First Latin American Conference on Investigative Journalism
by Stephanie Don on 10:32 am on Wednesday, 19. August 2009 | No Comments
Investigative journalists open doors and help society evolve from a culture of secrecy to one where transparency, good governance and public accountability are the core values. On 15-18 August, Transparency International (TI) and Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS) brought together journalists from all over Latin America and beyond to the first Latin American Conference on [...]
What is a ‘conflict of interest’?
by Craig Fagan on 8:08 pm on Monday, 27. July 2009 | 3 Comments
The financial crisis is awash in so many specialised terms that their sheer number seems to rival the amount of bail-out money being doled out to shore up the faltering economy.
One word that is constantly being bounced around, from the Bundestag to the White House, from Wall Street to High Street, is ‘conflict of interest’. [...]
G8: Time to back up public commitments
by Angela McClellan on 6:17 pm on Wednesday, 8. July 2009 | No Comments
Transparency International welcomes the 12 principles for a strong, fair and clean economy on the table in l’Aquila as long as they include strong monitoring mechanisms for effective implementation
On the OECD 12 principles for a strong, fair and clean economy, we would urge G-8 leaders to put into practice the effective monitoring of the implementation [...]
Urging G8 to be accountable to their commitments at the upcoming Summit in L’Aquila, Italy
by Angela McClellan on 3:46 pm on Thursday, 2. July 2009 | No Comments
In their 2008 Accountability Report: Implementation Review of G8 Anti-Corruption Commitments, the G8 noted that corruption is a “corrosive activity” which “poses serious governance challenges and threats to the stability and security of societies, undermines the institutions and values of democracy and jeopardises sustainable development and economic prosperity. Global corruption also impedes efforts to combat [...]
Recovery of stolen assets: time for action
by Farzana Nawaz on 5:24 pm on Monday, 29. June 2009 | 7 Comments
As many of our readers might be aware, the French chapter of Transparency International has recently filed an anti-corruption case against the presidents of Gabon, Congo and Equitorial Guinea regarding the millions of dollars in embezzled funds they have allegedly stashed in the form of property and other goods in France. This case broke new [...]
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