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<h2 class="project-tagline">Tracking dictator&#39;s jets landing and leaving Geneva Airport</h2>
<a href="https://github.com/lefranz/geneva-dictators" class="btn">View on GitHub</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/GVA_Watcher" class="btn">Follow on Twitter</a>
<a href="mailto:francois@vesper.media" class="btn">Contact us</a>
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<a id="about" class="anchor" href="#about" aria-hidden="true"><span aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>About</h2>

<p>GVA Dictator Alert is a Twitter bot tracking planes registered to authoritarian regimes landing and leaving Geneva Airport. The results are posted on:
<a href="https://twitter.com/GVA_Watcher">@GVA_Watcher</a></p>
<p>GVA Dictator Alert is a Twitter bot that tracks planes registered to authoritarian regimes landing and leaving Geneva Airport. The results are posted on: <a href="https://twitter.com/GVA_Watcher">@GVA_Watcher</a></p>

<p>Help us grow this list by sending new planes registrations to <a href="mailto:francois@vesper.media">francois@vesper.media</a></p>
<p>The project is run by Julien Pilet (<a href="https://twitter.com/julienpilet">@JulienPilet</a>) and François Pilet (<a href="https://twitter.com/FrancoisPilet">@FrancoisPilet</a>).</p>

<p>Project by <a href="https://twitter.com/julienpilet">@julienpilet</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/FrancoisPilet">@FrancoisPilet</a></p>
<p> François is a freelance investigative journalist based in Switzerland and co-founder of the news agency <a href="https://vesper.media/">vesper.media</a>. Julien is a computer engineer and co-founder of <a href="http://www.anemomind.com">anemomind.com</a> and <a href="http://opticode.ch/">opticode.ch</a>.

<p>The two are cousins, since you asked.</p>

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<a id="howitworks" class="anchor" href="#howitworks" aria-hidden="true"><span aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>How it works</h2>

<p>The bot relies on a private <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_dependent_surveillance_%E2%80%93_broadcast">ADS-B antenna</a> located near the Geneva airport. The antenna is recording every landings and takeoffs along with the aircrafts registrations. A script is run once per hour to compare the logs from the antenna with a <a href="https://github.com/lefranz/geneva-dictators">list of aircrafts</a> registered to or regularly used by authoritarian regimes. When a match is found, a message is published on Twitter.</p>

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<a id="thelist" class="anchor" href="#thelist" aria-hidden="true"><span aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>The list</h2>

<p>The list of tracked planes is based on public sources and official registers. It can be <a href="https://github.com/lefranz/geneva-dictators">found here</a>.</p>

<p>If want to add new registrations or if you think that there is an error in the list, please contact <a href="mailto:francois@vesper.media">francois@vesper.media</a>.

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<a id="whos-a-dictator" class="anchor" href="#whos-a-dictator" aria-hidden="true"><span aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Who's a dictator?</h2>
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<p>To read more about the Democracy Index, consult: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index">Democracy Index - Wikipedia</a> and <a href="http://www.eiu.com/public/topical_report.aspx?campaignid=DemocracyIndex2015">Democracy Index 2015: Democracy in an age of anxiety</a></p>

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<a id="reactions" class="anchor" href="#reactions" aria-hidden="true"><span aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Citations & reactions</h2>

<p>On November 3, 2016, Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell, chief of the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) Criminal Division, mentioned GVA Dictator Alert during a <a href="https://video.law.gwu.edu/ess/echo/presentation/a97d02eb-d412-4aea-a2e4-9cbc3cecb478">conference</a> about international corruption at The George Washington University (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAqWkm1pJy8&feature=youtu.be">YouTube</a>). Leslie Caldwell indicated that the tool was monitored by the Justice Department's <a href="https://www.justice.gov/criminal-afmls">Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative</a>.</p>

<p>During the summer 2016, relying in part on information provided by GVA Dictator Alert, Geneva public prosecutors opened a formal investigation on Equatorial Guinea Vice President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodoro_Nguema_Obiang_Mangue">Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue</a>, aka Teodorin Obiang, for suspected money laundering of corruption proceeds. On November 31, 2016, the Geneva prosecutors seized <a href="http://qz.com/827859/bugatti-ferrari-and-koenigegg-one-were-among-seized-cars-of-equatorial-guineas-vp-obiang/">11 luxury cars</a> owned by Teodorin Obiang at Geneva airport. </p>

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<a id="contributors" class="anchor" href="#contributors" aria-hidden="true"><span aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Contributors</h2>

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<a href="http://www.rts.ch/info/sciences-tech/reperages-web/7668969-les-allees-et-venues-a-geneve-de-dictateurs-annoncees-sur-twitter.html">RTS.ch</a>: Les allées et venues à Genève de dictateurs annoncées sur Twitter</li>
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