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August 2007

spotlight story

Oil for food and other scandals - it pays to keep business clean and transparent

For multinational corporations, overseas business is where markets can be won. Using an agent with good contacts to local officials might prove useful for the company to win the bid in a large government project or to secure an order. However, greasing these contacts with facilitation payments, or more plainly bribes, brings business into the realm of criminal offence. >> read more

interview of the month

Arvic Halvorsen, Senior Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, Norsk Hydro

Norsk Hydro is a Norwegian energy and integrated aluminium company, based in Oslo. With operations in 40 countries and more than 35,000 staff, Norsk Hydro is truly multinational. Transparency Watch was able to speak with Mr. Arvid Halvorsen, Senior Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, on what Norsk Hydro is doing to fight corruption in its business practices. >> read more

Anti-Corruption Work Around the World

corruption in the news

Accion Ciudadana has launched a project to enhance transparency in Guatemalan elections. >> read more

Countering bribery in business and creating private sector integrity in the Middle East was the focus of a conference held in Amman. >> read more

The seventh United Nations Global Forum on Reinventing Government took place from 26 to 29 June with active participation of TI representatives. >> read more

Prosecutors in Indonesia have filed a civil lawsuit against former President Suharto to recover state funds lost under his rule. >> read more

A Chilean judge has ruled that former President Fujimori will not be extradited to Peru. >> read more

US $ 60,000 in cash was found in the office bathroom of Argentina's economy minister. >> 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
"The verdict is a shame, it is very strange and it undoubtedly cannot compromise all of Chile's judicial power, which we consider autonomous." >> read more