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<title>GVA Dictator Alert by lefranz</title>
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<h1 class="project-name">GVA Dictator Alert</h1>
<h2 class="project-tagline">Tracking dictator's jets landing and leaving Geneva Airport</h2>
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<h2>
<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 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>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> 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>
<p>GVA Dictator Alert is tracking planes registered to or used by governments described as "authoritarian regimes" according to the Democracy Index (2015) compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit.</p>
<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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<li><a href="https://twitter.com/julienpilet">@julienpilet</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/francoispilet">@francoispilet</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/nicolaskb">@nicolaskb</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/pedrofelipee">@pedrofelipee</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/jcdenton__">@jcdenton__</a></li>
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<a id="media" class="anchor" href="#media" aria-hidden="true"><span aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Media</h2>
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<a href="http://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/cou-cou-_a-gen%C3%A8ve--un-robot-signale-les-avions-des-dictateurs-/42544160">Swissinfo.ch</a>: A Genève, un robot signale les avions des dictateurs</li>
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<a href="http://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/achtung-diktator-im-anflug">SRF</a>: Achtung: Diktator im Anflug!</li>
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<a href="http://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/ermittlungen-zu-fluegen-aus-aequatorialguinea-diktatoren-alarm-ruft-genfer-staatsanwaltschaft-auf-den-plan-id5624682.html">Blick.ch</a>: Diktatoren-Alarm ruft Genfer Staatsanwaltschaft auf den Plan</li>
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<a href="http://www.rts.ch/play/tv/toutes-taxes-comprises/video/dictateurs?id=8114590">RTS.ch</a>: Dictateurs, émission Toutes Taxes Comprises (TTC)</li>
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<a href="https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/161016/un-compte-twitter-automatise-pour-traquer-les-avions-des-dictateurs-en-suisse?onglet=full">Mediapart.fr</a>: Un compte Twitter automatisé pour traquer les avions des dictateurs en Suisse</li>
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<a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/big-browser/article/2016/10/17/a-geneve-un-robot-poste-sur-twitter-les-allees-et-venues-des-dictateurs_5015328_4832693.html">Le Monde</a>: A Genève, un robot poste sur Twitter les allées et venues des dictateurs</li>
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<a href="https://francais.rt.com/international/19467-journaliste-suisse-cree-compte-twitter-traque-dictateurs">RT</a>: Un journaliste suisse crée un compte Twitter qui traque les dictateurs passant par Genève</li>
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<a href="https://soundcloud.com/sputnik_fr/francois-pilet-le-gva-dictator-alert">Sputnik Radio</a>: Interview de François Pilet: Le GVA Dictator Alert</li>
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<a href="https://fr.sputniknews.com/international/201610141028189225-suisse-vols-dictateurs-twitter/">Sputnik News</a>: Un bot suisse traquera les vols des «dictateurs»… Et les autres?</li>
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<a href="http://www.elespanol.com/ciencia/tecnologia/20161013/162734576_0.html">El Espagnol</a>: Así caza Twitter a los dictadores que viajan a Suiza a lavar dinero</li>
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<a href="http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz/standard/genf-das-mekka-der-autokraten/story/18282868">Tages Anzeiger</a>: Genf, das Mekka der Autokraten</li>
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<a href="http://europe.newsweek.com/twitter-bot-tracks-flights-switzerland-gva-dictator-alert-509513?rm=eu">Newsweek</a>: Twitter Bot Track Dictators' Flights To Switzerland</li>
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<a href="http://www.wired.it/internet/social-network/2016/10/14/un-twitterbot-traccia-aerei-dei-dittatori-in-svizzera/">Wired.it</a>: C’è un Twitterbot che traccia gli aerei dei dittatori che transitano in Svizzera</li>
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<a href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/13/13243072/twitter-bot-tracks-dictator-planes-geneva-gva-tracker">The Verge</a>: This Twitter bot is tracking dictators' flights in and out of Geneva</li>
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<a href="http://www.watson.ch/Schweiz/Luftfahrt/724746297-Planespotting-f%C3%BCr-Fortgeschrittene--Dieser-Twitter-Bot-meldet-dir--wenn-ein-Diktator-in-Genf-landet">Watson.ch</a>: Planespotting für Fortgeschrittene: Dieser Twitter-Bot meldet dir, wenn ein Diktator in Genf landet</li>
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<a href="https://www.thelocal.ch/20160421/dictator-tracker-spices-up-geneva-planespotting">The Local</a>: Dictator-tracker spices up Geneva planespotting</li>
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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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