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Venezuela: At last a solution to corruption!

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

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

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

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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Providing legal advice to citizens in Senegal

7 September 2010 in ALAC

Laura Granado, from the Africa & Middle East team in the Secretariat writes about her experiences in Senegal, where she and Servaas Feiertag travelled as part of the Advocacy and Legal Centre programme in francophone Africa. For more information on the programme please write to Laura lgranado@transparency.org or Servaas sfeiertag@transparency.org. More than 68,000 citizens have […]

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Ramallah: Uncovering illegal fees in workers’ unions

21 April 2010 in ALAC, ALACs in AFME, Health

Fighting corruption can take many forms. But often, the victims of corruption are being forgotten. With its Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres, Transparency International has started providing legal advice to these victims all around the world. Together with my colleague Ervin, I would like to start this series on the blog to tell you about […]

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Anti-corruption Day: What does it stand for?

9 December 2009 in Africa and Middle East, Americas, Anti-corruption Conventions, Anti-corruption movement, Asia Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Events, Measurement and Research, Region

9 December is international Anti-Corruption Day. In Bangladesh people are getting together to shout Jago Manush Durnity Protirodhe Jago (Rise up people, rise up against corruption) during the multitude of activities organised nation-wide. In Indonesia thousands are on the street. Around the world, Transparency International is taking Anti-Corruption Day as an opportunity to commemorate and […]

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