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“Strongest correlation” between corruption and poor environmental performance, study shows

The more affected it is by corruption, the poorer a country's environmental performance, a new study to be presented in Davos shows. Transparency International's 2000 Corruption Perceptions Index, ranking 90 countries, features as the variable bearing the closest relation to the ranking of national ...

Bulgaria becomes more “open” for business

Public procurement - The Bulgarian Government enlisted the assistance of Transparency International Bulgaria to ensure that the public auction of the second GSM mobile phone license was conducted in a transparent and accountable manner. The auction, which is considered to have been the most transparent public bidding ...

OECD agrees to clamp down on bribery in export credit transactions

Private sector - OECD member states announced in Paris today that they have agreed on an action programme to deter bribery in government-supported export credit transactions. Transparency International, the global anti-corruption organisation, welcomed the decision reached by the OECD Export Credit Agency Working ...

Moroccan Premier Pledges to Support Whistleblowers in Fight Against Corruption

The Prime Minister of Morocco, Adberrahmane el Youssoufi, reaffirmed his commitment to the fight against corruption today. Meeting with representatives of Transparency International in Berlin, he said that his government was studying legislative proposals to protect the rights of individuals who ...

First anti-corruption project launched in three Yugoslav cities

Four weeks after the toppling of the Milosevic regime, Transparency International's partner organisation in Yugoslavia has launched an anti-corruption programme in the cities of Nis, Kikinda and Cukarica. The project is to increase the transparency of budgeting and public procurement at the local ...

Leading International Banks Establish Anti-Money Laundering Principles

Private sector - A group of the world's largest banks have agreed to a set of global anti-money laundering guidelines for international private banks. The new guidelines were jointly announced today by 11 banks and by Transparency International (TI), the global anti-corruption organization, who jointly stated that ...

Bribes to political parties an increasing threat to democracy

Bribe payments to political parties are increasingly used to corrupt the political process, warns Transparency International, the global anti-corruption organisation. This constitutes a dangerous trend undermining democratic institutions. "The current wave of corruption scandals we are witnessing ...

“Panama must not grant asylum to Fujimori’s former intelligence chief”,TI says

Transparency International (TI), the international anti-corruption organisation and the TI chapter in Panama have called on the Panamanian government to deny granting political asylum to the former head of the Peruvian secret service, Vladimiro Montensinos Torres. In a letter to the Panamanian ...

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Transparency International Integrity Award winners

Integrity Awards - A brief portrait of the 2000 Integrity Awards.

First Ever Transparency International Integrity Awards Go To People of Courage in Morocco, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Argentina

Integrity Awards - Transparency International (TI), the global anti-corruption organisation, today announced the first winners of its new Integrity Awards. "Fighting corruption requires enormous personal courage in many countries and today we are honouring people who have put their lives on the line," said Peter ...