- Civil society needs a voice in the review process that looks at countries' implementation of UNCAC.
- Political immunity has also allowed numerous politicians across the world to go unpunished for crimes big and small, including corruption.
- Around the world, corruption hurts people. In many countries – like Bangladesh – it can even kill.
- The European Commission aims to push companies to disclose their anti-corruption efforts. What are the benefits of this reporting?
- A new series of laws in Argentina threaten the already limited independence of the country’s judicial system.
- Scandal has spurred action in France, where politicians will soon have to declare their assets. Do these changes go far enough?
- The European Union this week reached a deal to match a U.S. law that compels oil and gas companies to publish payments they make to governments and release information on how much they earn in each country.
- Secrecy jurisdictions, offshore accounts, beneficial owners: they're in the news thanks to recent revelations. What can be done?
- The Russian government is sending out two very different messages in its declared war on corruption.
- Ten years after the original publication of the Business Principles for Countering Bribery, we're seeking public input on a proposed update to this gold standard of corporate anti-bribery practices.
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