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December 2006

interview of the month

Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for Development, UK

The Honourable Hilary Benn, Minister of Development for the United Kingdom is well known for his outspoken views on corruption, notably on the issue of World Bank aid conditionality. Transparency Watch speaks with him about what the UK is doing to tackle the supply side of bribery, how to encourage people to act more ethically and his message to the anti-corruption movement on International Anti-Corruption Day. >> read more

spotlight story

NGO Advocacy campaigns

To mark International Anti-Corruption Day, Transparency International has released a striking and cinematic new television spot. This month, Transparency Watch looks at how NGOs are revolutionising how they communicate to reach new audiences. >> read more

Anti-Corruption Work Around the World

corruption in the news

The presidents of eight Central American countries met at the 12th IACC in November to sign the Guatemala Declaration for a Corruption-Free Region. >> read more

TI Brazil's election monitoring website Excelencias won the prestigious Esso Journalism Award for its contribution to the press. >> read more

The recent Forum for the Future conference in Jordan brought together foreign ministers from the Group of Eight (G8) nations and from the Broader Middle East and North Africa region. >> read more

Former Romanian prime minister Nastase is set to go on trial this month for bribe-taking and other charges. >> read more

Corruption was a key issue in the United States midterm elections last November, according to international media. >> read more

Police launch a corruption inquiry into Siemens, Europe’s largest engineering company. >> 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
"A cash bribe put in an envelope is a thing of the past. Civil servants now get payments to their accounts in foreign banks..." >> read more

Coming Up
Upcoming events of interest to the anti-corruption movement in December 2006 and January 2007. >> read more