# Annual Report 2025 URL: https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/annual-report-2025 Type: Publication or report Published: 2026-07-17 Updated: 2026-07-17 --- 17 July 2026 In 2025, Transparency International pursued its mission to stop corruption and promote transparency, accountability and integrity at all levels and across all sectors of society. Through our research, we exposed the systems and networks that enable corruption to thrive and harm people’s lives. We developed best practice anti-corruption standards and carried out advocacy and campaigns to push for them to be adopted – and demanded greater transparency and integrity in all areas of public life. Here are some ways Transparency International contributed to real world change in 2025 to hold power to account for the common good: \- We helped create ground-breaking global standards for integrity in money in politics. \- We successfully pushed governments at the Financing for Development summit to make anti-corruption a cross-cutting priority. \- We played a key role over many years that led to the EU finally banning golden passport schemes. \- We persuaded UN climate chiefs to tighten up conflict of interest rules, helping prevent the fossil fuel lobby from slowing down ambitious action. \- We helped secure two wins in an important piece of EU anti-corruption legislation to strengthen justice. \- We spoke out to defend civil society from attacks in countries and to support people’s right to safely protest against. In this annual report, we describe Transparency International’s contribution to drive forward six of the strategic objectives outlined in our [2030 Strategy](https://www.transparency.org/en/the-organisation/our-strategy), which sets out how the Transparency International movement aims to contribute to a more positive future; a world in which power is held to account, for the common good. \- Protect the public’s resources \- Stop the flow of dirty money \- Secure integrity in politics \- Drive integrity in business \- Pursue enforcement and justice \- Expand civic space for accountability ### Related publications ## [Ending Debt Secrecy: Recommendations to the G20 on Anti-Corruption in Sovereign Borrowing and Lending](https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/ending-debt-secrecy-g20-recommendations) Publication • 04 September 2026 Recommendations to the G20 to strengthen transparency, accountability and integrity in sovereign borrowing and lending ## [Regional Assessment of Integrity in Political Finance in South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia](https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/integrity-political-finance-asia) Publication • 03 September 2026 This report reviews systems across 17 countries to identify the areas of political finance most in need of reform. ## [Monitoring political finance: Compendium of citizen initiatives and good practices](https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/monitoring-political-finance-compendium-of-citizen-initiatives-and-good-practices) Publication • 18 August 2026 This compendium aims to provide ideas for stakeholders interested in monitoring political finance. It presents seven monitoring and disclosure solutions from around the world,… ## [Breaking the Silos: A Practical Guide to Fighting Corruption with a Human Rights-Based Approach](https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/breaking-the-silos-a-practical-guide-to-fighting-corruption-with-a-human-rights-based-approach) Publication • 25 June 2026 This guide seeks to equip human rights defenders and anti-corruption advocates with practical tools to promote accountability for corrupt acts. ## Priorities - [Asset recovery and the theft of public money](https://www.transparency.org/en/our-priorities/asset-recovery-and-the-theft-of-public-money) - [Business integrity](https://www.transparency.org/en/our-priorities/business-and-corruption) - [Climate crisis](https://www.transparency.org/en/our-priorities/climate-crisis) - [Dirty money](https://www.transparency.org/en/our-priorities/dirty-money) - [Gender](https://www.transparency.org/en/our-priorities/gender-and-corruption) - [Grand corruption](https://www.transparency.org/en/our-priorities/grand-corruption) - [Health](https://www.transparency.org/en/our-priorities/health-and-corruption) - [Judiciary and law enforcement](https://www.transparency.org/en/our-priorities/judiciary-and-law-enforcement) - [Land corruption](https://www.transparency.org/en/our-priorities/land-corruption) - [Political integrity](https://www.transparency.org/en/our-priorities/political-integrity) - [Public procurement](https://www.transparency.org/en/our-priorities/public-procurement) - [Sustainable Development Goals](https://www.transparency.org/en/our-priorities/sustainable-development-goals) - [Whistleblowing](https://www.transparency.org/en/our-priorities/whistleblowing) ## Regions - [Global](https://www.transparency.org/en/region/global) ![Blue cover with the title in big fonts and a row of diagonal white lines along the bottom](https://images.transparencycdn.org/images/TI_AnnualReport_2025_Cover.jpg?auto=compress&fit=crop&fm=webp&w=1200) [Download](https://images.transparencycdn.org/images/2025_-TransparencyInternationalAnnualReport_EN.pdf)