Sofia Wickberg

About Sofia Wickberg

Sofia Wickberg is Knowledge and Policy Officer for Transparency International's Anti-Corruption Helpdesk.
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L’affaire Cahuzac: a stain on Hollande’s integrity agenda or a wake-up call?

By on 9 April 2013 in Accountability, Politics and government

After four months of denial, Jérôme Cahuzac, former Minister of Budget, finally admitted he had a Swiss bank account in his name, transferred to Singapore in 2009, containing close to €600,000. He has now been placed under investigation over alleged laundering of tax-fraud money. This scandal – which is shaking the French political class and [...]

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Please mind your own business, France!

By on 12 November 2012 in Accountability, Europe and Central Asia, Private sector

“Our country is a good student when it comes to passing laws. What is missing is their implementation because of the lack of political will” says Daniel Lebègue, chair of Transparence France. One of the world’s biggest exporters, France is not doing nearly enough to fight and prevent foreign bribery, say the OECD’s and Transparency [...]

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A new era of integrity for France?

By on 20 July 2012 in Accountability, Europe and Central Asia, Politics and government

Only about two weeks after Nicolas Sarkozy lost his presidential immunity, police searched his home and office to look for evidence to support allegations of illicit political financing, in the context of the famous “Bettencourt case”, one of the many “affaires” to shake French political life. What matters is not the few instances of misconduct [...]

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