In Italy, one in ten criminal proceedings is dismissed during the prosecution phase because the statutes of limitations expire. Making matters worse: proceedings can effectively be closed, even if an offender has been found guilty in the first instance, in case the appeal process exceeds the statutes of limitations. Not surprisingly, our recent comparative research […]
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Corruption challenges wait for Peru’s new government
Samuel Rotta Castilla, Project Coordinator for Transparency International’s Peru chapter, Proética, talks about the risks of staying offside, or the challenges of corruption for Ollanta Humala’s new government. During the past ten years, the Peruvian governments’ efforts to tackle corruption appear to have gone astray. Initially, after the fall of Fujimori, there was a strong […]
Will EU politicians deliver on code of conduct promise?
The March 2011 cash-for-amendments sting operation, in which several European Parliament members (MEPs) were caught accepting bribes from undercover journalists posing as lobbyists, exposed glaring holes in the current European Parliament (EP) rules of procedure concerning poor ethical guidance, weak sanctions, lax rules on interest declarations and blurred, non-transparent operating procedures. These are the areas we wish […]
Emissions trading and bribery investigations in Slovakia
Last month Transparency International warned that 28 OECD countries were not doing enough to investigate and prosecute alleged company bribery of foreign government officials. Emilia Sičáková-Beblavá from Transparency International Slovakia writes about one of these cases in the report, which shows how the wide impact of bribery includes efforts to tackle climate change. This year […]
Noodles, cartoons and maps: serious anti-corruption solutions from Russia
Visiting Russia is bound to be an interesting experience for an American who lived through the Cold War. And this past week, my first trip to Moscow, has not disappointed. From the thrill of Red Square and the city’s varied architecture to the surprise – to me – appearance of countless soldiers and tanks gathered […]
Corruption in Afghanistan: the status quo is not an option
By Maria Gili, International Defence and Security Programme, Transparency International UK [flv:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZQKp8kM5-E 470 382] Osama Bin Laden’s death has brought the importance of stability and success in Afghanistan into the spotlight. It is absolutely critical for regional and global security that a stable and safe Afghanistan emerges from this new transition process, with a government […]
Transparency International in Tunisia
Tunisia’s post-revolution spring has brought joy and genuine empowerment to the Tunisian people, but as the extent of corruption and abuse of power is revealed, a sense of bitterness and bewilderment at how a system could fail so utterly, is emerging in the Tunisian society. The issue now is not retribution but reconstruction of a […]
Political Parties in Kosovo fail the transparency test
Money, like elections, is an inherent part of multi-party democracy. However, if not transparent, money in politics carries equally inherent risks of corruption. Transparency in political financing allows civil society to monitor party and candidate spending and spot and potentially stop funding coming from corrupt or suspicious sources. Elections – as the most political and […]
Mind the gap! MEPs must tighten up their act
Picture: stevecadman (flickr) || Creative Commons BY-SA 2.0 Recent allegations that three Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) accepted the promise of payments to table amendments on behalf of individuals posing as a ‘lobbying firm’ must instigate strong reforms at the European Parliament. It is far more difficult to investigate and successfully prosecute allegations of […]
Corruption and the arms trade
This post has been written by Tobias Bock, Project Officer with Transparency International’s Defence and Security Programme. The one hundred and ninety two states of the United Nations spent last week negotiating a UN treaty to regulate the international arms trade. The Treaty’s purpose is “To elaborate a legally binding instrument on the highest possible […]
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