Financial Action Task Force warned about the recent setbacks to Brazil’s efforts to fight corruption

Transparency International submitted to the Financial Action Task Force this week a report that brings light to the many recent setbacks to Brazil’s anti-corruption legal and institutional framework. The report also includes recommendations to international organisations and Brazilian ...

Lebanese Transparency Association demands the government adopt rigorous anti-corruption reforms to economic growth and consolidate rule of law

Lebanon - The Lebanese Transparency Association - No Corruption (LTA), calls upon the Lebanese government to seriously address the demands of the Lebanese people, expressed in the demonstrations and protests currently taking place across Lebanon.

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Reliance on information from banks hindering corruption and money laundering investigations

Financial markets - In a new report, Transparency International says that authorities are too reliant on company ownership data held by banks, hindering efforts to investigate corruption and money laundering. The Financial Action Task Force (TAFT) should require countries to establish central registers of the real ...

 

EU countries’ chance to lead on whistleblower protection

Whistleblowing - Today’s formal adoption of the EU Whistleblowing Directive creates a two-year window of opportunity for EU Member States to take the global lead on protecting whistleblowers as they transpose the directive into national law.

Anti-corruption reforms in Mongolia welcome, should meet international standards

Politics and government - Transparency International (TI) congratulates the speaker of the State Great Hural (Parliament) of Mongolia, Mr. G. Zandanshatar, for initiating crucial reforms to the country’s anti-corruption law and tabling a long-awaited debate on the draft law on whistleblower protection that was originally ...

End gendered corruption in Latin America and Caribbean with coordinated action

Gender - Today, Transparency International called on national, regional and multilateral actors in Latin America and the Caribbean to prioritise and develop an integrated regional strategy for tackling gendered forms of corruption, including sexual extortion.

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One in five people in Latin America and the Caribbean experiences sexual extortion, or knows someone who has, survey says

Surveys - A new report from Transparency International reveals that more than half of all citizens in 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries think corruption is getting worse in their country and governments aren’t doing enough to tackle it. Corruption is a major concern for ordinary people; 85 per cent ...

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Media advisory: New survey on corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean launched on 23 September

Surveys - A new survey on corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean, launched on 23 September, highlights citizens’ experience and views of sexual extortion and vote-buying.

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President of Indonesia urged to reject revision of Corruption Eradication Commission Law

Politics and government - The independence of Indonesia’s main anti-corruption body, the Corruption Eradication Commission, is at risk as the Indonesian Government seeks to change laws governing its mandate.

Transparency International board decision on independent investigation

Transparency International - The Transparency International Board of Directors met and resolved to establish an independent external investigation into any alleged misconduct at the TI Secretariat in Berlin that might constitute a breach of rules, principles, and standards of an ethical nature.