One in four people in Africa pay bribes to access services, survey says

Surveys - Global Corruption Barometer – Africa, released on African Anti-Corruption Day by Transparency International in partnership with Afrobarometer, reveals that more than half of all citizens surveyed in 35 African countries think corruption is getting worse in their country. Fifty-nine per cent of ...

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SDG 16 is the key to the 2030 Agenda

Poverty and development - As the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development begins at the United Nations in New York today, the global anti-corruption coalition Transparency International calls on the UN to annually review Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16, 'Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions'.

Strache video points to need for robust anti-corruption frameworks worldwide

Politics and government - The scandal in Austria surrounding former Vice Chancellor Heinz Christian Strache highlights the ease with which the abuse of power and manipulation of political landscapes can happen, even in countries considered to have low levels of corruption. Global and regional initiatives and multilateral ...

Anti-corruption reforms in The Gambia must move forward

Politics and government - New revelations of comprehensive state capture and grand corruption under former president Yahya Jammeh should spur anti-corruption efforts to benefit the people of The Gambia, Transparency International said today.

Proposed law in Montenegro is an unconstitutional attack on freedom of information

Access to information - Transparency International urges the Government of Montenegro to withdraw its amendments to the Law on Classified Information, which would undermine the country’s freedom of information laws and anti-corruption efforts.

Guatemala: expulsion of CICIG must be immediately reversed

Accountability - Transparency International condemns in the strongest possible terms Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales’s decision to expel the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) and urges the Constitutional Court of Guatemala to block this attempt.

European Commission suspends subsidies to Agrofert, recognizing complaint of Czech chapter

Politics and government - TI Czech Republic welcomes Commissioner Günther Oettinger’s announcement at the European Parliament's Strasbourg plenary session yesterday that the European Commission will not pay any subsidies to Agrofert until Prime Minister Andrej Babiš's conflict of interests have been resolved.

Deutsche Bank raid underscores need for coordinated global leadership against financial secrecy

Financial markets - Yesterday’s police raid at the headquarters of Deutsche Bank highlights the lack of coordinated global leadership against financial secrecy from the world’s richest nations, according to Transparency International.

#G20TAKEACTION - Transparency International takes anti-corruption message to streets of Buenos Aires

Holding G20 to Account - “G20 leaders seem to have been too busy arguing among themselves to pay attention to their own anti-corruption policy recommendations,” said Maria Emilia Berazategui of Poder Ciudadano, “So we decided to put the message somewhere they can’t miss it – on the avenue leading to the summit ...

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EU whistleblower protection heads in the right direction

Whistleblowing - On Tuesday, 20 November, the European Parliament Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) voted in favour of stronger protections in an EU-wide whistleblower directive that was proposed by the Commission in April.