Systems of Secrecy: Journalism, Power and the Policy Gaps that Enable Corruption

From the Panama Papers to China Targets, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gerard Ryle has overseen investigations that exposed how the powerful exploit opaque systems across borders — from tax havens and shell companies to international law enforcement mechanisms. This talk examines what global investigative journalism reveals about the limits of public policy and regulation when laws fall short, enforcement fails and bad actors innovate faster than the systems meant to stop them.