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Transparency International said today that the governments of Australia, Canada, the UK and the US need to close glaring legal loopholes to prevent the corrupt elite from laundering the proceeds of grand corruption in their local real estate markets. In a new report, Doors Wide Open: Corruption and Real Estate in Key Markets, Transparency International …
Approximately 900 million – or just over one in four – people living in 16 countries in Asia Pacific, including some of its biggest economies are estimated to have paid a bribe to access public services, according to a new public opinion poll from the anti-corruption movement Transparency International. Transparency International spoke to nearly 22,000 …
Research published today by Transparency International and the Web Foundation finds that five key G20 countries are failing to meet commitments to publish data that helps tackle corruption. If the data was publicly available it could be used to curb criminal activities, including money laundering and tax evasion. In 2015 the G20 agreed that in …
Rise of populist politicians in many countries is a warning signal 2016 showed that around the world systemic corruption and social inequality reinforce each other, leading to popular disenchantment with political establishments and providing a fertile ground for the rise of populist politicians. 69 per cent of the 176 countries on the Corruption Perceptions Index …
Transparency International welcomes the many commitments made today by the governments at the Anti-Corruption Summit as a positive step forward in the fight against corruption and calls for concrete actions to start immediately. “This is a good day for the fight against corruption, but there is more to do. Well done to the countries that …
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL CALLS ON PEOPLE EVERYWHERE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST CORRUPTION 2015 showed that people working together can succeed in the battle against corruption. Although corruption is still rife globally, more countries improved their scores in the 2015 edition of Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index than declined. Overall, two-thirds of the 168 countries on the …
To mark International Anti-Corruption Day, Transparency International, the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, will open the voting phase of its Unmask the Corrupt campaign on Wednesday, 9 December 2015 at 5:00am Berlin time (GMT+1). The campaign highlights the most symbolic cases of grand corruption. Grand corruption is the abuse of high-level …
NEW REPORT FROM TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL SHOWS LACK OF INFORMATION AND TRANSPARENCY IN FOOTBALL AND HIGHLIGHTS CORRUPTION RISKS Most of the 209 national Football Associations that make up FIFA, world football’s governing body, publish little or no information on what they do and how they spend their money despite the fact that they received more than …
Following the announcement of the Swiss authorities that they are starting a criminal investigation into Sepp Blatter, president of FIFA, Transparency International issued the following statement. Cobus de Swardt, managing director of Transparency International said today: “The criminal investigations at FIFA have now reached the very top, showing that the organisation is not fit for …
Transparency International today called on the Malaysian government to ensure independent investigations into corruption allegations, and that prosecutions and punishments are followed through, irrespective of who is implicated. Malaysia is facing a major corruption crisis. Representatives from more than 110 Transparency International chapters and members at its Annual Membership Meeting from around our global Movement asked …