CPI 2023 for Eastern Europe & Central Asia: Autocracy & weak justice systems enabling widespread corruption
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The region is struggling with dysfunctional rule of law, rising authoritarianism and systemic corruption.
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CPI 2022 for Eastern Europe & Central Asia: Growing security risks and authoritarianism threaten progress against corruption
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High-level corruption is closely linked to political instability, weakened institutions and – in the most extreme cases – violent conflict.
Russia in the room: G20 Bali summit must denounce kleptocracy
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Unless measures against illicit finance are prioritised, G20 is on track to lose anti-corruption credibility at the Bali summit.
CPI 2021 for Eastern Europe & Central Asia: Democratic hopes in the shadow of growing authoritarianism
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In the second lowest performing region on the CPI, many political leaders have used COVID-19 as a smokescreen to introduce restrictions on rights and accountability, or have…
CPI 2020: Eastern Europe & Central Asia
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Eastern Europe and Central Asia is the second-lowest performing region on the CPI and vulnerable to corruption compounded by COVID-19.
CPI 2019: Eastern Europe & Central Asia
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Eastern Europe and Central Asia is the second-lowest performing region on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), with an average score of 35. Across the region, countries…
Building political integrity to stamp out corruption: Three steps to cleaner politics
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Political integrity means exercising political power consistently in the public interest. However, defining exactly what constitutes the public interest is both difficult and…
25 corruption scandals that shook the world
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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
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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…
Eastern Europe & Central Asia: weak checks and balances threaten anti-corruption efforts
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In a region where only one country scores over 50 out of 100 and all other countries score 45 or less out of 100 on the index, there has been very little progress in combatting…
International Anti-Corruption Day 2018: The power of people’s pressure
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Across the world, Transparency International chapters work hard to help the public become involved and engaged in the fight against corruption.
The Azerbaijani Laundromat one year on: has justice been served?
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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
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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)
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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…
