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Switzerland: It is time to unmask the corrupt in Switzerland – Transparency International Switzerland

Switzerland must make it much harder for the corrupt to hide behind secret companies if the country wants to keep criminal activity out of its financial system, Transparency International Switzerland said today as it launched the “Unmask the Corrupt” campaign in Switzerland. Currently, Switzerland does not require the identity of the real, living people who …

EU countries must do more to combat corruption by better protecting whistleblowers

Most European Union countries fail to legally protect whistleblowers enough from retaliation in the workplace, shutting out an important actor in the fight against corruption, according to a new report from Transparency International. Whistleblowers play a prominent role exposing and preventing corruption, yet only four EU countries – Luxembourg, Romania, Slovenia and the United Kingdom …