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OFFGRID: A Traceback

"Some of the biggest threats to an economy never appear in official statistics."

Team Size
2 Participants
Duration
1 Hour 45 Minutes
Format
Dossier Investigation
Cap
10 Teams
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The Brief

Teams act as Economic Intelligence Units investigating the rapid decline of a fictional country's economy, working from a confidential dossier of financial records, trade data, customs documents, witness statements and intelligence reports. Some of it is genuine. Some of it is a deliberate red herring.

Working against a 45-minute clock, teams must separate real evidence from distraction and trace the crisis back to the underground network responsible — a counterfeit goods syndicate, a fuel smuggling ring, a money laundering network, or something else entirely — before locking in their answer and presenting their findings.

Presentations must cover what happened, who benefited, who was harmed, why it was allowed to continue, and which network posed the greatest economic threat. Marks reward logic and evidence, not just a correct guess.

Core Rules
  • Not All Information Is Useful — the dossier mixes genuine evidence with red herrings; teams must judge what matters.
  • Economic Reasoning Matters — points reward explaining how a network operated and what damage it caused, not just naming it.
  • Evidence Must Be Justified — a correct guess without a logical, evidence-based chain of reasoning won't score.
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