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L’Aquila: Rebuilding lives beyond corruption

By Sara Morante on 19 April 2013 in Cost of Corruption, Europe and Central Asia, G20

While politicians are busy recomposing the puzzle, people are struggling to make ends meet. Citizens are aware of the toll that corruption takes on their present and on their future and the youth is ready to speak up and claim its rights to fair and clean governance, as the following video shows.

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#offshoreleaks: 21st Century Journalism at its best

By Christian Humborg on 4 April 2013 in Access to information, Accountability, Asset recovery, Cost of Corruption, Politics and government, Whistleblowing

Around 260 Gigabytes of data from ten tax havens, 2.5 million documents, 130.000 persons from 170 countries concerned – a mega coup. But some questions are still to be answered. Today’s releases regarding #offshoreleaks include everything one can expect from good journalism in the 21st century: Collaboration: 84 journalists worked on the story, coordinated by [...]

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Iraq’s corruption legacy

By Farid Farid on 3 April 2013 in Cost of Corruption, Defence and Security, Europe and Central Asia, Oil and gas, Politics and government, Poverty and development

$800 million. That’s the staggering amount of money said to be unlawfully transferred out of Iraq every week. Last month marked the ten year anniversary of the start of the occupation of Iraq by coalition forces. The aftermath of war and occupation has been ravaging well after the withdrawal of foreign troops. The US Special [...]

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