Media Advisory

CORRUPTION AND COMPLICITY

Transparency International
to launch

Corruption Perceptions Index 2006
6 November
10:00 am CET
Berliner Rathaus
Berlin, Germany

Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2006 ranks 163 countries by their perceived levels of domestic corruption.

The index, released annually since 1995, looks at public sector corruption based on expert assessments and is credited with putting TI and the issue of corruption on the international agenda.

With
Ms. Huguette Labelle, Chair, Transparency International
Mr. David Nussbaum, Chief Executive, Transparency International
Mr. Hansjörg Elshorst, Chair, Transparency Deutschland

Note: TI’s national chapters around the world will be holding press conferences in their respective countries. A list of locations will be available starting on 30.10.06.
Please email: press@transparency.org

Location
Berliner Rathaus
Room 338 (3rd Floor)
Ferdinand-Friedensburg-Saal
Berlin, Germany

The official presentation will be in English but questions may be asked in English, French and German. Spanish-speaking representatives will also be on hand.

Transparency International is the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption.