George Clooney Launches 'The Sentry' To Monitor Financing Of African Wars

Reuters: Actor George Clooney seeks to expose funding of Africa conflicts

LONDON, July 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hollywood actor George Clooney launched an initiative on Monday to track down and help bring to justice those funding and profiting from Africa's deadliest conflicts in a bid to fight corruption in war zones.

Clooney joined forces with U.S. human rights activist John Prendergast in a project called The Sentry that aims to investigate the flow of money in and out of conflict zones and give policymakers the tools to take effective action.

Using data collection, field research and analysis technology, the initiative plans to expose how conflict is financed and profits laundered, with a website encouraging people to anonymously submit leaks and tips.

Clooney, 54, a campaigner who has led drives to highlight the plight of refugees in Sudan, and Prendergast said the aim was to "deny war profiteers the proceeds from their crimes".

WNU Editor: The Sentry's website is here.

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