National governments aren’t the only ones failing African citizens in the fight against corruption. Foreign actors play a significant role in fuelling and perpetuating corruption in Africa, chipping away at the region’s sustainable development.
Read More
What do we do when those mandated to protect us are serving other interests than public safety and security? In South Africa, police corruption leaves the public exposed to high rates of crime, and causes distrust of the police service while allowing crime to flourish.
People's experiences with corruption in the DRC are far worse than in most other African countries. Why is corruption so prevalent in the DRC, why is bribery so commonplace and why do two thirds of citizens feel powerless?
According to the latest GCB for Africa, very few Mauritians who accessed public services, like health care and education, had to pay a bribe for those services. But given recent scandals, citizens still see certain groups and institutions as corrupt.
Supervisory and justice systems should be transparent and accountable so that the public can assess their performance.
Reducing corruption is an important component of the sustainable development agenda, and one that all state parties have an obligation to address. Although corruption is often thought of as a ‘third-world problem’, institutions in the Global North play an important role in the corruption cycle, and are therefore an essential part of the solutions.
What accounts for the wide disparity in peoples’ perceptions of the integrity of elected representatives in different countries? In this piece, we will to look at various forms of political corruption, how they manifest in African countries and what can be done to promote political integrity.
The Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) – Africa, reveals that while most people in Africa feel corruption increased in their country, a majority also feel optimistic that they can make a difference in the fight against corruption.
Twenty-five years ago, when Transparency International was founded, corruption was seen as the necessary price of doing business and something so deeply ingrained that exposing and fighting it was regarded as futile and even harmful. We live in a different world now.
Too often, whistleblowers face retaliation after bringing corruption, fraud and financial malpractice to light. Is change around the corner? This year, we celebrate World Whistleblower Day, 23 June, with some serious wins for whistleblower protection already behind us in 2019, and some encouraging developments on the horizon.
A week ago, German newspapers published evidence of the former Vice-Chancellor of Austria and a colleague apparently negotiating corrupt deals with the purported niece of a Russian oligarch close to President Vladimir Putin. The scandal illustrates the tools and methods used by those who wish to enrich themselves from public funds and advance private interests over the public good.
What voters should know as they head to the polls.
The globalisation of world trade and finance has been accompanied by an internationalisation of corruption. The G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group therefore has the potential to be a very important partner in the fight for a more just world.
Corruption in the top echelons of the Venezuelan government has led to extreme instability and weak state institutions, and allows organised crime networks to act with impunity all across the country.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has made public commitments and adopted a new framework to address corruption - we check how the IMF is progressing with this one year later.
As the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development begins at the United Nations in New York today, the global anti-corruption coalition Transparency International calls on the UN to annually review Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16, 'Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions'.
Transparency International is extremely concerned by the dismissal of 17 judges in Mongolia last week. The Mongolian parliament should fully implement the joint recommendations issued by UN Special Rapporteurs in May.
Corruption takes many forms, but always involves the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. Take a closer look...
We give voice to the victims and witnesses of corruption and work toward a world free of corruption. Learn more about us.
See how you can report corruption, join our campaigns, get updates and donate to support the global fight against corruption.
Our movement has chapters in over 100 countries. See where we are and how you can get in touch.
How clean is your country?
Read more
Corruption impacts the poorest and most vulnerable in society the hardest. But when ordinary people fight back against corruption, they can make a real difference.
.jpg)
The citizenship- and residency-by investment programmes, commonly known as golden visas, offered by some EU Member States have repeatedly sparked controversy. A joint report by Transparency International and Global Witness analyses these schemes.
The Global Corruption Barometer is the only worldwide public opinion survey on views and experiences of corruption.
This story is part of Real Lives, Real Stories, a series written by staff from our national chapters in the Asia Pacific region. Stories…
voices.transparency.org
Everyone knows House of Cards as the Netflix show about corruption, but over the last few years, the popular streaming service has…
voices.transparency.org
