, Ecuador
Angel Gonzalez purchases El Comercio and launches Televicentro, deceiving the law in the process.
Is it possible to investigate in Cuba?
Carlos Lauría, Committee to Protect Journalists, USA
Launch of the Conectar con Cuba report on new trends in the Cuban press
Moderator: Enrique Flor, El Nuevo Herald, USAThe crew that eliminated criminals
Carlos Castro, America TV, Peru
Criminals set up by infiltrators who incited them to commit burglaries. Then, policemen were decorated for participating in their arrests.
The murder of the antidrug czar
Alberto Arce, The New York Times in Spanish, Honduras
Two generals organize, carry through and cover up the murder of Julian Aristides Gonzalez on behalf of the Atlantic Cartel.
396 deaths by theSao Paulo Police Department
Ciro Barros, Agencia Pública, Brazil
An official data survey built a profile of lethal occurrences of the city’s military police.
Massacre at the San Blas Ranch
Roberto Valencia, El Faro, El Salvador
Journalistic reconstruction reveals signs of summary executions and cover ups in the scene of eight homicides.
Moderator: María Elena Barrios, TVN, Forum of Journalists, PanamaDeportation INC.
Gerardo Reyes, Univision, USA
The business world behind the expulsion of people from the United States.
Food owners
Roberto Cabrini, SBT, Brazil
A report that uncovers corruption in public contracts that offer food for poor children in a region of Brazil.
Bleeding SOAT
Juan Guillermo Mercado, Caracol TV, Colombia
An ambulance picks up injured people avoiding the nearest hospital and takes them to a distant “buy victim” clinic. On the way, the injured dies.
Moderator: Vladimir Netto, Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism.The dark business of soccer
Matías Jara, Pedro Ramírez, CIPER, Chile
18 reportson the mechanisms of corruption in the National Soccer Association.
The Zulianitos
Lisseth Boon, Runrun.es, Venezuela
A family of contractors is benefited with millionaire social security contracts to import medical supplies with preferential dollars.
The guardian of Roxana Baldetti’s fortune
Asier Andrés, Guatemala
A story of money laundering and the bank operator of the former vicepresident.
Moderator: Carlos Eduardo Huertas, Connectas, Latin America.The inside process
Vladimir Netto, Globo TV, Brazil
The author of the Lava Jato book explains the inner mechanisms that explain the success of a mega investigation.
Judicial transparency
Rubens Valente, Folha de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Benefits of an unprecedented decisionto disclose judicial acts to the public during the judicial process.
Breaking news
Ricardo Brandt, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil
The latest incidents of the Lava Jato process and their perspectives
Moderator: Laura Puertas, MEDCOM, Forum oj Journalists, PanamaTerra bruta
Leonencio Nossa, O Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Corruption network in the judicial power and the Public Ministry allied with rural businessmen to plunder the forest.
Italian Mafia in South America
Juan Carlos Lezcano, ABC Color, Paraguay
Catch Me If You Can. The story of the most important cocaine trafficker of 'Ndrangheta'.
Drug traffickers in the presidential campaign
Raul Olmos, Aristegui Noticias, Mexico
The investigation that revealed the involvement of a drug cartel financing the candidate Enrique Peña Nieto.
Moderator: Luis Botello, International Center for Journalists, USAMaria Jimena Duzan, Director, Semana en Vivo, Colombia
Fernando Ramirez, Director, La Patria, Colombia
Daniel Coronell, Director, Univision, USA
Moderator: Maria Teresa Ronderos, Open Society FoundationsCurrent trends in investigative journalism.
A conversation between Gerardo Reyes (Univision, USA), David Kaplan (Global Investigative Journalism Network) and Ricardo Uceda (IPYS).
Daniel Ortega’s sexual abuse case.
Judith Flores, Diario de las Americas, USA
New accusations, new sources and documentation.
The wait
Matheus Leitao, BRIO, Brazil
After searching for 15 years a journalist finds the one responsible for the torture of his parents. He interviews him… does he forgive him?
The Deputy Secretary General of the UN and his past
Sebastian Escalon, Plaza Pública, Guatemala
The incredible story of Edmond Mulet and the children he exported
Moderator: Eduardo Lim Yueng, TVN, Forum of Journalists, Panamá.The murdering mothers
Angelica Lugo, Runrun.es, Venezuela
The organized mafia that controls the sex industry in the main prostitution square of Caracas.
The Miskitos Hell
Wilfredo Miranda, Confidencial, Nicaragua
Trafficking of indigenous lands involving government officials and the Attorney General.
Indigenous health
Talita Bedinelli, El País, Brazil
Infant deaths in 34 special districts of the Amazon.
Moderator: Lina Vega, Forum of Journalists, PanamaThe impossible man
Mauri Konig, Gazeta do Povo, Brazil
He escaped a fire when he was a baby, was tortured when young, survived two poisonings and a shot to the head, butthere is more…
Elba Esther’s plane
Mario Gutiérrez, Nexos, Mexico
Reconstructing the life of a union boss from inside a private plane.
The Manubens Calvet in heritance
Sergio Carreras, La Voz del Interior, Argentina
The deadly fight between the real and the alleged beneficiaries of the country’s largest and more scandalous inheritance.
Moderator: Christopher Acosta, IPYS, Peru
