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Game of Gas Thrones: DiXi Group Presents the Study on Corruption Schemes in Gas Production Sector

On 25 December, 10.00 a.m., at Ukraine Crisis Media Centre (2 Kreschatyk St., Ukrainian House), a study on the most popular fraudulent schemes in oil and gas production sector as well as a board game based on its results will be presented.

DiXi Group Analytical Centre described corruption schemes that have been used for years for money laundering in the extractive industry, and developed corruption prevention indicators which can prevent recourse to such ways of enrichment.

The schemes presented involve manipulations, related to the issue of special permits, granting the use of fields without formal procedures, companies’ manipulations with assets or resources, disposal of fields or wells.

Using Game of Gas Thrones board game, everybody will be able to understand corrupt practices in the extraction sector and timely prevent their spreading.

The following people will take part in the presentation:

OlenaPavlenko, President, DiXi Group
Roman Nitsovych, Program Manager, DiXi Group
YevgenGolovatiuk, Journalist, LIGA BusinessInform
Oleksiy Orlovskyi, Director, Democratic Practice Program Initiative, International Renaissance Foundation
DzvenyslavaNovakivska, Funk & Consulting

The accreditation will take place in situ with the use of press ID cards.

Contact person – Victoria Torop; tel. (095) 455 50 39, v.torop@dixigroup.org

The study was conducted by DiXi Group Analytical Centre with support of the International Renaissance Foundation within the framework of the “Development of Monitoring System of Key Indicators to Detect Corruption in the Sphere of Energy Resources Extraction”.

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