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Resilient institutions

News • 12 July 2019

Reducing corruption is an important component of the sustainable development agenda, and one that all state parties have an obligation to address. Although corruption is often…

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…

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…

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…

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…