News about Brazil

25 corruption scandals that shook the world

News • 05 July 2019

Twenty-five years ago, when Transparency International was founded, corruption was seen as the necessary price of doing business and something so deeply ingrained that exposing…

Four ways the G20 can take the lead on anti-corruption

News • 14 May 2019

The globalisation of world trade and finance has been accompanied by an internationalisation of corruption. The G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group therefore has the potential to be…

Three years after the Panama Papers: progress on horizon

News • 04 April 2019

The explosive Pulitzer Prize-winning global media project known as the "Panama Papers" turned three years old, and there are many reasons to celebrate.

Americas: weakening democracy and rise in populism hinder anti-corruption efforts

News • 29 January 2019

With an average score of 44 for three consecutive years, the Americas region continues to fail in making any serious inroads against corruption. The number of poor performing…

Future Against Corruption Award 2018

News • 01 October 2018

TI is calling on young people across the globe to join the anti-corruption movement. People between the age of 18 and 35 are invited to submit a short video clip presenting their…

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…

Perceptions remain unchanged despite progress in the Americas

News • 21 February 2018

In the last few years, Latin America and the Carribbean made great strides in the fight against corruption. Laws and mechanisms exist to curb corruption, while legal…

Pardon me? Presidential clemency and impunity for grand corruption

News • 05 January 2018

Recent events in Brazil and Peru have shone a spotlight on the issue of presidential pardons in cases of grand corruption. Read more to find out the best practices that…

Investigative reporting celebrated in Latin America

News • 27 November 2017

This month, Transparency International and the Instituto Prensa y Sociedad honoured investigative journalists from El Salvador, Venezuela, Brazil and Panama at the 15th edition of…

Corruption on the rise in Latin America and the Caribbean

News • 09 October 2017

Transparency International asked more than 22,000 people in Latin America and the Caribbean about corruption in their daily lives. The survey also looks at how institutions are…

No sustainable development without tackling corruption: the importance of tracking SDG 16

News • 17 July 2017

12 Transparency International Chapters are at the UN in New York City to share their findings measuring national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 16, “Peace, Justice…

Brazil: Open data just made investigating corruption easier

News • 12 May 2017

All of the official documentation of from Brazil’s biggest corruption scandal – Operation Car Wash or Lava Jato – is now available to search easily online.

The secret is out: US$2.7 billion of São Paulo property linked to offshore companies

News • 10 April 2017

Our investigation into the real estate market in São Paulo shows how easy it is to hide more than US$2.7 billion worth of property behind shell companies.