Open letter to Mairead McGuinness, European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union
Dear Commissioner McGuinness,
We, representatives of civil society, media and academia from across the EU and beyond, are writing to you on the eve of interinstitutional negotiations on the EU’s…
The EU Council and Commission must match Parliament’s ambition and endorse progressive provisions to EU anti-money laundering package
The European Parliament has today agreed its position on the draft EU legislation to increase the bloc’s defences against dirty money. The joint committees on economic affairs (ECON) and home affairs…
Transparency International calls on participating leaders to announce actions to improve implementation of their anti-corruption commitments
At the second Summit for Democracy beginning this week, Transparency International is calling on leaders to strengthen transnational cooperation and endorse the recommendations of the Cohort on…
The Al Jazeera documentary: Gold Mafia: Episode 1-The Laundry Service, released on 23rd March 2023, exposes alleged illicit financial flows from Zimbabwe, including serious allegations of abuse of…
Transparency International urges closer partnerships with civil society so countries can make real progress
Dear Indo-Pacific heads of states and governments,
We, Transparency International’s national chapters from the Indo-Pacific region, urge you to build on the opportunity of the Summit for Democracy…
On Saturday 18 March, Cloete Murray, a South African accountant known for investigating high-profile corruption cases, and his son Thomas Murray, a legal advisor, were killed in Johannesburg.…
On Thursday 2 March, the Bosnia and Herzegovina entity Republika Srpska adopted draft amendments to the criminal code that would re-criminalise defamation. This is an alarming development that, if…
On Monday 6 March, the Russian Prosecutor-General's office announced that it would designate Transparency International as an “undesirable organisation” for activities that “clearly extend beyond…
As the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) board meets today in Buenos Aires, Transparency International urges them to reflect the critical importance of anti-corruption in the…
Transparency International is calling on governments that have pledged to track down sanctioned Russian elites’ wealth to be publicly accountable about the measures they have taken over the past year…
Transparency International is alarmed by and calls against the adoption of a proposed new law that would require non-profit organisations receiving foreign funding to register as “foreign agents” in…
The 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) shows Georgia has continued to stagnate in the fight against corruption. Yet instead of responding by redoubling efforts to address the root causes of…
In its 100-day plan, Fiji’s newly elected government announced the possibility of phasing out the Fiji Independent Commission against Corruption (FICAC) and incorporating its functions into other…
Venezuela’s National Assembly is now considering the “Law of Supervision, Regularization, Performance and Financing of Non-Governmental and Related Organizations”. The bill was passed on its first…
Corruption levels remain at a standstill for eleventh year straight
Berlin, 31 January 2023 – The 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released today by Transparency International shows that most of the world continues to fail to fight corruption: 95 per cent of…
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