Our Anti-Corruption Award recognises the courage and determination of the many individuals and organisations fighting corruption around the world.
Launched in 2000 as the Integrity Award, and renamed in 2016, the Anti-Corruption Award honours remarkable individuals and organisations worldwide, including journalists, public prosecutors, government officials and civil society leaders.
Winners are a source of inspiration to the anti-corruption movement because their actions echo a common message: that corruption can be challenged.
Join us in giving these deserving individuals due recognition for their determination and bravery.
Whistleblowing - Hasan Balikçi, a Turkish electrical engineer for the state-owned company, Turkey Electric Distribution A.S. (TEDAS), was murdered in October 2002 for rooting out embezzlement in the public utility.
Awarded in 2004
Whistleblowing - Satyendra Kumar Dubey, former Deputy General Manager of the National Highway Authority in India, was overseeing a road project worth billions of dollars when he was killed in 2003. His name had been linked to whistleblowing.
Awarded in 2004
Media - Manik Chandra Saha frequently reported on crime and political corruption for the New Age newspaper and for the BBC Bengali Service. He received numerous death threats before he was eventually killed in a bomb attack.
Awarded in 2004
Whistleblowing - Former Controller and Chief Auditor of Samoa, Sua Rimoni Ah Chong, faced serious threats when he exposed financial crime at the highest levels of government of Samoa in the South Pacific. He was suspended in July 1995 and later dismissed.
Awarded in 2003
Whistleblowing - Director General of Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and a pharmacologist by training, Dr Akunyili has defied death threats while tackling corrupt practices in the manufacturing, import and export of drugs, cosmetics and food products.
Awarded in 2003
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