Three ways to stop money laundering through real estate
News •
Around the world, buying property is a favourite method for the corrupt to launder their ill-gotten gains. However, there are concrete measures that make it significantly more…
News about Germany
25 corruption scandals that shook the world
News •
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…
Austria’s Strache affair and the undue influence toolkit
News •
A week ago, German newspapers published evidence of the former Vice-Chancellor of Austria and a colleague apparently negotiating corrupt deals with the purported niece of a…
Why corruption matters in the EU elections
News •
What voters should know as they head to the polls.
Four ways the G20 can take the lead on anti-corruption
News •
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 •
The explosive Pulitzer Prize-winning global media project known as the "Panama Papers" turned three years old, and there are many reasons to celebrate.
Troika Laundromat signals a different kind of financial crisis
News •
The Troika Laundromat investigation shines a spotlight on a cast of new and familiar characters in the ongoing saga surrounding flows of dirty money through the world’s financial…
Western Europe and EU: stagnating anti-corruption efforts and weakening democratic institutions
News •
With an average regional score of 66 out of 100, Western Europe and the EU are doing far better than other parts of the globe. However, for a region that prides itself on some of…
Future Against Corruption Award 2018
News •
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…
The Azerbaijani Laundromat one year on: has justice been served?
News •
In September last year, a massive leak of bank records from 2012 to 2014 showed that the ruling elite of Azerbaijan ran a $3 billion slush fund and an international money…
While the G20 drags its feet, the corrupt continue to benefit from anonymous company ownership
News •
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…
Europe and Central Asia: More civil engagement needed (Part II)
News •
As follow-up to the regional analysis of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, additional examples from Albania, Kosovo and Georgia highlight the need for more progress in…
Europe and Central Asia: more civil engagement needed (Part I)
News •
In 2017, authoritarianism rose across Eastern and South East Europe, hindering anti-corruption efforts and threatening civil liberties. Across the region, civil society…
Azerbaijani Laundromat: grand corruption and how to buy influence
News •
New investigation into a shady financial network that appears to have funnelled money from a US$2.9 billion Azeri slush fund to pay decision-makers and prominent individuals…
Open data: promise, but not enough progress from G20 countries
News •
G20 countries made commitments to publish data that could help curb corruption. How well are they keeping their promises?
