CPI 2023 for Western Europe & EU: Rule of law and political integrity threats undermine action against corruption
News •
Leaders are losing public trust as they undermine limits on their power and act without integrity.
News about Spain
Why can’t Western governments tell us what they’re actually doing to sanction Russian kleptocrats?
News •
We are still waiting to hear back from countries about the measures they have taken to locate and seize assets.
CPI 2022 for Western Europe & EU: Undue influence and fragmented anti-corruption measures hurt progress
News •
While once again the top-scoring region in the CPI, anti-corruption efforts have stalled in most countries for more than a decade.
International Youth Day global snapshot: young people fighting the good (anti-corruption) fight
News •
From Fiji to Lithuania via Bangladesh, meet some of the young people around the world taking matters into their own hands – and making a difference.
CPI 2021 for Western Europe & European Union: Trouble ahead for stagnating region
News •
Western Europe and the EU still tops the CPI, but the COVID-19 pandemic has threatened transparency and accountability across the region, leaving no country unscathed and exposing…
Global Corruption Barometer EU: People worried about unchecked abuses of power
News •
New EU survey reveals almost a third of people think corruption is getting worse in their country. A further 44% think it’s not getting any better.
CPI 2020: Western Europe & European Union
News •
Western Europe and the EU is the highest performing region on the CPI, but is under enormous strain due to COVID-19.
CPI 2019: Western Europe & European Union
News •
Fourteen of the top 20 countries in this year’s CPI are from Western Europe and the European Union (EU), including nine countries from the EU alone. Despite being the best…
Where are Africa’s billions?
News •
National governments aren’t the only ones failing African citizens in the fight against corruption.
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…
Why corruption matters in the EU elections
News •
What voters should know as they head to the polls.
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…
Clean up Spain – Justice for Azerbaijan’s reputation laundering in Europe
News •
In Azerbaijan, critical voices are routinely suppressed. Meanwhile in Europe, politicians suspected of helping whitewash Azerbaijan’s record on human rights enjoy impunity. Join…
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…
