Meet Victor Van Wulfen, Dutch Air Force Pilot and Whistleblower
Whistleblowing - Victor Van Wulfen, an Air Force Pilot, blew the whistle and faced retribution. He talks about his experience as a whistleblower.
Posted 24 Nov 2016
European citizens want to speak up – but fear the consequences
Whistleblowing - To stop corruption and other types of wrongdoing we need to ensure that whistleblowers get the appropriate protection and support!
Posted 18 Nov 2016
Three ways to fight corruption in the media
Media - We consider 3 ways in which journalism is at risk from corruption & what can be done to stop its influence on our news media.
Posted 18 Nov 2016
Governments are doing a poor job at fighting corruption across Europe and Central Asia
In our new report we spoke to nearly 60,000 citizens in Europe and Central Asia about their daily experiences with corruption.
Posted 15 Nov 2016
Is it time for South Africa’s president to resign?
South Africa - A new report on state capture shows how South Africa’s leadership is compromised.
Posted 03 Nov 2016
British Virgin Islands: have they cleaned up since the Panama Papers?
Law enforcement - Six months after the Panama Papers, how has the territory behind 50 per cent of the scandal’s shell companies reacted?
Posted 14 Oct 2016
Stopping corruption in Afghanistan: From Promises to Action
Afghanistan - People want change in Afghanistan. They want an end to corruption and a commitment to security. Is that too much to ask?
Posted 30 Sep 2016
Bua Mzansi: Finding South Africa’s next brave Public Protector
Governance - Our chapter in South Africa launched a campaign to ensure the next Public Protector lives up to high standards.
Posted 23 Sep 2016
What is Grand Corruption and how can we stop it?
Tools - What is grand corruption and how do we stop it? We've developed a legal definition to help corruption fighters across the world.
Posted 21 Sep 2016
43 countries, 600 commitments: Was the London Anti-Corruption Summit a success?
Governance - 43 countries, 600 commitments: Was the London Anti-Corruption Summit a success? We assess the outcomes.
Posted 12 Sep 2016
Cleaning up Georgia’s elections
Georgians are getting the message: elections are important and tampering with the process has consequences. This year, there were fewer violations, leading to a cleaner election. It was hard work, however. From when the election process started in June to when people went to the polls on 8 October, Transparency International Georgia was on the […]
Posted on 28 Nov 2016 by Levan Natroshvili
In spite of the political whirlwind, climate change is no less real
Last week the world changed with the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States. In Marrakesh this week the first Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA1) had intended to consolidate commitments to keep global temperature rise below 2o Celsius and limit it even further to 1.5o. Instead, the spectre […]
Posted on 18 Nov 2016 by Gareth Sweeney
Stiglitz and Pieth Panama Papers report: a roadmap for global transparency in the 21st century
After resigning from Panama’s official effort to clean up its financial sector, Nobel-prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and transparency expert Mark Pieth have come out with their own independent report. And it’s a good one. Overcoming the Shadow Economy moves the focus away from Panama itself, to tackle the global problem of secrecy and its […]
Posted on 15 Nov 2016 by Max Heywood
Haiti: disaster prone and ill-equipped to fight corruption
When Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti on 5 October, the fields where crops were grown were washed away; houses were flattened like cardboard boxes and hundreds of people were killed. The number of dead is now close to 1000 and cholera is once again a fatal danger on our shores. UNICEF says more than 600,000 […]
Posted on 11 Nov 2016 by Marilyn Allien
Why are three of the world’s richest countries doing so little to stop corruption?
One of the best-known data points in the anti-corruption field is the estimate from Global Financial Integrity that US$ 1.1 trillion in proceeds of corruption, crime and tax evasion are taken from developing countries every year and invested in Western banks, real estate, and luxury goods. The volume of illicit financial flows is higher than […]
Posted on 18 Oct 2016 by Alesia Nahirny
Benin’s fight against corruption is only beginning
The Republic of Benin is one of West Africa’s most stable countries. Sandwiched between Nigeria and Togo to the east and west, with Niger and Burkino Faso to the north, Benin has a population of about 10 million, 40 per cent of which lives below the poverty line. It gained independence from France in 1960 […]
Posted on 11 Oct 2016 by Samuel Kaninda
What are the candidates hiding?
A September 21 Gallup survey concluded that, “At no point in the last four decades have Americans expressed less trust than they do today in US political leaders or in the American people who voted those leaders into office.” Indeed, only 42 per cent of Americans trust their political leaders and just 56 per cent […]
Posted on 08 Oct 2016 by Marian Currinder
Obituary of Joe Muiruri Githongo
Joe Githongo passed away on 8 September in Nairobi following a long illness. Joe was one of the initial inspirations for Transparency International (TI)and a member of its first Board. He was a charismatic figure whose energy and enthusiasm was always contagious and impacted on many both within and outside Kenya. In 1989 Joe was […]
Posted on 23 Sep 2016 by Laurence Cockroft
A growing call from business for company ownership transparency
With the release of its latest Economic Contribution and Payments to Governments Report today, BHP Billiton becomes the latest in a growing list of companies and business leaders highlighting the importance of company ownership transparency, and starting to walk the talk by being transparent about elements of their own company structures, entities and ownership. The […]
Posted on 22 Sep 2016 by May Miller-Dawkins
Anti-corruption and happiness go hand in hand
There is a clear link between the level of corruption in a country and people’s attitude to corruption. If you shrug your shoulders and accept there’s little to be done, corruption remains high and you are unhappy. If corruption makes you angry and you do something constructive about it, like pass laws and prosecute the […]
Posted on 20 Sep 2016 by Kateryna Tysbenko
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