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G20 action against foreign bribery

24 May 2011 in Anti-corruption Conventions, Financial Markets, G20

Today Transparency International publishes a progress report showing implementation of the OECD anti-bribery convention is losing momentum, with no countries having stepped up their enforcement enough to move between active, moderate and low in the last year. The OECD itself is certainly working hard to keep up momentum in the fight against corruption and bribery, […]

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G20: Leading on anti-corruption? The view from civil society

In the fight against corruption, Germany falls behind

16 May 2011 in Anti-corruption movement, Europe and Central Asia, G20

With India’s ratification of UNCAC this month, Germany is one of the last three G20-countries to have not ratified the UN Convention against Corruption, together with Japan and Saudi-Arabia. This is not only embarrassing; it also undermines the credibility of Germany’s efforts to fight corruption at international level, hampering the government’s ability to create a […]

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No impunity for corrupt dictators

16 February 2011 in Asset recovery, Financial Markets, G20

Angela McClellan, Senior Programme Coordinator in TI’s Global Outreach and Campaigns department, coordinates Transparency International’s advocacy work on issues relating to the Group of 20 leading economies. This week the G20 finance ministers are meeting in Paris. She helped organise sending a letter signed by 78 civil society organisations to the G20 finance ministers demanding […]

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A European Union anti-corruption reporting tool: Only few member states still opposing!

11 February 2011 in Anti-corruption Conventions, Europe and Central Asia, European Union

Not long ago, the European Commission has finalised a public consultation on the necessity of an anti-corruption reporting tool for all 27 EU member states for which it has received 70 responses from civil society, member states, public bodies and individuals. We here at the Transparency International Liaison Office to the EU can say that we appreciate […]

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Addressing the challenges in cross-border corruption

6 November 2010 in Anti-corruption Conventions

Now, I’m writing to you from Chinese SAR Macau where the 4th conference of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA) ended yesterday. With governments having taken the critical step taken of adopting an UNCAC review mechanism last year in Doha, I was curious to know just how this would impact on this forum. Independent anti-corruption […]

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Countdown to the Millennium Development Goals Summit

26 August 2010 in Africa and Middle East, Poverty and development

By Craig Fagan and Jesse Garcia Five years, 127 days, eight hours and 40 minutes. That is the time left until the Millennium Development Goals are to be achieved (at least as I type this – https://www.mdgmonitor.org). And in a much smaller amount of time – one month – world leaders will be gathering at […]

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Don’t miss the boat on financial reforms

24 June 2010 in Anti-corruption movement, Financial Markets, G20, Politics and government, Private sector

Angela McClellan has worked on G20 issues at Transparency International (TI) for the past two years. She looks forward to this weekend’s meeting in Toronto. When the financial crisis struck hard in 2008, the Group of 20 nations went into high gear to facilitate bail-out packages for banks and companies. Governments coughed up unprecedented sums […]

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Asset recovery in the dock

8 June 2010 in Asset recovery, Financial Markets

This week senior members of the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) initiative, a joint programme of the World Bank and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime meet in Paris to step up efforts to find and repatriate stolen assets. Here, Daniel Lebègue, president of TI France, explains what his organisation is doing on this issue. […]

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Desafíos de las Convenciones para el 2010 y la Declaración Anticorrupción de la XIX Cumbre Iberoamericana

6 January 2010 in Americas, Anti-corruption Conventions

The following post has been written by Ximena Salazar, Coordinator for the Anti-Corruption Conventions Programme in the Americas at Transparency International. Estamos comenzando el 2010 y dentro de los desafíos para este año está que comience a operar el mecanismo de seguimiento de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas contra la Corrupción (UNCAC), recientemente aprobado […]

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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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