A group of investigative journalists, environmental activists, and anti-corruption activists from Southeast Asia and Oceania gathered in Bangkok, Thailand in February 2024 to discuss the role of corruption and elite protection in environmental crimes, and the challenges and opportunities for investigative journalism.
The meeting was the second of three regional consultations organized as part of the ECO-SOLVE project, a three-year international program run by the Global Initiative to Combat Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) and funded by the European Union, aiming to monitor and disrupt illegal environmental flows while strengthening community resilience.
The discussion, held under Chatham House Rule, examined how the corruption ecosystem has evolved over the past decade and how it has impacted the work of civil society and environmental activists in both regions. From this robust discussion emerged strategies to increase the likelihood that corruption will be exposed and impacted.
