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October 2006

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Environmental Corruption

Environmental corruption is a plague that could seriously impact everyone. From mining to logging to genetically modified crops, companies all over the world continue to pay bribes in return for unrestricted destruction. TI looks at how corruption corrodes our precious natural resources. >> read more

interview of the month

John Bray of Control Risks

John Bray, policy specialist at the independent risk consultancy Control Risks, talks to Transparency International (TI) about the International Business Attitudes to Corruption Survey 2006 and the parallels between the results of this survey and those of TI's recently released Bribe Payers Index 2006. >> read more

Transparency & ...

CULTURE

Corruption q & a

Poder Ciudadano, TI’s national chapter in Argentina, together with the marketing firm Kepel & Mata’s, recently designed an advocacy campaign to increase transparency in state institutions.

TI answers the most commonly asked questions about the 12th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) coming up in November.

Anti-Corruption Work Around the World

A Business Anti-Corruption Portal has been developed for by the Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Global Advice network. >> read more

The annual International Right to Know Day celebrates the 28 September 2002 founding of the global Freedom of Information Advocates Network. >> read more

In September, TI Pakistan opened a new e-complaint centre in North Nazimabad Town, Karachi, following the success of the e-complaint centre in Gulshan Town. >> read more

corruption in the news

The Thai Prime Minister was overthrown by military coup in September, amid allegations of widespread corruption. >> read more

The World Bank's annual meeting saw heated discussions on if and how Paul Wolfowitz's anti-corruption strategy should be adopted. >> read more

An edition of the BBC's investigative programme Panorama caused a furore when it claimed bribes are rife in British football. >> read more

News from the Anti-Corruption Movement
Reports from Transparency International’s national chapters, members and Secretariat. Click here to read this month's highlights. >> read more

Corruption in Quotes
"I told Chiluba I would sweep the dirt by having zero tolerance on corruption. I in fact even told him I had bought a new broom." Zambia's President Mwanawasa >> read more

Coming Up
Upcoming events of interest to the anti-corruption movement in October and November 2006. >> read more