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 […]
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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 […]
EU bank emerges from the shadows: EIB meets with civil society
Traumatised by voter rejection in a series of referenda, EU institutions are full of existential dread about the relevance of their mission to that mythical beast ‘the European citizen’. Consequently ‘engaging with civil society’ has become the platitude du jour of eurocrats, with even those working on the most arcane technical briefs pushed blinking into the sunlight of public scrutiny.
Myth, reality and the UK Bribery Act
The following is a post by Chandrashekar Krishnan, the Executive Director of TI-UK. In the wake of intense last-minute lobbying, reinforced by negative and misleading coverage in some quarters of the media, the commencement of the UK Bribery Act has again been delayed. The Act was originally scheduled to come into force in April following […]
Anti-corruption Day 2010: Talking about corruption is talking about our lives!
Today is Anti-Corruption Day, created in 2003 by the United Nations to raise awareness of corruption and of the role of the UN Convention against Corruption in combating and preventing it. But when we refer to corruption, what do we talk about? What does it mean for people’s lives? Looking at it closely, we don’t […]
Game over. Culprit not convicted.
Let’s start with some shocking news: There is a Western European country in which ten percent of all criminal proceedings are dismissed because they run out of time. This means simply that one in ten alleged criminal offenders in this country is not convicted. Not because he or she is not guilty, but because the […]
Enforcing foreign bribery: notes on some of the key issues (part 2)
Gillian Dell, Programme Manager for Transparency International’s programme on international anti-corruption conventions joined the International Bar Association conference on foreign bribery enforcemen in Prague from 20-22 September. Here’s the second part of what she learnt: Considerable attention was given to the new UK Bribery Act. That’s the UK law that introduces strict liability for companies […]
España: Indice de transparencia de los Ayuntamientos
El 20 de Julio se publicó el Índice de Transparencia de los Ayuntamientos (ITA) 2010, elaborado por Transparencia Internacional España. Jesús Lizcano, Presidente de TI España, nos presenta aquí con un resúmen y los resultados del índice. El ITA constituye una herramienta para medir el nivel de transparencia ante los ciudadanos y la sociedad de […]
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