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Investigative Journalism

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Collaboration with investigative Journalists

Investigative journalists and civil society groups both have a critical role to play in documenting and proving corruption. Yet while tycoons, corrupt officials and criminal networks are highly organised and coordinated, journalists and civil society have often worked in silos.

Stories of high-level corruption have broken on front pages the world over, with follow-up action to ensure accountability and push for lasting change often lagging behind.

In a fast changing media landscape with intense competition for resources and attention, costly and time-intensive investigations into corruption are at risk of being lost, along with the skills and expertise needed to complete them.

How does our work with investigative journalists affect you?

If the corrupt aren’t punished for wrongdoing revealed in the media, and if lasting change isn’t achieved, fatalism and hopelessness can set in, destroying the public’s trust in government and creating support for populist or authoritarian solutions. By working to seek justice for the victims of corruption, we can help build fairer and more accountable societies for everyone.

What needs to be done?

  • Expose the systems that allow hundreds of billions of dollars to be siphoned off from natural resources and state funds
  • Expose the perpetrators, professional enablers and loopholes that facilitate flows of illicit money
  • Fight for the key changes needed in countries that are held back by corruption
  • Push for justice to ensure accountability, good governance and sustainable development.

What we're doing about it

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Global Anti-Corruption Consortium

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The Global Anti-Corruption Consortium is a ground-breaking partnership that brings together investigative reporting from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project…

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