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Asia Pacific: little to no progress on anti-corruption

News • 29 January 2019

With an average score of just 44 for three consecutive years, the Asia Pacific region is making little progress in the fight against corruption. Why is Asia Pacific making little…

Foreign bribery rages unchecked in over half of global trade

News • 12 September 2018

While the G20 drags its feet, the corrupt continue to benefit from anonymous company ownership

News • 19 April 2018

The corrupt don’t like paper trails, they like secrecy. What better way to hide corrupt activity than with a secret company or trust as a front? You can anonymously open bank…

Slow, Imperfect Progress across Asia Pacific

News • 21 February 2018

While no country in the Asia Pacific region scores a perfect 100, not even New Zealand or Singapore, which both experienced their share of scandals in the last year, our analysis…

Unearthing corruption risks in mining approvals

News • 05 December 2017

From resource-rich West Africans nations, to the mining giants of the Pacific and North America, every time a government signs a deal to allow mining of its natural resources…

Corruption in Asia Pacific: what 20,000+ people told us

News • 07 March 2017

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.