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Rural Rwandan communities fight corruption

By on 5 January 2012 in Africa and Middle East, ALAC, ALACs in AFME

In the light of the recent and considerable improvement of Rwanda’s perceived level of corruption as being one of the least corrupt countries in Africa, it is interesting to see how our National Chapter in the country is contributing to this positive change. This article presents a grassroots approach which focuses on empowering citizens and [...]

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Whistleblowers in Ireland

By on 27 December 2011 in ALAC, Europe and Central Asia, Financial Markets

Paul Hockenos is a Berlin-based writer and consultant who recently visited Dublin to work with TI Ireland to give exposure to its groundbreaking programme to protect and encourage whistleblowers. German photographer Dagmar Morath accompanied him.   You don’t have to walk very far in downtown Dublin to run smack into grim fallout of the financial [...]

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In Russia, the fight against corruption goes online

By on 22 November 2011 in Europe and Central Asia, People power

Alexander Elkin and Aleksey Shlyapuzhnikov of the Center for Anti-Corruption Research and Initiative Transparency International Russia (TI Russia) talk about engaging the public in anti-corruption work with the help of new technologies. Several years ago, an intellectual movement called Lebed (which stands for “the swan” in Russian) was created with the aim to bring together [...]

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When your shop is bulldozed with the police watching on

By on 15 November 2011 in ALAC, Europe and Central Asia

Today Transparency International and the FAO are publishing a paper warning that corruption in land management endangers livelihoods, promotes inequality and distorts markets. Through its legal advice centres, Transparency International has already encountered thousands of ordinary citizens who have experienced this first hand. This is the story of a citizen who came to the centre [...]

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Ghanaian students stand up to corruption

By on 4 August 2011 in Africa and Middle East, Education, People power, TISDA

Transparency International’s Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres provide free assistance to victims and witnesses of corruption, helping them to pursue their complaints. They process thousands of cases each year in more than 40 countries. This is one of them.

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¡La corrupción tiene solución!

By on 20 July 2011 in ALAC, Americas, Anti-corruption movement, People power

La Oficina de Asistencia Legal Anticorrupción abrirá sus puertas en Venezuela. Por Mercedes De Freitas, Directora Ejecutiva, Transparencia Venezuela. Read this article in English here. “Mis hijos querían irse con la abuela en sus vacaciones para Boconó y tuve que sacar el permiso de viaje para menores de edad. Aún cuando llevé toda la documentación [...]

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Venezuela: At last a solution to corruption!

By on 20 July 2011 in ALAC, Americas, Anti-corruption movement, People power

A Transparency International legal advice centre has been opened in yet another country. By Mercedes De Freitas, Executive Director, Transparencia Venezuela. Lea este artículo en español aquí. “My kids wanted to go on holiday to Boconó with their ​​grandmother and so I needed to obtain a travel permit for minors. But even though I had [...]

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Rethinking corruption in the Middle East and North Africa

By on 7 July 2011 in Africa and Middle East, ALAC, ALACs in AFME, People power

The following article is from Transparency International’s annual report. “When we opened, the public accepted corruption as a way of life,” says Ali Lahlou, Coordinator of the anti-corruption legal advice centre run by our Moroccan TI chapter to help people tackle corruption. Although the Middle East and North Africa are being rocked by demands for [...]

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Filming Palestine’s Struggle against Corruption

By on 27 May 2011 in Africa and Middle East, ALAC, People power

Transparency International’s audiovisual media coordinator Jesse Garcia writes about filming the work of Transparency Palestine. Picturing corruption isn’t easy. And its human cost, although very real, is often difficult to capture. But Transparency International’s Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres offer a way to do both, through their work advising the victims of corruption. The stories [...]

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Speak up! Reporting anti-corruption in Ireland

By on 26 May 2011 in ALAC, Europe and Central Asia, People power

Barack Obama’s visit to Ireland has come and gone, but the spirit of change lingers on. Today Transparency International’s Irish chapter are launching the ‘Speak Up’ Helpline, Ireland’s first service for whistleblowers and victims of corruption.

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