2019-2023 Projects
Multiple semesters
3 credit courses, George Washington University Law School,
International Money Laundering, Corruption and Terrorism. Syllabus
Ongoing
Fundraising to complete our new “Follow the Money” anti-corruption videogame training simulation and make it available to developing/transitional countries. RGI Grant Proposal – DigitalVersion – 050315. The game is being created with the aid of SkyLess Game Studios in Philadelphia. It will be the newest, most efficient way to train large numbers of law enforcement and other personnel on techniques to investigate corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing schemes. Watch the trailer below for a sneak preview of “Follow The Money”.
Ongoing
Drafting new book for publication in 2024, that examines the historical role of corruption in civilizational decline, and shows how controlling corruption is integral to solving modern problems of wealth inequality and maintaining prosperity during a time of declining populations.
Working title – “First, Let’s Kill All The Regulators: The Quickest Way to Unchain Corruption and Ruin a Nation (10th Century BC – 21st Century AD)”
Ongoing
Creating and delivering workshops as requested by Development and Anti-Corruption Agencies.
Ongoing
Providing consulting advice and assistance on governance, money-laundering and asset recovery issues upon request of country governments and international agencies.
2018 Projects
Jan 11 – May 3, 2018
3 credit course, George Washington University Law School,
International Money Laundering, Corruption and Terrorism.
Ongoing
Delivery of 2-week online anti-corruption simulation exercise, Operational Skills for Corruption Hunters. The platform was developed for the World Bank’s Integrity Vice Presidency (INT) in collaboration with Simulation Experts from the University Of Maryland ICONS program, and designed to train 4 teams of 5 persons each, from the 135 countries belonging to the International Corruption Hunters Alliance. The training consists of a simulated investigation that involves a complex financial corruption scenario, asset tracing, money laundering, confiscation of the illicit proceeds, evidence organization and trial preparation.
Jan 17 – Jan 19, 2018
Workshop–Corruption Hunters Simulated Investigation for Masters in Anti-Corruption Studies, International Anticorruption Academy
2017 Projects
Jan 12 – May 4, 2017
3 credit course, George Washington University Law School,
International Money Laundering, Corruption and Terrorism.
27 – 28 Feb, 2017
Workshop on Banking, Corruption and Money Laundering for Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Public Leadership, George Washington University.
Ongoing
Delivery of 2-week online anti-corruption simulation exercise, Operational Skills for Corruption Hunters. The platform was developed for the World Bank’s Integrity Vice Presidency (INT) in collaboration with Simulation Experts from the University Of Maryland ICONS program, and designed to train 4 teams of 5 persons each, from the 135 countries belonging to the International Corruption Hunters Alliance. The training consists of a simulated investigation that involves a complex financial corruption scenario, asset tracing, money laundering, confiscation of the illicit proceeds, evidence organization and trial preparation.
2015 – 2016 Activities/Accomplishments
Apr 19, 2016
Workshop on Banking, Corruption and Money Laundering for Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Public Leadership, George Washington University.
Jan 7 – Apr 29, 2016
3 credit course, George Washington University Law School,
International Money Laundering, Corruption and Terrorism.
June 2015
Delivery of a 2-week online anti-corruption simulation exercise, Operational Skills for Corruption Hunters, to 4 groups of officials in Domenican Republic, Costa Rica, Peru and Chile. The platform was developed for the World Bank’s Integrity Vice Presidency (INT) in collaboration with Simulation Experts from the University Of Maryland ICONS program.
April 2015
Delivery of a 2-week online anti-corruption simulation exercise, Operational Skills for Corruption Hunters, to 3 groups of officials in Singapore and the Philippines. The platform was developed for the World Bank’s Integrity Vice Presidency (INT) in collaboration with Simulation Experts from the University Of Maryland ICONS program.
Jan 8 – May 1, 2015
3 credit course, George Washington University Law School, International Money Laundering, Corruption and Terrorism.
2012 – 2014 Activities/Accomplishments
Dec 10, 2014
Presentation: 90 minute demonstration of our new 40 hour online training platform, Operational Skills for International Corruption Hunters, at the 2014 meeting of the International Corruption Hunters Alliance.
Jun 9 – 13, 2014
Completed 1-week prototype test with four countries for new online anti-corruption training developed for the International Corruption Hunters Alliance – Operational Skills for International Corruption Hunters.
Feb 25, 2014
Presentation, NATO Building Integrity Discipline Conference, Mons, Belgium – Using Active Learning, Simulations and Video Games to Strengthen Integrity in the Defense Sector.
Jan 9 – May 2, 2014
3 credit course, George Washington University Law School, International Money Laundering, Corruption and Terrorism.
Nov 24, 2013
Presentation, 4th Annual Anti-Corruption Academic Initiative held in conjunction with the Fifth session of the Conference of the State Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC CoSP5), Panama City, Panama – Using Active Learning, Simulations and Video Games to Energize Anti-Corruption Instruction.
Jan 10 – May 3, 2013
3 credit course – George Washington University Law School, International Money laundering, Corruption and Terrorism.
October 17, 2012
RGI Executive Director Jack Smith received the John Marshall Award from Attorney General Eric Holder at the Attorney General’s Sixtieth Annual Awards Ceremony at Constitution Hall, Washington, DC. The award recognized Mr. Smith and his team of FDIC attorneys for extraordinary assistance to the Department of Justice in defense of 120 cases seeking more than $32 billion in damages from the US government. This unique cooperation resulted in reducing plaintiffs awards by 93% and serves as a model for defending litigation against the government.
June 7-8, 2012
RGI conducted a two-day workshop for 90 participants from the 134 nation International Corruption Hunters Alliance in conjunction with their Second Biennial Meeting in Washington, DC – Operational Skills for International Corruption Hunters.
The workshop was hosted by the International Corruption Hunters Alliance, Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative, the World Bank’ s Integrity Vice Presidency and GW Law school.
May 18, 2012
Presentation, Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, Drexel University – Corruption, The Root of All Evil.
March 13, 2012
RGI officially registered with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a Domestic Nonprofit Corporation (Entity Number 4094146).