More: Transparency
Stop Putin’s Anonymous Laundromat
Since the 1980s, inequality has been
growing everywhere on Earth, except in Western Europe but otherwise in Russia. The communists became oligarchs and the oligarchs
became state...
In Myanmar, Better Oversight of Forests a Vital Step in Transition to Rule of Law
Authors: Art
Blundell and Khin Saw Htay
For the
first time, the Myanmar Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (MEITI) has
opened the books to share information with the public...
Hungary must enforce its foreign bribery offence against companies
The Working Group is concerned that Hungary has
not commenced any foreign bribery investigations or prosecutions in over nine
years since the Phase 3 evaluation of...
Kleptocracy Under Democracy
Power comes with dire consequences if it
is misemployed. Great minds orchestrate a great nation but a corrupt mind razes
it as personal gain pollutes honor...
Iraq corruption menaces both average citizens and outside investors
While Iraqi forces are still undertaking the slow, grueling effort to defeat
the last vestiges of the Islamic State (IS), and 1.8 million people
remain displaced,...
Operation Car Wash blueprint spreading to Senegal, Saudi Arabia, Mongolia
Brazil’s infamous Operation Car Wash is an ongoing, massive
operation to investigate allegations that government officials under Presidents
Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor, Luiz Inácio Lula...
PTI Government in Pakistan: To full-fill its promise on curbing Corruption
Big achievements of PTI (Pakistan
Tehreek-E-Insaf) Government in Pakistan. Corruption is an international
phenomenon, especially among developing and underdeveloped countries.
Corruption is a major hurdle in the...
How Romania’s battles over corruption hamstrung economic progress
When
Romania took over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union
in January, news coverage in Western Europe mostly focused on the tensions...
Russia must urgently step up fight against foreign bribery
The OECD Working Group on Bribery has
repeatedly recommended since 2012 that Russia rectify key legislative
deficiencies in order to comply with the Convention on Combating...
The Deep Forces Preventing Reform in Malaysia
The Pakatan Harapan coalition general
election victory almost a year ago was supposed to herald a new reform era in a
country spavined by corruption, cronyism...