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.

Obiang Verdict: Transparency International welcomes the corruption conviction and seizure of assets

Asset recovery - Transparency International welcomes the decision of a court in Paris to convict Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, the vice-president of Equatorial Guinea and son of the president, of embezzlement, and to confiscate all of his assets held in France.

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TI France releases plan for returning ill-gotten gains of grand corruption to country of origin

Asset recovery - At 10am on 27 October 2017, a French court will return its verdict in the unprecedented trial, "Biens mal acquis”*. Transparency International France, the leading civil party in the case, has formulated a proposal to enable the return of money resulting from grand corruption to the populations of ...

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Tunisia: new law granting the corrupt amnesty must be rescinded

Accountability - Transparency International strongly condemns the passing of a new law in Tunisia that would allow people who stole public funds and other dirty money to be given amnesty for past crimes.

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Ukrainian authorities must publish anti-corruption case proceedings and stop harassing civil society

Asset recovery - Transparency International, the anti-corruption movement, is calling on the Ukrainian parliament to push for the publication of the court process that led to the confiscation of US$1.5 billion in stolen assets in order to ensure it cannot be challenged and the ruling over-turned. At the same time, ...

Fin du procès Obiang : un signal fort envoyé aux dirigeants corrompus

Asset recovery - Les audiences du procès qui nous oppose à Teodorin Nguema Obiang Mangue, Vice-Président de Guinée-équatoriale, ont pris fin ce jour au Tribunal correctionnel de Paris. Ce dirigeant politique, fils du Président en place depuis 40 ans, est poursuivi pour s’être constitué un patrimoine ...

UNEXPLAINED WEALTH ORDERS “AS SIGNIFICANT IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION AS THE BRIBERY ACT”

Asset recovery - The passing into law on 27 April of Unexplained Wealth Orders, a provision of the Criminal Finances Bill, is as significant in the global fight against corruption as the 2010 Bribery Act, according to Transparency International UK. Unexplained Wealth Orders will empower UK law enforcement agencies ...

Maldives Prosecutor General should dismiss case against whistleblower

Whistleblowing - Transparency International and Transparency Maldives are calling on the Prosecutor General of the Maldives to dismiss the case against whistlblower Gasim Abdul Kareem on 15 November when he is slated to be sentenced. Whistleblowers should be protected not prosecuted. What Kareem did was in the ...

The request for extradition of Martinelli to Panama is welcome; now all allegations must be pursued

Judiciary - Transparency International today welcomed the news that the Government of Panama has asked the United States to extradite Ricardo Martinelli to face illegal wire-tapping and related corruption charges.

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Former Brazilian Parliament Speaker Eduardo Cunha must be held accountable for his actions

Politics and government - Transparency International is calling for a full investigation of the financial assets of Eduardo Cunha, the former speaker of the the lower house of the Brazilian Congress who was stripped of his seat for denying that he had assets hidden in Swiss banks. If the assets are found to be the proceeds ...