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SEN 2023 Second Place Winner:
Alexander Jacobs for his essay Pork Knockers, Powder People, and a ‘Fully Criminalized State’: the Dynamics of Illicit Financial Flows in the Surinamese Gold Sector
CHAIR/MODERATOR: Tom Cardamone (Global Financial Integrity)

Annual Global Justice Conference 2023
Yale University
November 2, 2023

About the Ninth Annual Amartya Sen Essay Prize Competition 2023

With Global Financial Integrity and Academics Stand Against Poverty, the Global Justice Program has announced three coequal winners of the 10th Annual Amartya Sen Essay Prize Competition of 2023.
First Place:
Bilal Moin for his paper titled, “Taming the Untamable: Rethinking, Regulating, and Revamping Hawala.”
Tied for Second Place:
Alexander Jacobs for his paper titled “Pork Knockers, Powder People, and a ‘Fully Criminalized State’: the Dynamics of Illicit Financial Flows in the Surinamese Gold Sector”
&
Chad Osorio for his paper titled “Battling the Illegal Wildlife Trade through Regulatory Finance: The Southeast Asian Context.”

The paper has been published in Journal of Academics Stand Against Poverty:

Jacobs, A. (2024). Pork Knockers, Powder People, and a “Fully Criminalized State”: The Dynamics of Illicit Financial Flows in the Surinamese Gold Sector. Journal of Academics Stand Against Poverty, 5(1), 4–19. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11383030

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More info: https://globaljustice.yale.edu