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Us Accuses Equatorial Guinea’s Minister of Corruption

The government of the United States has filed civil complaints requesting the forfeiture of $70 million in assets owned by Teodorin Nguema Obiang Mangue (pictured here), a minister in Equatorial Guinea and son of the country’s President. According to the forfeiture complaints, filed in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., Teodorin Obiang’s assets originate from misappropriation […]

Report Stresses Civil Society’s Role in Fighting Corruption

The non-governmental organization Tearfund launched this week the report

TI Georgia Releases National Integrity System Assessment

Transparency International’s national chapter in Georgia has released earlier this week a new National Integrity System country assessment based on the period between 2009 and 2011. The report shows that the government’s drive to fight corruption in the past years has brought positive results on some fronts, but important weaknesses remain. The National Integrity System […]

TI Slovakia and Fair-Play Alliance Launch Open Contracts Portal

Transparency International’s national chapter in Slovakia and the civil society organization Fair-Play Alliance have launched on Monday the portal Open Contracts, which brings together all available information on public contracts on one single platform accessible to citizens. According to TI Slovakia, the organization has pressured the government to publish data on state contracts, and although […]

Ukrainian Opposition Leader Yulia Tymoshenko Convicted

Former Ukranian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (pictured here) has been sentenced to seven years in jail on charges of abuse of power regarding a gas deal with Russia in 2009. Ms. Tymoshenko claimed that the accusations against her were politically motivated and that she will appeal against her conviction and take the case to the […]

Afghan Government Lax on Corruption Investigations

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (pictured here) has publicly committed to fighting corruption in the country, but data on corruption investigations during his government put the credibility of his pledge into question. Since the creation of an anti-corruption task force in 2009, 2,000 investigations have begun, but no high-level government official has been prosecuted on corruption […]

the Indian Dalit Community’s Success in Monitoring Public Spending

An article by Rebekah Kendal posted on the Open Budgets Blog today tells the story of the National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights, a civil society initiative in India that succeeded in exposing the misuse of public resources by using media momentum and reporting on related corruption cases. The campaign organized by the Dalit community, […]

South African Protection of State Information Bill Raises Concerns

Recent developments concerning the appreciation of the controversial Protection of State Information Bill in the South African Parliament have raised further concerns about transparency and freedom of information in the country. The bill has been subject to strong criticism since its introduction in 2010. Opposers have claimed that it is undemocratic and that it goes […]

Ukrainian Citizens Fight Lack of Transparency in Public Procurement

A document published last week by the Creative Union TORO (logo pictured here), currently Transparency International’s contact group in Ukraine, reports about their successful initiative to counter a new public procurement bill that would make contracting procedures less transparent. According to TORO, bill 7532 introduced in 2010 would potentially aggravate even more the numerous inefficiencies […]

Switzerland Working on Recovery of Ousted Arab Dictators

A Swiss official stated yesterday that Switzerland is collaborating with the current governing bodies in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya to allow the recovery of around $850 million of assets deposited in accounts linked to those countries’ previous rulers. Since the beginning of the Arab Spring, the Swiss government had ordered banks to block accounts under […]

South African Ngo Launches National Whistleblowing Week

The South African organization Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC) has announced the launch of the National Whistleblowing Week (logo pictured here), which will begin on October 17th. The main objective behind this initiative is to provide citizens with information about existing procedures to report corruption cases. According to Alison Tilley, ODAC’s Executive Director, the premise […]

Zambia’s New President Pledges to Fight Corruption

In his first address to Parliament this Friday, Zambia’s new president Michael Sata (pictured here) pledged to take stronger measures to fight corruption. Mr. Sata said that his administration will seek to strengthen anti-corruption legislation and investigate corruption accusations against the previous government. One of the measures mentioned in his speech was restoring abuse of […]

First Conviction Under Uk’s Bribery Act

The United Kindgom’s new anti-bribery legislation, which came into force last July, is being enforced for the first time against a London court official, who pleaded guilty today to resquesting and receiving a bribe and to a count of misconduct in public office. Munir Patel admitted asking for a £500 bribe to remove a driving […]

