Clean contracting at work: an example from Vilnius
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The Neris Riverside development is part of a wider initiative to promote clean contracting across Europe – all told, we're monitoring 17 major public contracts worth nearly €1…
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A year after Panama Papers, is enough being done to stop illicit finance?
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The Panama Papers revealed a global web of secret companies and stealthy crooks hiding stolen wealth, but one year on the corrupt still find it too easy to shift illegal assets…
Fighting land corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa: Widows tell their story
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See a short film created by Ghanaian widows evicted from their land who decided to organise and challenge official indifference.
Corruption in Asia Pacific: what 20,000+ people told us
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We spoke to nearly 22,000 people about their recent experiences with corruption in 16 countries and territories in the Asia Pacific region. See what they revealed.
FIFA must do more to win back trust of football fans
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It’s been one year since Gianni Infantino was elected president of FIFA with promises to clean up football. How do football fans think he's doing?
17 commitments for a clean Bulgaria – will politicians sign on?
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Bulgaria’s voters will head to the polls in a snap election on 26 March. Our chapter is urging politicians to commit to needed reforms.
Applications now open for the Transparency Summer School on Integrity 2017
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Apply now for the Transparency School on Integrity (TISI), taking place during 10-16 July, 2017 in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Open data: promise, but not enough progress from G20 countries
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G20 countries made commitments to publish data that could help curb corruption. How well are they keeping their promises?
Dominican Republic: Citizens march to end impunity
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Following the ongoing Odebrecht corruption scandal, thousands of citizens marched against impunity and corruption in the Dominican Republic.
Sub Saharan Africa: Corruption is a big issue in 2016 African elections
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2016 saw elections across the African continent with the results providing a good reflection of corruption trends in the region. In Ghana, for example, voters voiced their…
Middle East and North Africa: A very drastic decline
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Despite the political changes that shook the Arab region six years ago, the hope for Arab countries to fight corruption and end impunity has not seen any progress yet. On the…
Europe and Central Asia: An overall stagnation
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There are no drastic changes in Europe and Central Asia in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2016, with only a few exceptions. However, this does not mean that the region is immune…
Asia Pacific: Fighting corruption is side-lined
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The majority of Asia Pacific countries sit in the bottom half of the Corruption Perceptions Index 2016. 19 out of 30 countries in the region scored 40 or less out of 100.
Americas: Sometimes bad news is good news
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It is not always bad to have headlines about corruption. From the Panama Papers in April to the record US$3.5 billion Odebrecht settlement in Brazil in December, 2016 was a good…
Corruption Perceptions Index 2016
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No country gets close to a perfect score in this year's index. A vicious cycle has developed between corruption, unequal distribution of power and unequal distribution of wealth.
Corruption and inequality: how populists mislead people
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Corruption and social inequality are indeed closely related and provide a source for popular discontent. Yet, the track record of populist leaders in tackling this problem is…
