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February 2007

interview of the month

Stuart Gilman, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has a mandate to fight illicit drugs and international crime - areas increasingly linked to corruption. Transparency Watch talks with Stuart Gilman from the UNODC to find out where corruption crosses over into crime, on the challenges of fighting corruption in failed states and on opium production in Afghanistan. >> read more

spotlight story

Anti-corruption in Afghanistan –a view from the ground

In and out of war for the last quarter century, Afghanistan’s infrastructure and institutions have been left in a very fragile condition. Its ongoing reconstruction is a major, and enormously expensive, task, providing increased opportunity for corruption. But with problems such as lingering conflict and persistent insecurity, soaring drug production and trafficking, and a government's whose hold on power is not assured, corruption is just one problem among many. Tansparency Watch talks with two civil society activists on the ground in Afghanistan to find out how much of a problem corruption is for the state and its people. >> read more

Anti-Corruption Work Around the World

corruption in the news

Transparency International launched a new website to monitor anti-corruption initiatives in Central America and serve as a reference for anti-corruption practitioners and stakeholders. >> read more

The seventh World Social Forum (WSF) addressed ways to create lasting social change under the theme “Another World is Possible”. >> read more

The development of the Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI) programme was one of TI's main focuses at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. >> read more

Fifty-nine people are dead and 233 injured during a country-wide strike in the Republic of Guinea. >> read more

America's new Congress used its first 100 hours in office to end abuse of power and crack down on political corruption. >> read more

In Thailand, allegations of corruption at Bangkok’s new Suvarnabhumi airport come to light. >> 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 increasingly baroque fall-out from the BAE-Saudi case has opened Britain up to a series of attacks that harm its standing as an anti-corruption advocate and as a place to do business.” >> read more

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