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January 2007

interview of the month

Zenaida Moya, Mayor of Belize City, Belize

Ms. Zenaida Moya, recently elected Mayor of Belize City, knows firsthand the struggles of the anti-corruption movement. A former high-ranking public official Ms. Moya was removed from her post of Registrar of Cooperatives and Credit Unions after raising allegations of corruption and mismanagement at Northern Fishermen Cooperative society, supplier to the U.S. seafood restaurant chain Red Lobster. >> read more

spotlight story

How '2' fight corruption in Zambia

Transparency International’s (TI) Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) released last month, showed that bribery for access to services is extremely high in Africa, where 32 percent of respondents indicated they had paid bribes in exchange for services such as registrations and permits. TI Zambia launched a "How '2'" campaign in 2006 to raise citizens’ awareness on how to obtain public services without resorting to paying bribes. >> read more

Anti-Corruption Work Around the World

corruption in the news

Transparency International’s national chapters spread the message that corruption can be fought with their exciting Anti-Corruption Day activities. >> read more

The first Conference of State Parties to the UNCAC established a monitoring programme and an intergovernmental expert working group. >> read more

A new publication reviews the areas most prone to corruption and highlights strategies to improve transparency and accountability in the education sector. >> read more

Mixed reactions in Britain over government’s order to drop the investigation into arms deal. >> read more

Former Prime Minister of Ireland found guilty of corruption in the Moriarty Report. >> read more

Nigerian president Obasanjo dismisses Vice-President after he accepts the opposition's Presidential nomination. >> 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
"Indeed, corruption has become like the weather - something to complain about but not to expect to influence or change.” >> read more

Coming Up
Upcoming events of interest to the anti-corruption movement in January and February 2007. >> read more