# The time for justice, equity, security and trust is now URL: https://www.transparency.org/en/news/the-time-for-justice-equity-security-and-trust-is-now Type: News Published: 2016-12-05 Updated: 2019-11-19 --- 05 December 2016 The [17th International Anti-Corruption Conference](http://iaccseries.org/) (IACC) with the theme *Time for Justice: Equity, Security, Trust* concluded on 4 December in Panama City with a strident call: People all over the world – activists, governments, business and the media – must come together to defeat corruption and hold the corrupt to account in an era where integrity and truth are under attack. The conference called for everyone in the anti-corruption movement to: - join together to support [public prosecutors in Brazil](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHK9HhzaPog) where new legislation threatens their work - protect activists like Joe Moses, who was [harassed on his journey](http://iaccseries.org/blog/klm-called-to-account-for-restricting-travel-of-human-rights-defender/) from Papua New Guinea to Panama, and to - safeguard journalists who write about corruption and are [threatened because of the work](http://iaccseries.org/blog/demonstrators-demand-dutch-journalists-release-during-panamanian-president-varelas-speech/) they do. In the home of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers, anti-corruption activists called for an end to the illicit networks that secrecy jurisdictions foster. The [final declaration](http://iaccseries.org/blog/the-panama-declaration-time-for-justice-equity-security-trust/) proclaimed: The time for action is now. Together we will strengthen our web of anti-corruption activists. Together, the public sector, business and civil society will hold the corrupt to account. Read reports from the workshops and speeches at the 17th International Anti-Corruption Conference here. Read the [closing remarks of Elena Panfilova](http://www.transparency.org/news/speech/closing_address_of_17th_iacc), Vice-Chair of Transparency International. [Read the full Panama Declaration here](http://iaccseries.org/blog/the-panama-declaration-time-for-justice-equity-security-trust/). The 18th International Anti-Corruption Conference will be in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2018. [Here’s a preview of what is coming up](http://iaccseries.org/blog/denmark-to-host-18iacc/). > We’re in Panama at the [\#17IACC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/17IACC?src=hash) to say it’s time to end secret companies! It’s [\#TimeForJustice](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TimeForJustice?src=hash)! [\#PanamaPapers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PanamaPapers?src=hash) [pic.twitter.com/yeJnQrnc3k](https://t.co/yeJnQrnc3k) > > — Transparency Int'l (@anticorruption) [December 1, 2016](https://twitter.com/anticorruption/status/804474107702218756) > Together we can show [\#Brazil](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brazil?src=hash) lawmakers that we will NOT accept this revenge law! Spread the message. We can do this! [\#LavaJato](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LavaJato?src=hash) \[7/7\] [pic.twitter.com/pDCmmdZ3oZ](https://t.co/pDCmmdZ3oZ) > > — Transparency Int'l (@anticorruption) [December 3, 2016](https://twitter.com/anticorruption/status/805101401558884352) > Lava Jato from [\#Brazil](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brazil?src=hash) ���� task force receiving the Anti-[\#Corruption](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Corruption?src=hash) Award at the [\#17IACC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/17IACC?src=hash) [@anticorruption](https://twitter.com/anticorruption) [pic.twitter.com/pI1KvO210w](https://t.co/pI1KvO210w) > > — IACC (@IACCseries) [December 4, 2016](https://twitter.com/IACCseries/status/805239995409776640) > Journalists are under threat in Panama. Reporting on [\#corruption](https://twitter.com/hashtag/corruption?src=hash) is not a crime! [\#Panama](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Panama?src=hash) must exonerate and [\#FreeOkkeOrnstein](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FreeOkkeOrnstein?src=hash) NOW! [pic.twitter.com/ODEgX3f3OM](https://t.co/ODEgX3f3OM) > > — Transparency Int'l (@anticorruption) [December 1, 2016](https://twitter.com/anticorruption/status/804369451013570560) ## Countries - [Panama](https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/panama) For any press inquiries please contact ### You might also like... ## [Financial intelligence units: Powerful tools against corruption if governments let them work](https://www.transparency.org/en/news/financial-intelligence-units-powerful-tools-against-corruption) News • 24 June 2026 Financial intelligence units can help expose corrupt money flows – but only if governments give them the powers, access and independence to do the job. ## [Who pays for politics? 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