$5 BILLION a year - this is how much corruption in public contracts costs EU taxpayers each year. This is money that could be used to build or refurbish hospitals and schools, or make dangerous roads safer. Here's what we're doing to fight this.
The Neris Riverside development is part of a wider initiative to promote clean contracting across Europe – all told, we're monitoring 17 major public contracts worth nearly €1 billion.
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It's been a year since the massive Panama Papers link showing how criminals and the corrupt use secret companies to hide their dirty money. Have global leaders finally made progress in banning these secret companies?
The Panama Papers revealed a global web of secret companies and stealthy crooks hiding stolen wealth, but one year on the corrupt still find it too easy to shift illegal assets and sustain criminally luxurious lifestyles.
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GOOD NEWS! #Norway’s $915 Bln wealth fund pushes companies to publish tax info for each country they do business in https://t.co/UvifSOvYqv
Thousands protesting #corruption in Zuma's South Africa. #PeoplesMarch #AntiZumaMarches https://t.co/UBS3IxGT6c… https://t.co/r21LHdofoc