Ingredients of an open data investigation

EITI Global Conference Lima, Peru - 23rd February 2016

value of jade trade

US$31 billion in 2014

Jade is a key driver of conflict

in Kachin Province

Conflict has claimed

hundreds of lives

Displaced over 100,000

people

Frantic jade extraction in Kachin has turned mountains into craters, polluted lakes &

streams and caused widespread flooding

Heroin and methamphetamine use is rife

amongst jade miners in Kachin State harming local

communities

was essential to the investigation

Bulk data could look through hundreds of

companies and thousands of directors for leads

Free civil society groups can use it

Archival stored information from the official company registry which had been

taken down

over 98,000,000 companies available as open data

Fuzzy matchingpolitician_name director_name politician_id director_id distance_id

Daw Khin Hmwe Lwin Daw Khin Hmwe Lwin 5/MAKANA(NAING)003265 5/MAKANA(NAING)003265 0

U Nay Win Tun U Nay Win Swe 13/TAKANA(NAING)044190 13/TAKANA(NAING)044190 0

Wunna Kyawhtin U Htay Myint 12/LAMATA(NAING)009960 12/LAMATA(NAING)009960 0

U Tun Thein U Htun Thein @ Tun Tun 1/MAKANA(NAING)028072 9/MAKANA(NAING)028072 1

U La John Ngan Hsai Daw S Khaung Nan 1/MAKANA(NAING)078072 1/MAKANA(NAING)078032 1

U Za Khon Tein Ring U Za Khon Taint Yain 1/MAKANA(NAING)053117 9/MAKANA(NAING)053117 1

U Ohn Myint Daw Nu Nu Swe 12/YAKANA(NAING)010442 12/YAKANA(NAING)010443 1

Fuzzy matching

politician_name director_name politician_id director_id distance

U Ohn Myint Daw Nu Nu Swe 12/YAKANA(NAING)010442 12/YAKANA(NAING)010443 1

The sessionDemo the tools we used in the investigation in more detail for PDF extraction, fuzzy matching and network mapping

Brainstorm data gaps, tools and communities needed for more effective open data investigations

Discuss strategies for helping engage a wider audience around your data investigation

By Moses Harris (1731-1785) via Wikimedia Commons

Thank you! https://globalwitness.org/jade

noeL_maS sleon@globalwitness.org