The U.S. Treasury Department issued a warning to banks about human-rights abusers accessing the financial system, and imposed sanctions on two new targets. Both moves come as the Treasury highlights its role in combating corruption and human rights abuse. A top Treasury sanctions and counter-terrorism official, Sigal Mandelker, is in Africa this week raising concerns about […]

Washington D.C. –  Today, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a new Advisory, Advisory on Human Rights Abuses Enabled by Corrupt Senior Foreign Political Figures and their Financial Facilitators, which focuses financial institutions on the urgent need to investigate and target the actions of corrupt Senior Politically Exposed Persons and their networks […]

KAMPALA, Uganda — A U.S. Treasury official is urging East African governments to tighten the loopholes that allow illicit money from war-torn South Sudan to cross into regional capitals. Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Sigal Mandelker said in Uganda Monday that authorities in neighboring countries like Uganda must make it clear that “corrupt […]

Serious financial pressure with meaningful consequences is not only possible but critically necessary to counter violent kleptocracy, protect human rights and end conflict Washington, D.C. – The Sentry and the Enough Project welcome U.S. Department of the Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Sigal Mandelker’s upcoming trip to sub-Saharan Africa. The Under Secretary is […]

Note: This op-ed originally appeared in The Daily Beast and was written by The Sentry Co-founder John Prendergast. KYANGWALI REFUGEE CAMP, Uganda—“What I left behind is so precious, so much more important than what I am left with here,” said the 37-year-old Congolese refugee we’ll call Edward. “When I arrived in the refugee camp, I […]

INSIDE the lavish, sprawling estate at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in Narre Warren, southeast of Melbourne, Ngouth Oth Mai and his family lived the good life. The $1.5 million mansion, fully paid up, featured an infinity pool, a sauna, a cinema, a five-car garage, a pool table, massive bedrooms and sparkling bathrooms. But […]

On NPR’s “Weekend Edition” this Sunday, host Lulu Garcia-Navarro spoke to The Sentry’s Co-founder, John Prendergast, about U.S. humanitarian aid to South Sudan and the current situation for people caught in the brutal war. In the interview, John urged hard-hitting financial pressures on those responsible for the conflict. Listen here:

Many Australians struggle to save a deposit for a home, let alone pay for a property in full. So how did then 22-year-old Ngouth Oth Mai manage to buy a $1.5 million property in Melbourne upfront in 2014 when he had only ever earned welfare payments and lived in housing commission? That is the question […]

Washington, D.C. –  Today, John Prendergast, Co-Founder of The Sentry and Founding Director of the Enough Project, testified before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, in a hearing on “Protecting Civil Society, Faith-Based Actors, and Political Speech in Sub-Saharan Africa.” In his testimony, Prendergast urged the […]

Washington, D.C. – John Prendergast, Co-Founder of The Sentry and Founding Director of the Enough Project, will testify tomorrow, May 9, alongside a distinguished panel of activists before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations’ hearing on “Protecting Civil Society, Faith-Based Actors, and Political Speech in Sub-Saharan Africa.” For press unable to […]

Proche de Joseph Kabila, Francis Selemani Mtwale quitte la tête de la filliale de la BGFIBank en RDC, pour devenir directeur du développement du holding du groupe au Gabon, dans un contexte où cette banque est citée dans plusieurs scandales financiers au Congo. Francis Selemani Mtwale n’est plus directeur général de la BGFIBank RDC. Il […]

L’ONG américaine anti-corruption Sentry, co-fondée par l’acteur américain Georges Clooney, a demandé des “mesures immédiates” en conclusion d’une enquête affirmant qu’une banque congolaise proche du pouvoir à Kinshasa est “liée aux bailleurs de fonds du Hezbollah” libanais. Cette banque, la BGFI-Bank-RDC, “dément catégoriquement les accusations de Sentry”. “L’un des plus grands établissements bancaires de la […]

Le lanceur d’alerte américain « The Sentry », créé par l’ONG Enough Project de George Clooney et John Prendergast et destiné à dénoncer « ceux qui financent et profitent des pires conflits en Afrique », a lancé jeudi 4 mai de nouvelles accusations contre la banque BGFI en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), liée à […]

New Revelations by The Sentry on BGFIBank DRC, Hezbollah Financier Links Washington, DC – Newly uncovered evidence published today by The Sentry reveals that BGFIBank DRC, a Congolese bank run and partly owned by members of President Joseph Kabila’s family, maintained accounts up to at least 2016 for companies with ties to terrorists. The Sentry’s investigative […]

In the latest episode of Displaced, a new podcast by the International Rescue Committee and Vox Media, Enough Project Founding Director and The Sentry Co-founder John Prendergast talks with hosts Grant Gordon and Ravi Gurumurthy about his model of political change underpinning the Enough Project and The Sentry, how to work with celebrities, and the […]

Latest U.S. government action will force South Sudanese government and companies to show that the country’s oil will benefit its people and not enrich corrupt elites, fuel violence Washington, DC – Today, the United States announced it was taking action against 15 South Sudanese oil-related entities “whose revenues have contributed to the ongoing crisis in South Sudan.” […]

The United States imposed restrictions Wednesday on exports of US technical support to the South Sudanese oil industry, warning that it is fuelling the bloody civil war there. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said exporters will henceforth need a license to export, re-export or transfer US technology or equipment to 15 “South Sudanese oil-related entities.” […]

JUBA, South Sudan — The United States is taking action against 15 South Sudanese oil-related entities in an attempt to stem the financial flow fuelling the country’s civil war. South Sudan’s government and “corrupt official actors” are using the revenue to purchase weapons, fund militias and undermine peace, the State Department said in a statement […]

Washington, DC – The Sentry is pleased to announce its new Director of Policy and Analysis, Joshua White. White joins The Sentry after eight years with the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), where he was most recently the first Chief for Human Rights and Corruption in its targeting division. […]

Note: This op-ed originally appeared in Foreign Affairs and was written by The Sentry Co-founders George Clooney and John Prendergast. In December 2013, competing factions of South Sudan’s ruling party plunged the country into a horrific civil war as they fought over the spoils of the world’s newest state. Now in its fourth year, the conflict […]