Brazilians Are Becoming Less Tolerant With Corruption

In the last months Brazil has shown signs that its society is no longer willing to accept corruption as it did in the past. At the same time, the current administration’s readiness in letting go high-level government officials accused of corruption demonstrates that it shares the population’s view. Since the beginning of Dilma Rousseff’s term […]

Editorial Calls on Uk Prime Minister to Strengthen Lobbying Regulations

An editorial published in The Observer called on United Kingdom’s Prime Minister David Cameron (pictured here) to fulfill a previous promise to fight corruption in lobbying through increased transparency about this activity, following the recent scandal that led to former Defense Secretary Liam Fox’s resignation. According to the article, Cameron had already raised attention to […]

Cuban Government Investigates British Company on Corruption Allegations

Cuba’s recent anti-corruption investigations into relations between state businesses and foreign companies now hit the British investment fund Coral Capital and led to the arrest of its chief executive last week. The government has not yet disclosed the accusations against the companies. The move against Coral Capital resembles measures to shut down two Canadian trading […]

Former Chief of Navy Appointed As Chair to Pakistan’s Anti-Corruption Agency

President Asif Ali Zardari has appointed Admiral Fasih Bokhari, the former chief of Pakistan’s Navy, as the new chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the country’s anti-corruption body. The post had been vacant since March and the NAB had been inactive during the past three months. The appointment raised a controversy from the opposition […]

Kosovo Democratic Institute Releases New Report on Corruption and Organized Crime

The Kosovo Democratic Institute (logo pictured here) published last week a new report entitled Illegal Millions, which discusses the implications of a Law against Organized Crime and a Law on Confiscation of Property Acquired Illegally for the fight against corruption and organized crime in the country. The report was launched at an event held on […]

New Resolutions Adopted at TI Annual Meeting

Transparency International held last week its Annual Membership Meeting, where representatives of National Chapters and members from a total of 106 countries attended to discuss the Movement’s present and future strategies. The participants adopted five resolutions that will orient the organization’s advocacy work in the next year. One of the resolutions addressed the need for […]

TI Bosnia & Herzegovina Comments on Eu Report

Transparency International’s National Chapter in Bosnia & Herzegovina published last week a press release commenting on a report on the country’s progress in anti-corruption, published by the European Commission. The report showed a disappointing picture about anti-corruption measures in Bosnia & Herzegovina, and pointed out in particular that political will to improve control of corruption […]

Corruption and the Oil Industry

An article published on the Ecologist explores the topic of corruption in oil-rich countries. According to Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, many of the largest oil producers and exporters are ranked quite low, some of them at the very bottom. What lies behind this connection? The text mentions how many oil-rich countries continue to have […]

South Sudan Government Plans Clean up in Public Service

Deputy Information Minister of South Sudan, Atem Yaak Atem, has declared that the government of the newly independent state plans to substitute the majority of the country’s civil servants due to irregularities in their appointments. According to Mr. Atem, around 65% of all civil servants are unqualified and may have falsified their educational credentials to […]

Romanian Judge Accused of Selling Verdicts

Romanian Supreme Court judge Gabriela Barsan has been investigated by prosecutors under the suspicion of receiving gifts such as jewelry and vacations in return for favorable verdicts. Last weekend investigators conducted a search a her home and confiscated a computer and some documents. Following the search, her husband, Corneliu Barsan, who is a judge at […]

TI Bulgaria Publishes Study on Vote-Buying

Transparency International’s National Chapter in Bulgaria presented yesterday a study based on a national survey about vote-buying. The survey results showed that 12% of Bulgarians would be willing to sell their votes, if given the opportunity. In the survey 1% of the respondents were undecided, but according to TI-Bulgaria Program Director Katya Hristova, these individuals […]

East African Bribery Index 2011 Released

The East African Bribery Index 2011 was launched today and showed that Burundi continues to be the country with the highest bribery prevalence (37.9%) in the region, followed by Uganda (33%) and Tanzania (31.6%). Rwanda is the least bribery prone country, with a bribery prevalence of 5.1%. The index aims at measuring bribery levels in […]

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