Business leaders call on OECD Ministers to “act against international corruption”

On the eve of the OECD Ministerial meeting in Paris, European business leaders have called on European governments to criminalise international corruption and to end tax-deductibility of bribes paid to officials abroad.

Seize Mobutu’s wealth or lose your own money, Western Governments told

Transparency International (TI), the Berlin-based anti-corruption international non-governmental organisation, has added its voice to those calling for the assets of Zaire's President Mobutu Sese Seko to be seized. On Friday (16 May) the Swiss Government ordered a freeze on Mobutu's US$2.5 million ...

Deutsche Korruption weltweit

Meine Anerkennung zu Ihrem ausgezeichneten Bericht über die internationale Debatte zur Kontrolle der Korruption ( Absetzbare Schmiergelder, F.A.Z. vom 10. Mai). Dabei kommt insbesondere die Empörung über die erstaunliche steuerliche Absetzbarkeit von Bestechungszahlungen in Deutschland zum ...

G-7 Talks Tough On Corruption

The Group of 7 finance ministers, meeting in Washington this week, called on the international financial institutions and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to accelerate work on the reduction of bribery. The G-7 communiqué stressed the "corrosive effects of bribery and ...

Peruvian Judge victim of siege was corruption fighter

Peruvian Supreme Court Justice, Carlos Guisti Acuña, who died in the aftermath of the ending of the siege in the Japanese embassy in Lima, Peru, on Tuesday (22 April) had been chosen a month earlier by leading citizens to head the Peruvian chapter of Transparency International (TI). Another ...

TI Source Book now on Internet

The "TI Source Book", a step-by-step guide on how to counter corruption is now available on TI homepage.

United Nations issues Landmark Declaration Against Corruption

The United Nations has just issued a new and forceful "Declaration against corruption and bribery in international commercial transactions" which can pave the way for enhanced international action, stated Transparency International (TI), the Berlin-based global coalition against corruption in ...

Transparency International to organise International Anti-Corruption Conference

International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) - Transparency International (TI) will serve as the secretariat for the International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) for the first time next year. TI representatives met with the IACC-Council and the Peruvian Attorney General, Dr. Blanca Nélida Colán, in Berlin this week to prepare the ...

Launching the TI Sourcebook in English, Russian, Arabic and Spanish

Transparency International at the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings is launching its Sourcebook as a major first step to establishing a meaningful agenda for reforms to reduce corruption.

Kinkel, Weizsäcker call for release of Nigeria’s Obasanjo

German foreign minister, Mr. Klaus Kinkel, and former president Richard von Weizsäcker have called for the immediate release of General Olusegun Obasanjo, the former head of state of Nigeria. In 1979 Gen. Obasanjo became the first military ruler in Africa to keep his promise to hand over power to ...

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