World Whistleblower Day: The cost of exposing facts in the age of misinformation
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On World Whistleblower Day, we spotlight brave truth-tellers exposing disinformation and the rising threats they face for speaking out.
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Corruption Perceptions Index
Scoring 182 countries around the world, the Corruption Perceptions Index is the leading global indicator of public sector corruption.
United States has a score of 64 this year, with a change of -1 since last year, meaning it ranks 29 out of 182 countries.
Find out about key corruption issues in United States in CPI 2024 for the Americas: Corruption fuels environmental crime and impunity across the region
United States
- Score
- 64/100
- Rank
- 29/182
- Score change
Score changes 2012 - 2025
Our activity in United States
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Dirty money still has an address: Unveiling the Opacity in Real Estate Ownership Index
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Transparency International and the Anti-Corruption Data Collective have ranked 24 jurisdictions on their ability to protect property markets from illicit funds.
CPI 2024: Trouble at the top
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Many top-scoring countries in this year's CPI are prime targets for corrupt actors to launder and safeguard their ill-gotten wealth.
CPI 2024 for the Americas: Corruption fuels environmental crime and impunity across the region
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The absence of effective anti-corruption measures promotes human rights violations, and increases the influence of elites and organised crime on policy-making.
Press releases
+ MoreCorruption Perceptions Index 2025: Decline in leadership undermining global fight against corruption
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New index reveals alarming opacity and money laundering vulnerabilities in global real estate markets
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United States: Reinstating corporate secrecy protects money launderers and foreign criminals – not small businesses
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U.S. pausing of foreign bribery enforcement will harm economies and governance worldwide
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Opacity in Real Estate Ownership Index: Assessing data transparency and anti-money laundering rules in global markets
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The Opacity in Real Estate Ownership (OREO) Index reveals gaps that make global property markets vulnerable to corrupt money flows.
Up to the Task? The State of Play in Countries Committed to Freezing and Seizing Russian Dirty Money
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Despite strong early pledges following the invasion of Ukraine, G7 and other leading economies are not sufficiently equipped to bring Russia's kleptocrats to justice, report finds.
Real estate data: Shining a light on the corrupt
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We know very little about who owns properties in the world's most sought-after cities, and whether they have been bought with dirty money.
Tainted treasures: money laundering risks in luxury markets
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From Ukraine to Tunisia and Brazil, large-scale cases of grand corruption in recent years have involved the acquisition of luxury property, vehicles and goods.
